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DEMENTIA AND GERIATRIC COGNITIVE DISORDERS
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 138-145Publisher
KARGER
DOI: 10.1159/000105162
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memantine; Alzheimer's disease; ADCS-ADL; CIBIC-plus; Alzheimer's disease, cognitive, global, function; clinical worsening
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Background: Alzheimer's disease ( AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder and delaying disease worsening is a relevant treatment outcome. Methods: Data from 6 randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, 6-month studies were pooled and a subgroup of patients ( 867 on placebo, 959 on memantine) with moderate to severe AD ( MiniMental State Examination < 20) was analyzed. 'Any clinical worsening' was defined as a decline on the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale (ADAS-cog) or the Severe Impairment Battery ( SIB) and on the Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change Plus Caregiver In put (CIBIC-plus) and the Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living Inventory (ADCS-ADL), and 'marked clinical worsening' as 6 4 points decline on the ADAS-cog or 6 5 points on the SIB and decline on the CIBIC-plus and the ADCS-ADL. Results: More placebo-treated than memantine-treated patients showed any clinical worsening ( 28 vs. 18%; p < 0.001), and 21% placebo-treated patients compared to 11% memantine-treated patients had marked clinical worsening ( p < 0.001). Conclusion: In this population of moderate and severe AD patients, treatment with memantine was associated with reducing worsening of clinical symptoms in AD during the 6-month study period. Copyright (c) 2007 S. Karger AG, Basel.
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