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  1. Individual Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Risk of Dementia: A Target Trial Emulation Study 2026-10-14
  2. Dementia and PDE5 inhibitors: A retrospective cohort study of veterans 2026-10-13
  3. The influence of cognitive decline on the severity and quantity of drug-drug interactions 2026-10-11

Studies

271 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1981 to 2026

Top journals

  • Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 15
  • Neurology 11
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 9
  • Research Square 8
  • medRxiv 8

138 journals in all.

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  1. Comparison on cognitive outcomes of antidiabetic agents for type 2 diabetes: A systematic review and network meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Diabetes/metabolism research and reviews 2023-06-11 Drug development

    We aimed to summarise current evidence on different antidiabetic drugs to delay cognitive impairment, including mild cognitive impairment, dementia, Alzheimer's disease (AD) and vascular dementia, among subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

  2. Drug Repurposing in Oncology: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Cancers 2023-05-30 Drug development

    Quality pharmacological treatment can improve survival in many types of cancer.

  3. [Anti-Dementia Drugs (Anti-Alzheimer's Disease Drugs)]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo 2023-05 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment includes both non-pharmacological and pharmacological approaches.

  4. Effectiveness of KarXT (xanomeline-trospium) for cognitive impairment in schizophrenia: post hoc analyses from a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Translational psychiatry 2022-11-21 Clinical trials

    The muscarinic receptor agonist xanomeline improved cognition in phase 2 trials in Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia.

  5. Predictors of response to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in dementia: A systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Frontiers in neuroscience 2022-09-20 Treatments

    We identified 1,994 records in five different databases; after exclusion of duplicates, title and abstract screening, and full-text retrieval, 122 studies were finally included.

  6. Antiplatelets and Vascular Dementia: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 70 out of 100. Journal of aging research 2022-09-19 Vascular contributions

    Vascular dementia (VD) is a neurocognitive disorder whose precise definition is still up for debate.

  7. Compared with placebo, the amino acid mixture did not improve NPI-12, MMSE, TMT-A and B or CDR scores.

  8. Psychotropic medication prescribing in assisted living and nursing home residents with dementia after the National Partnership

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022-08-19 Health systems and care delivery

    We identified 107,931 beneficiaries with ≥1 month as an AL resident and 323,766 beneficiaries with ≥1 month as a LSNH resident with dementia, including 1,923,867 person-months and 4,984,405 person-months, respectively.

  9. Analysis of treatment pattern of anti-dementia medications in newly diagnosed Alzheimer's dementia using OMOP CDM

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Scientific reports 2022-03-15 Treatments

    Anti-dementia medications are widely prescribed to patients with Alzheimer's dementia (AD) in South Korea.

  10. Systematic review of pharmacological interventions for people with Lewy body dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Aging & mental health 2022-02-02 Treatments

    We screened 18,884 papers and included 135 studies.

  11. Personalised treatment for cognitive impairment in dementia: development and validation of an artificial intelligence model

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. BMC medicine 2022-02-01 Treatments

    Overall, 1343 patients with MMSE scores were identified for internal validation and 285 [21.22%] took the drug recommended.

  12. Bryostatin Placebo-Controlled Trials Indicate Cognitive Restoration Above Baseline for Advanced Alzheimer's Disease in the Absence of Memantine1

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Clinical trials

    Patients treated with bryostatin pre-specified at Mini-Mental State Examination scores 10-14, without memantine, showed baseline balance, complete safety, and SIB improvements at 13 weeks with multiple imputation analysis: Study #203 = 4.1 SIB points above baseline (p = 0.005), and Study #202 = 4.2 SIB points above baseline (p = 0.016).

  13. Dysphagia Risk in Patients Prescribed Rivastigmine: A Systematic Analysis of FDA Adverse Event Reporting System

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2022 Treatments

    When compared to patients prescribed donepezil, galantamine, or memantine, individuals prescribed rivastigmine were almost twice as likely to report dysphagia as an adverse event.

  14. Exploring the Relationship between Falls in Long Term Care and Psychoactive Prescribing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The Journal of frailty & aging 2022 Health systems and care delivery

    Almost half of patients of nursing home residents experience one fall per year.

