The Efficacy of Gliatiline® on Post-stroke Patients With Vascular Cognitive Impairment no Dementia

Summary

To date, there are no approved treatments for vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) and the main therapeutic efforts are aimed at controlling vascular risk factors for countering VCI development or progression. Several studies have reported cholinergic deficits in brain and cerebrospinal fluid of patients with VCI. The effect of choline alphoscerate in clinical studies of Alzheimer's disease and VCI improved memory and attention impairments. The purpose of our study is to determine effectiveness of choline alphoscerate vs placebo in improving cognition in post-stroke patients with VCI-non dementia (VCI-ND).

Timeline

Start

2010-11

Primary completion

2013-03

Completion

2013-03

Publications

• Background Parnetti L, Mignini F, Tomassoni D, Traini E, Amenta F. Cholinergic precursors in the treatment of cognitive impairment of vascular origin: ineffective approaches or need for re-evaluation? J Neurol Sci. 2007 Jun 15;257(1-2):264-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.01.043. Epub 2007 Feb 28.

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