Cognitive Changes in Alzheimer's Disease Patients Associated With or Without White Matter Changes After Rivastigmine

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate and compare the changes of cognitive function (as measured by ADAS-Cog) in the two group of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) associated with and without white matter changes after rivastigmine patch therapy.

Timeline

Start

2011-06

Primary completion

2016-12

Completion

2017-12-31

Publications

• Park KW, Kim EJ, Han HJ, Shim YS, Kwon JC, Ku BD, Park KH, Yi HA, Kim KK, Yang DW, Lee HW, Kang H, Kwon OD, Kim S, Lee JH, Chung EJ, Park SW, Park MY, Yoon B, Kim BC, Seo SW, Choi SH. Efficacy and tolerability of rivastigmine patch therapy in patients with mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's dementia associated with minimal and moderate ischemic white matter hyperintensities: A multicenter prospective open-label clinical trial. PLoS One. 2017 Aug 7;12(8):e0182123. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0182123. eCollection 2017.

Drugs

Indications