  15. From May 13, 2015, to July 22, 2020, 185 participants with Down syndrome were assessed for eligibility and 160 (86%) were randomly assigned either memantine (n=81) or placebo (n=79).

  16. EGb 761® Does Not Affect Blood Coagulation and Bleeding Time in Patients with Probable Alzheimer's Dementia-Secondary Analysis of a Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) 2021-12-03 Clinical trials

    Following reports of bleeding upon Ginkgo intake, we assessed whether Ginkgo extract EGb 761® affects coagulation or platelet function or increases the risk of bleeding.

  17. Risk of overactive bladder associated with cholinesterase inhibitors in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2021-12-02 Treatments

    The study included 524,975 older adults with dementia who were incident users of ChEIs (donepezil 80.72%, rivastigmine 16.41%, galantamine 2.87%).

  18. Study of mirtazapine for agitated behaviours in dementia (SYMBAD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 86 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2021-10-23 Clinical trials

    Between Jan 26, 2017, and March 6, 2020, 204 participants were recruited and randomised.

  19. Between Aug 28, 2013, and Dec 21, 2015, we enrolled 3494 participants (3061 at high risk and 433 at low risk).

  20. Antimuscarinic Cascade Across Individual Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Older Adults with Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. Drugs & aging 2021-05-24 Treatments

    The study included 47,059 older adults with dementia who were incident users of AChEIs.

  21. Group 3 showed less decrease in the SIB score at 12 and 24 weeks compared with group 1 (P < 0.05).

  22. Antipsychotic Initiation Among Older Dementia Patients Using Cholinesterase Inhibitors: A National Retrospective Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 73 out of 100. Drugs & aging 2021-03-25 Treatments

    The study cohort consisted of 178,441 older adults with dementia who were new users of ChEIs.

  23. No significant difference in ADAS-Cog13, CDR Sum of Boxes (CDR-SOB), or FAQ scores were found between treatment groups at 3 and 6 months.

  24. There were no significant differences in age, sex, or education between AChEIs alone and combination groups.

  25. Prevalence of Central Nervous System-Active Polypharmacy Among Older Adults With Dementia in the US

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. JAMA 2021-03-01 Digital health tools

    Gabapentin was the most common medication and was associated with 33.0% of polypharmacy-days.

  26. Association between exenatide use and incidence of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2021-02-14 Drug development

    The sample was mostly female (65%), White (76%), and 74 years old on average.

  27. Psychosis Management in Lewy Body Dementia: A Comprehensive Clinical Approach

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology 2021-01-19 End-of-life care

    Lewy body dementia (LBD) is asynucleinopathy that results in clinical manifestation of motor and neuropsychiatric symptoms.

  28. Safety and Tolerability of GRF6019 Infusions in Severe Alzheimer's Disease: A Phase II Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 82 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2021 Clinical trials

    All patients completed 100%of study visits and infusions.

  29. [Dementia of the Oldest-Old]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Brain and nerve = Shinkei kenkyu no shinpo 2020-12 Brain tissue and pathology

    It is important to have a wide perspective to provide appropriate medical care for the oldest-old individuals.

  30. Behavioural variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) is a neurodegenerative disorder often neuropathologically associated with the accumulation of abnormally hyperphosphorylated tau, for which there is currently no disease-modifying treatment.

  31. QT interval prolongation and Torsades de Pointes with donepezil, rivastigmine and galantamine

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 46 out of 100. Therapeutic advances in drug safety 2020-08-17 Treatments

    A total of 13 case reports were found (10 for donepezil, 2 for galantamine and 1 for rivastigmine) with rate corrected QT interval (QTc) prolongation.

  32. Increased risk of dementia among patients with overactive bladder treated with an anticholinergic medication compared to a beta-3 agonist: a population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. BJU international 2020-03-19 Digital health tools

    The use of anticholinergic medications among patients with OAB was associated with an increased risk of new-onset dementia compared to beta-3 agonist users.

  33. Lemborexant: First Approval

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Drugs 2020-03 Risk factors

    Lemborexant (DAYVIGO™) is an orally administered, dual orexin receptor (OXR) antagonist that exhibits reversible competitive antagonism at OXR1 and OXR2 (> affinity at OXR2) that was discovered and developed by Eisai Inc. for the treatment of adult patients with insomnia.

