drugset / Trial / NCT00229333

Study of Escitalopram Versus Placebo in the Treatment of Depressive Syndrome in Alzheimer's Disease, Vascular Dementia, and Mixed Vascular and Alzheimer's Dementia

NCT00229333

Phase 4 Unknown 40 enrolled Sheba Medical Center H. Lundbeck A/S · collab
RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

The goal of the present study is to compare the effectiveness of the active (S)-enantiomer of citalopram, escitalopram with placebo in the treatment of patients with depressive syndrome complicating Alzheimer's dementia (AD), vascular dementia (VD) or mixed dementia (MD), for 8 weeks of double-blind treatment.

Timeline

Start
2004-12
Primary completion
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Escitalopram Small molecule

Indications