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  1. Individual Angiotensin Receptor Blockers and Risk of Dementia: A Target Trial Emulation Study 2026-10-14
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  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. Behavioral effects of memantine in Alzheimer disease patients receiving donepezil treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. Neurology 2006-07-10 Treatments

    Patients treated with memantine had significantly lower NPI total scores than patients treated with placebo.

  2. Donepezil in patients with severe Alzheimer's disease: double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2006-04-01 Treatments

    95 patients assigned donepezil and 99 patients assigned placebo completed the study.

  3. Antihypertensive medication use and incident Alzheimer disease: the Cache County Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2006-03-13 Drug development

    These data suggest that AH medications, and specifically potassium-sparing diuretics, are associated with reduced incidence of AD.

  4. Phase II study of donepezil in irradiated brain tumor patients: effect on cognitive function, mood, and quality of life

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2006-03-01 Treatments

    Cognitive functioning, mood, and health-related QOL were significantly improved following a 24-week course of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor donepezil.

  5. The clinical and cost-effectiveness of donepezil, rivastigmine, galantamine and memantine for Alzheimer's disease

    ⚠ Report — not peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Health Technology Assessment 2006-01-01 Costs and economics

    For mild to moderately severe AD, the results of the study suggested that all three treatments were beneficial when assessed using cognitive outcome measures.

  6. Benefits of rivastigmine on attention in dementia associated with Parkinson disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Neurology 2005-11-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In a 24-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study of rivastigmine, 487 patients with dementia associated with Parkinson disease underwent assessment of attention on the Cognitive Drug Research computerized cognitive assessment system before dosing and 16 and 24 weeks later.

  7. Cholinesterase inhibitors for patients with Alzheimer's disease: systematic review of randomised clinical trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2005-08-01 Treatments

    Because of flawed methods and small clinical benefits, the scientific basis for recommendations of cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease is questionable.

  8. Rivastigmine and donepezil treatment in moderate to moderately-severe Alzheimer's disease over a 2-year period

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Current medical research and opinion 2005-08 Treatments

    In total, 994 patients received cholinesterase inhibitor treatment (rivastigmine, n = 495; donepezil, n = 499), and 57.9% of patients completed the study.

  9. Donepezil for dementia in Parkinson's disease: a randomised, double blind, placebo controlled, crossover study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2005-06-18 Treatments

    Donepezil was well tolerated and most adverse events were mild.

  10. Drug persistency patterns for patients treated with rivastigmine or donepezil in usual care settings

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Journal of managed care pharmacy : JMCP 2005-04-01 Digital health tools

    For the cohort of patients that remained on therapy > or =60 days, the mean time to treatment discontinuation was 331 days (95% confidence interval [CI], 307-355) for rivastigmine patients (n = 392) versus 337 days (95% CI, 322-352) for donepezil patients (n = 1288).

  11. Quetiapine and rivastigmine and cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: randomised double blind placebo controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 2005-02-18 Treatments

    Neither quetiapine nor rivastigmine are effective in the treatment of agitation in people with dementia in institutional care.

  12. Adverse outcomes associated with inappropriate drug use in nursing homes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. The Annals of pharmacotherapy 2005-01-25 Digital health tools

    Inappropriate drug use was common in our study cohort.

  13. Representation of patients with dementia in clinical trials of donepezil

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. The Canadian journal of clinical pharmacology = Journal canadien de pharmacologie clinique 2004-12-15 Digital health tools

    Fewer than half of the older adults dispensed donepezil in Ontario would have been eligible to participate in the RCTs that established the efficacy of this drug.

  14. Treatment of vascular dementia--evidence from clinical trials with cholinesterase inhibitors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Journal of the neurological sciences 2004-11-15 Treatments

    Cerebrovascular disease (CVD), as well as secondary ischemic brain injury from cardiovascular disease, are common causes of dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly.

  15. Benzodiazepine use and hip fractures in the elderly: who is at greatest risk?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2004-07-01 Digital health tools

    The incidence of hip fracture appears to be associated with benzodiazepine use.

  16. The efficacy of donepezil in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Neurology 2004-07-01 Treatments

    Donepezil has significant efficacy in the treatment of neuropsychiatric symptoms in patients with mild to moderate AD.

  17. Long-term donepezil treatment in 565 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD2000): randomised double-blind trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Lancet (London, England) 2004-06-01 Treatments

    Cognition averaged 0.8 MMSE (mini-mental state examination) points better (95% CI 0.5-1.2; p<0.0001) and functionality 1.0 BADLS points better (0.5-1.6; p<0.0001) with donepezil over the first 2 years.

  18. The management of dementia in Alzheimer's disease has dramatically changed since the development of anti-dementia drugs.

  19. Neuroleptic drug therapy in older adults newly admitted to nursing homes: incidence, dose, and specialist contact

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2004-05-01 Digital health tools

    Incident use of neuroleptics in Ontario nursing homes is substantial.