  34. Management of mild cognitive impairment (MCI): The need for national and international guidelines

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry 2020-02-05 Prevention trials

    Consensus diagnostic criteria for MCI are available, making early recognition and accurate classification of MCI subtypes possible.

  35. Pharmaceutical Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias: Utilization and Disparities

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2020 Treatments

    Among persons diagnosed with ADRD or related symptoms, 33.3% used an approved drug over the study period.

  36. Correlation Between Donepezil and QTc Prolongation and Torsades de Pointes: A Very Rare Phenomenon

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Cureus 2019-12-23 Treatments

    Dementia can be seen as a clinical syndrome featuring a decline in cognitive and psychological abilities that can cause disability.

  37. Comparison of cholinesterase inhibitor safety in real-world practice

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2019-11-25 Treatments

    Compared with low-dose donepezil, galantamine use was associated with a lower risk of mortality (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.84, 95% confidence interval: 0.60-1.18), cardiovascular serious adverse events (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.78, 95% confidence interval: 0.62-0.98), and entry into a residential care facility (adjusted hazard ratio: 0.72, 95% confidence interval: 0.59-0.89).

  38. Risk of rhabdomyolysis with donepezil compared with rivastigmine or galantamine: a population-based cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2019-09-16 Treatments

    The average age in our 2 groups was 81.1 years, and 61.4% of our population was female.

  39. Alzheimer's disease medication and risk of all-cause mortality and all-cause hospitalization: A retrospective cohort study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2019-07-10 Treatments

    In our final study sample (N = 21,558), significant difference in survival among index AD medication groups were observed with donepezil being associated with better survival than memantine, and oral and transdermal forms of rivastigmine for both ITT and as-treated analysis.

  40. Association between Statin Use and Sepsis Risk in Patients with Dementia: A Retrospective Cohort Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. International journal of environmental research and public health 2019-05-09 Treatments

    This study investigated the association of statin use with sepsis risk in patients with dementia.

  41. Galantamine plasma concentration and cognitive response in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 63 out of 100. PeerJ 2019-05-02 Treatments

    The total sample consisted of 33 clinically diagnosed AD patients taking galantamine 8 mg/d for 6 months.

  42. Current and Future Treatments in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Seminars in neurology 2019-03-29 Treatments

    The foundation of current Alzheimer's disease (AD) treatment involves pharmacological and nonpharmacological management and care planning predicated on patient-centered psychoeducation, shared goal-setting, and decision-making forged by a strong triadic relationship between clinician and the patient-caregiver dyad.

  43. The same daily ACB score was associated with a different degree of risk, depending on the ACB ratings of the individual drugs comprising the score.

  44. Nursing homes underreport antipsychotic prescribing

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Aging & mental health 2019-02-06 Costs and economics

    Nursing homes underreport their antipsychotic prescribing levels, on average, by 1 percentage point per quarter relative to Medicare Part D claims (0.013, 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.012-0.015; p<.001).

  45. The safety profile was similar for 20 μg treatment and placebo patients.

  46. Repurposing Proteostasis-Modifying Drugs to Prevent or Treat Age-Related Dementia: A Systematic Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Frontiers in physiology 2018-10-30 Drug development

    Overall 47 trials, 38 animal and 9 human, were isolated for inclusion in this review.

  47. Clinical efficacy and safety of donepezil in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease in Chinese patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Clinical interventions in aging 2018-10-11 Treatments

    Donepezil, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor (AChEI), has been widely used to treat Alzheimer's disease (AD) in China.

  48. The efficacy and safety of memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Expert opinion on drug safety 2018-09-26 Treatments

    Currently, five pharmacotherapeutic options are available to treat Alzheimer's disease: memantine; the three cholinesterase inhibitors donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine; and combination treatments with memantine and one cholinesterase inhibitor.

  49. A pharmacoeconomic evaluation of cholinesterase inhibitors and memantine for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy 2018-08-09 Treatments

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) results in progressively worsening cognitive decline, leading to loss of functional ability, behavior/mood disturbances, institutionalization, and death.

  50. France Will No More Reimburse Available Symptomatic Drugs Against Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2018 Treatments

    The French Minister of Health published a decree on May 29th of 2018 removing the drugs used to fight against symptoms due to Alzheimer's disease (donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine, memantine) from the list of available reimbursed drugs.

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