A Study of Galantamine Used to Treat Patients With Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness and safety of 2 years of treatment with galantamine as compared with placebo of patients who have mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Timeline

Start

2008-06

Primary completion

2012-04

Completion

2012-05

Publications

• Lim AWY, Schneider L, Loy C. Galantamine for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2024 Nov 5;11(11):CD001747. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD001747.pub4.
• Hager K, Baseman AS, Nye JS, Brashear HR, Han J, Sano M, Davis B, Richards HM. Effect of concomitant use of memantine on mortality and efficacy outcomes of galantamine-treated patients with Alzheimer's disease: post-hoc analysis of a randomized placebo-controlled study. Alzheimers Res Ther. 2016 Nov 15;8(1):47. doi: 10.1186/s13195-016-0214-x.
• Hager K, Baseman AS, Nye JS, Brashear HR, Han J, Sano M, Davis B, Richards HM. Effects of galantamine in a 2-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study in Alzheimer's disease. Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2014 Feb 21;10:391-401. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S57909. eCollection 2014.

Drugs

Indications