  20. Frontotemporal Dementia: A Randomised, Controlled Trial with Trazodone

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders 2004-01-01 Clinical trials

    Behavioural troubles due to frontotemporal dementia (FTD) are difficult to treat.

  21. Efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 2003-09-01 Treatments

    Treatment with ChEIs results in a modest but significant therapeutic effect and modestly but significantly higher rates of adverse events and discontinuation of treatment.

  22. Cholinesterase inhibitors for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease:: getting on and staying on

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental 2003-04-01 Treatments

    ChE inhibitors provide symptomatic benefit in AD across key symptom domains.

  23. Cholinergic dysfunction is also associated with neuropsychiatric and functional deficits, but results from randomized controlled trials of cholinesterase inhibitors are conflicting.

  24. Efficacy of Donepezil on Behavioral Symptoms in Patients With Moderate to Severe Alzheimer’s Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 2002-12-01 Treatments

    Baseline demographics were similar between the treatment groups.

  25. Aromatherapy as a Safe and Effective Treatment for the Management of Agitation in Severe Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry 2002-07-15 Clinical trials

    Seventy-one patients completed the trial.

  26. Nefiracetam. Daiichi Seiyaku

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Current opinion in investigational drugs (London, England : 2000) 2002-05 Clinical trials

    Nefiracetam (DM-9384) is a cerebral metabolic product under development by Daiichi for the potential treatment of the after-effects of cerebrovascular disorders.

  27. Pharmacologic treatments of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. The Medical clinics of North America 2002-05 Treatments

    This standard is based on the results of large-scale, double-blind, placebo-controlled trials.

  28. Use of anticholinergic medications by older adults with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2002-05-01 Digital health tools

    Community-based, commercially insured, older adults with probable dementia are more likely to take anticholinergics than matched controls.

  29. Comparison of Citalopram, Perphenazine, and Placebo for the Acute Treatment of Psychosis and Behavioral Disturbances in Hospitalized, Demented Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American Journal of Psychiatry 2002-03-01 Clinical safety

    Patients treated with citalopram or perphenazine showed statistically significant improvement on several Neurobehavioral Rating Scale factor scores.

  30. Effects of a flexible galantamine dose in Alzheimer's disease: a randomised, controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry 2001-11-01 Treatments

    Patients on galantamine, compared with those on placebo, experienced benefits in cognitive function and instrumental and basic activities of daily living.

  31. ACOVE Quality Indicators

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Annals of Internal Medicine 2001-10-16 End-of-life care

    A Systematic ReviewObstructive sleep apnoea, positive airway pressure treatment and postoperative delirium: protocol for a retrospective observational studyEvidence supporting the best clinical management of patients with multimorbidity and polypharmacy: a systematic guideline review and expert consensusDeprescribiendo para mejorar la salud de las personas o cuando deprescribir puede ser la mejor medicinaThe use of proton pump inhibitors among older adults with intellectual disability: A cross sectional observational studyNeed for Comprehensive Health Care Quality Measures for Older AdultsDevelopment and initial validation of prescribing quality indicators for patients with chronic kidney diseaseOlder patients' prescriptions screening in the community pharmacy: development of the Ghent Older People's Prescriptions community Pharmacy Screening (GheOP³S) toolA New Computer-Based Tool to Reduce Potentially Inappropriate Prescriptions in Hospitalized Geriatric PatientsThe Successful Aging After Elective Surgery Study: Cohort Description and Data Quality ProceduresRoutine deprescribing of chronic medications to combat polypharmacyAnnual Cognitive Assessment for Older Adults: Update for NursesThe impact of pharmaceutical care interventions for medication underuse in older people: a systematic review and meta-analysisAssessing appropriateness of osteoarthritis care using quality indicators: a systematic reviewCurrent Factors of Fragility and Delirium in Vascular SurgeryDrug-related problems identification in general internal medicine: The impact and role of the clinical pharmacist and pharmacologistPrescription of potentially inappropriate drugs for geriatric patients in long-term care: improvement through pharmacist's interventionChanging practice in dementia care in the community: developing and testing evidence-based interventions, from timely diagnosis to end of life (EVIDEM)High Prevalence of Poor Quality Drug Prescribing in Older Individuals: A Nationwide Report From the Italian Medicines Agency (AIFA)Delirium in elderly peopleDelphi consensus statement: Quality indicators for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Comprehensive Care UnitsPotentiality of STOPP/START criteria used in primary care to effectively change inappropriate prescribing in elderly patientsToo Much to ManageHip Fracture ManagementAppropriateness of Medication Prescribing Using the STOPP/START Criteria in Veterans Receiving Home-Based Primary CareActualización de la neumonía en el ancianoEstablishi

  32. Donepezil in the treatment of patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Expert review of neurotherapeutics 2001-09 Treatments

    Donepezil is the most widely used acetylcholinesterase inhibitor licensed for symptomatic treatment of mild-to-moderate Alzheimer's disease.

