Treating Behavioral Disturbances in Individuals With Dementia

Summary

This study will compare the safety and effectiveness two medications, citalopram (Celexa®) and risperidone (Risperdal®).

Timeline

Start

2000-01

Primary completion

2005-06

Completion

2005-06

Publications

• Background Sweet RA, Pollock BG, Sukonick DL, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Klunk WE, Kastango KB, DeKosky ST, Ferrell RE. The 5-HTTPR polymorphism confers liability to a combined phenotype of psychotic and aggressive behavior in Alzheimer disease. Int Psychogeriatr. 2001 Dec;13(4):401-9. doi: 10.1017/s1041610201007827.
• Background Maxwell RA, Sweet RA, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Kirshner MA, Kastango KB, Pollock BG. Risperidone and 9-hydroxyrisperidone concentrations are not dependent on age or creatinine clearance among elderly subjects. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2002 Summer;15(2):77-81. doi: 10.1177/089198870201500205.
• Background Carnahan RM, Lund BC, Perry PJ, Pollock BG. A critical appraisal of the utility of the serum anticholinergic activity assay in research and clinical practice. Psychopharmacol Bull. 2002 Spring;36(2):24-39.
• Background Mamo DC, Sweet RA, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Pollock BG: Neuroleptic-induced Parkinsonism in Alzheimer's disease. Psychiatric Annals 32:249-252, 2002.
• Background Pollock BG, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Sweet RA, Mazumdar S, Bharucha A, Marin R, Jacob NJ, Huber KA, Kastango KB, Chew ML. Comparison of citalopram, perphenazine, and placebo for the acute treatment of psychosis and behavioral disturbances in hospitalized, demented patients. Am J Psychiatry. 2002 Mar;159(3):460-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ajp.159.3.460.
• Background Kastango KB, Kim Y, Dew MA, Mazumdar S, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Reynolds III CF, Pilkonis PA, Pollock BG. Verification of scale sub-domains in elderly patients with dementia: a confirmatory factor-analytic approach. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):706-14.
• Background Bies RR, Gastonguay MR, Coley KC, Kroboth PD, Pollock BG. Evaluating the consistency of pharmacotherapy exposure by use of state-of-the-art techniques. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002 Nov-Dec;10(6):696-705.
• Background Mulsant BH, Pollock BG, Kirshner M, Shen C, Dodge H, Ganguli M. Serum anticholinergic activity in a community-based sample of older adults: relationship with cognitive performance. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2003 Feb;60(2):198-203. doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.60.2.198.
• Background Bharucha AJ, Rosen J, Mulsant BH, Pollock BG. Assessment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia. CNS Spectr. 2002 Nov;7(11):797-802. doi: 10.1017/s1092852900024317.
• Background Lotrich FE, Pollock BG, Ferrell RE. Serotonin transporter promoter polymorphism in African Americans : allele frequencies and implications for treatment. Am J Pharmacogenomics. 2003;3(2):145-7. doi: 10.2165/00129785-200303020-00007.
• Culo S, Mulsant BH, Rosen J, Mazumdar S, Blakesley RE, Houck PR, Pollock BG. Treating neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomized controlled-trial. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2010 Oct-Dec;24(4):360-4. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3181e6a4d7.

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