Status:

COMPLETED

A Pilot Study to Explore the Safety and Tolerability of Galantamine HBr in the Treatment of Pick Complex/Frontotemporal Dementia

Lead Sponsor:

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Conditions:

Frontotemporal Dementia

Pick Complex

Eligibility:

All Genders

30-80 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to explore the safety and tolerability and the efficacy of galantamine treatment in subjects with Pick Complex/ Frontotemporal Dementia (PC/FTD). The safety and tolerabili...

Detailed Description

Pick Complex (PC) and Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD) are a group of neurodegenerative dementias, initially characterized by frontotemporal lobar atrophy, that have overlapping clinical presentations an...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Outpatients with a clinical diagnosis of Frontotemporal Dementia or Pick Complex (PC/FTD) documented for at least 1 year with either primary progressive aphasia or frontotemporal dementia
  • recent MRI or CT confirming frontotemporal lobar atrophy consistent with Frontotemporal Dementia or Pick Complex PC/FTD
  • opportunity to perform certain activities of daily living as described in the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study -- Activities of Daily Living Inventory
  • living with or having regular visits (least 4 days/week) from a responsible caregiver
  • Mini Mental State Examination score \> 5 and the ability to complete baseline neuropsychometric testing
  • able to see, hear, and communicate sufficiently, and willing to complete serial neuropsychometric tests
  • female subjects of childbearing age must be surgically sterile or practicing an effective method of birth control before entry and throughout the study.

Exclusion

  • No neurodegenerative disorders and other causes of dementia or cognitive impairment from acute cerebral injuries, cerebrovascular disease or hypoxic cerebral damage, vitamin deficiency states, infection cerebral neoplasia
  • no primary memory disturbance or an amnestic syndrome more compatible with Alzheimer's disease or other primary degenerative dementia
  • no uncontrolled epilepsy or clinically significant psychiatric disease, cardiovascular disease, hepatic, renal, pulmonary, metabolic, or endocrine disturbances, active peptic ulcer and urinary outflow obstruction
  • no use of any agent used for the treatment of dementia or other cognitive impairment
  • no history of severe drug allergy or hypersensitivity to cholinesterase inhibitors, choline agonists or similar agents, or bromide

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

May 1 2003

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2004

Estimated Enrollment :

41 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00416169

Start Date

May 1 2003

End Date

July 1 2004

Last Update

June 8 2011

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