  33. Galantamine: a randomized, double-blind, dose comparison in patients with Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2001-09 Clinical trials

    Patients treated with galantamine 24 mg/day had a significantly better outcome than placebo on ADAS-cog; the treatment difference was 3 points on the intention-to-treat (ITT) analysis ( p = 0.01) and 4.2 points on per protocol analysis ( p = 0.001).

  34. A 1-year, randomized, placebo-controlled study of donepezil in patients with mild to moderate AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. Neurology 2001-08-01 Genetics

    As the first 1-year, multinational, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study of a cholinesterase inhibitor in AD, these data support donepezil as a well tolerated and effective long-term treatment for patients with AD, with benefits over placebo on global assessment, cognition, and ADL.

  35. Open-label, multicenter, phase 3 extension study of the safety and efficacy of donepezil in patients with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2001-03-01 Treatments

    Donepezil is an effective and safe drug for the long-term symptomatic treatment of mild to moderately severe AD for up to 144 weeks (2.8 years), and sustained treatment may confer some advantages.

  36. Economic evaluations during early (phase II) drug development: a role for clinical trial simulations?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. PharmacoEconomics 2001 Clinical trials

    Faced with increasing demands on demonstrating cost effectiveness, pharmaceutical companies are required to conduct pharmacoeconomic evaluations throughout the drug development programme.

  37. Galantamine: a review of its use in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Drugs 2000-11-01 Treatments

    Recipients of galantamine 16 or 24 mg/day achieved significant improvements in cognitive and global symptoms relative to placebo recipients in large (n = 285 to 978 patients with mild to moderate AD) well-designed trials of 3 to 6 months' duration.

  38. Treatment of agitation in AD: a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. Neurology 2000-11-01 Caregiving

    Comparable modest reductions in agitation occurred in patients receiving haloperidol, trazodone, BMT, and placebo.

  39. A randomized controlled trial of prednisone in Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 77 out of 100. Neurology 2000-02-01 Clinical trials

    A low-dose regimen of prednisone is not useful in the treatment of AD.

  40. A 52-week study of the efficacy of rivastigmine in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. European neurology 2000-01-01 Treatments

    The efficacy of a centrally active cholinesterase inhibitor, rivastigmine tartrate (ENA 713; Exelon, in patients with mild to moderately severe Alzheimer's disease was evaluated in a 26-week open-label extension of a 26-week, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.

  41. The spectrum of behavioral responses to cholinesterase inhibitor therapy in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Archives of neurology 1999-11-01 Treatments

    Donepezil has psychotropic properties, and pretreatment behaviors help predict patients' responses to treatment.

  42. Occurrence and Progression of Dementia in a Community Population Aged 75 Years and Older

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Archives of Neurology 1999-08-01 Drug development

    Subjects taking antihypertensive medication (n = 651, 83.9% of whom took diuretics) had a lower prevalence of dementia than those not taking antihypertensive medication (P<.001).

  43. A double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of diclofenac/misoprostol in Alzheimer’s disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Neurology 1999-07-01 Clinical trials

    There were no group differences with any of the outcome measures in an intent-to-treat analysis.

  44. Cost-effectiveness of donepezil in the treatment of mild or moderate Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. Neurology 1999-04-01 Treatments

    The results of the cost-effectiveness model presented here suggest that donepezil may be cost-effective but additional controlled data on long-term drug efficacy are needed.

  45. Efficacy and safety of rivastigmine in patients with Alzheimer's disease: international randomised controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. BMJ (Clinical research ed.) 1999-03-01 Treatments

    At the end of the study cognitive function had deteriorated among those in the placebo group.

  46. Memantine in severe dementia: results of the 9M-Best Study (Benefit and efficacy in severely demented patients during treatment with memantine)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 1999-02-01 Treatments

    The results of this trial support the hypothesis that memantine treatment leads to functional improvement and reduces care dependence in severely demented patients.

  47. Donepezil for Treatment of Dementia With Lewy Bodies: A Case Series of Nine Patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. International Psychogeriatrics 1998-09-01 Treatments

    Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is common.

  48. Limited to individuals who had been hospitalized in the 6 months preceding the first assessment, Minimum Data Set diagnoses were compared with those on the hospital discharge claims maintained in the Medicare Provider Analysis and Review database.

  49. Efficacy and tolerability of carbamazepine for agitation and aggression in dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 1998-01-01 Health systems and care delivery

    This controlled study showed significant short-term efficacy of carbamazepine for agitation with generally good safety and tolerability.

  50. A Placebo-Controlled, Double-blind, Randomized Trial of an Extract of Ginkgo Biloba for Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. JAMA 1997-10-22 Clinical trials

    Although modest, the changes induced by EGb were objectively measured by the ADAS-Cog and were of sufficient magnitude to be recognized by the caregivers in the GERRI.

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