Status:

COMPLETED

The Clinical Response of Choline Acetyltransferase and Apolipoprotein Epsilon Gene Polymorphisms to Donepezil in Alzheimer's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Eisai Korea Inc.

Conditions:

Alzheimer's Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

60-90 years

Phase:

PHASE4

Brief Summary

This study attempts to differentiate the clinical responses of Choline Acetyltransferase and Apolipoprotein Epsilon gene polymorphism to donepezil in Alzheimer's Disease patients.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Age: 60 - 90 years old.
  • CDR: 0.5 - 2.0.
  • Patients who do not have severe depressive symptoms that affect cognition on depression scale of CERAD-K(C), GDS-K: 19 and below.
  • Modified Hachinski Ischemic Score (Rosen, et. al., 1979): 3 and below.
  • NINCDS-ADRDA criteria: Probable AD.
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • Patients who have delusions and other conscious dysfunction.
  • Patients who have neurologic diseases such as Parkinson's disease, stroke, tumor, normal pressure hydrocephalus, etc., on history and neurologic examination.
  • Patients who have history of infectious and inflammatory brain disease owing to virus, fungus and syphilis.
  • Patients with severe cerebrovascular pathology.
  • Patients who have present history of major psychological diseases such as depression and mania according to DSM-IV criteria.
  • Patients who have history of alcoholism or drug addiction.
  • Patients who have severe depressive symptoms that affect cognition on depression scale of CERAD-K.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    May 31 2006

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    December 31 2008

    Estimated Enrollment :

    199 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT00381381

    Start Date

    May 31 2006

    End Date

    December 31 2008

    Last Update

    January 4 2022

    Active Locations (15)

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    Seoul National University Bundang Hospital

    Bundang, South Korea

    2

    Hallym University Medical Center

    Changwon, South Korea

    3

    Kangwon National University Hospital

    Chuncheon, South Korea

    4

    Kunkuk University Chungju Hospital

    Chungju, South Korea