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Studies

804 studies carry this tag.

Date range

1986 to 2026

Top journals

  • Neurology 66
  • The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 35
  • JAMA 24
  • JAMA neurology 23
  • Alzheimer's research & therapy 21

333 journals in all.

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  1. Efficacy and adverse effects of atypical antipsychotics for dementia: meta-analysis of randomized, placebo-controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2006-03-01 Clinical safety

    Quality of the reporting of trials varied.

  2. Risperidone in the treatment of psychosis of Alzheimer disease: results from a prospective clinical trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2006-03-01 Treatments

    Efficacy analysis included 416 patients.

  3. Loss of expectation-related mechanisms in Alzheimer's disease makes analgesic therapies less effective

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Pain 2006-02-10 Brain scans and imaging

    Expectation/placebo-related mechanisms and specific effects of therapies show additive effects, such that a therapy is less effective if the placebo component is absent.

  4. Adherence to continuous positive airway pressure treatment in patients with Alzheimer's disease and obstructive sleep apnea

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2006-02-01 Treatments

    Patients wore CPAP for 4.8 hours per night.

  5. Effects of a gamma-secretase inhibitor in a randomized study of patients with Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 71 out of 100. Neurology 2006-02-01 Treatments

    LY450139 dihydrate, a gamma-secretase inhibitor, was studied in a randomized, controlled trial of 70 patients with Alzheimer disease.

  6. Cholinesterase inhibitors for Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2006-01-25 Treatments

    Since the introduction of the first cholinesterase inhibitor (ChEI) in 1997, most clinicians and probably most patients would consider the cholinergic drugs, donepezil, galantamine and rivastigmine, to be the first line pharmacotherapy for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease.

  7. Donepezil for dementia due to Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 83 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2006-01-25 Caregiving

    Selection criteria All unconfounded, double-blind, randomized controlled trials in which treatment with donepezil was compared with placebo for patients with mild, moderate or severe dementia due to Alzheimer's disease.

  8. Galantamine for Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2006-01-25 Treatments

    Galantamine is a specific, competitive, and reversible acetylcholinesterase inhibitor.

  9. The effectiveness of atypical antipsychotics for the treatment of aggression and psychosis in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The Cochrane database of systematic reviews 2006-01-25 Vascular contributions

    Analysis included patients treated with an atypical antipsychotic, compared with placebo Main results Sixteen placebo controlled trials have been completed with atypical antipsychotics although only nine had sufficient data to contribute to a meta-analysis and only five have been published in full in peer reviewed journals.

  10. A 24-week open-label extension study of memantine in moderate to severe Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2006-01-01 Treatments

    This study is an extension of a 28-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of memantine in 252 patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease.

  11. Atorvastatin therapy may be of benefit in the treatment of mild-to-moderately affected AD patients, but the level of benefit produced may be predicated on earlier treatment, an individual's apolipoprotein E genotype or whether the patient exhibits elevated cholesterol levels.

  12. Progress in studies of huperzine A, a natural cholinesterase inhibitor from Chinese herbal medicine

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Acta pharmacologica Sinica 2006-01-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Huperzine A (HupA), a novel alkaloid isolated from the Chinese herb Huperzia serrata, is a potent, highly specific and reversible inhibitor of acetylcholinesterase(AChE).

  13. Glutamate-based therapeutic approaches: clinical trials with NMDA antagonists

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 47 out of 100. Current opinion in pharmacology 2005-12-15 Vascular contributions

    The majority of clinical trials of N-methyl d-aspartate antagonists have been conducted in the fields of stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI) and dementia.

  14. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of two doses of Ginkgo biloba extract in dementia of the Alzheimer's type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2005-12-01 Treatments

    The trial did not show efficacy of GbE, however, the lack of decline of the placebo patients may have compromised the sensitivity of the trial to detect a treatment effect.

  15. Antimuscarinic drugs for overactive bladder and their potential effects on cognitive function in older patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005-12-01 Caregiving

    Antimuscarinic agents are the predominant pharmacological treatment for patients with overactive bladder (OAB).

  16. Divalproex sodium in nursing home residents with possible or probable Alzheimer Disease complicated by agitation: a randomized, controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2005-11-01 Treatments

    This multicenter trial showed no benefit of divalproex sodium for treatment for agitation in dementia at a mean dose of 800 mg/day over 6 weeks.

  17. Preserved cognition in patients with early Alzheimer disease and amnestic mild cognitive impairment during treatment with rosiglitazone: a preliminary study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 65 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2005-11-01 Mild cognitive impairment

    Future confirmation in a larger study is needed to fully demonstrate rosiglitazone's therapeutic potential.

  18. Reality orientation therapy combined with cholinesterase inhibitors in Alzheimer's disease: randomised controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 60 out of 100. The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science 2005-11-01 Treatments

    Reality orientation therapy combined with cholinesterase inhibitors has not been evaluated in patients with Alzheimer's disease.

  19. Cholinergic challenge in Alzheimer patients and mild cognitive impairment differentially affects hippocampal activation--a pharmacological fMRI study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Brain : a journal of neurology 2005-10-26 Brain scans and imaging

    The differential response to cholinergic challenge in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer patients may reflect a difference in the functional status of the cholinergic system between both groups, which is in line with recent results showing a differential clinical response to cholinergic treatment.

  20. Risk of death with atypical antipsychotic drug treatment for dementia: meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 82 out of 100. JAMA 2005-10-01 Treatments

    Atypical antipsychotic drugs may be associated with a small increased risk for death compared with placebo.

  21. The prevention of hip fracture with risedronate and ergocalciferol plus calcium supplementation in elderly women with Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trial

    ⚠ Retracted — do not rely on it alzhub usefulness score 16 out of 100. Archives of internal medicine 2005-08-01 Treatments

    Elderly patients with AD hypovitaminosis D are at increased risk for hip fracture.

  22. Atorvastatin therapy lowers circulating cholesterol but not free radical activity in advance of identifiable clinical benefit in the treatment of mild-to-moderate AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 56 out of 100. Current Alzheimer research 2005-07-01 Treatments

    Cholesterol-induced production of amyloid beta (Abeta) as a putative neurotoxin in Alzheimer's disease (AD), along with epidemiological evidence, suggests that statin drugs may provide benefit in treatment of the disorder.

  23. Atorvastatin for the treatment of mild to moderate Alzheimer disease: preliminary results

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2005-05-01 Treatments

    Atorvastatin treatment may be of some clinical benefit and could be established as an effective therapy for Alzheimer disease if the current findings are substantiated by a much larger multicenter trial.

  24. Clinical effects of Abeta immunization (AN1792) in patients with AD in an interrupted trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 82 out of 100. Neurology 2005-05-01 Treatments

    Following reports of meningoencephalitis (overall 18/300 [6%]), immunization was stopped after one (2 patients), two (274 patients), or three (24 patients) injections.

  25. Effects of Abeta immunization (AN1792) on MRI measures of cerebral volume in Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Neurology 2005-05-01 Treatments

    Two hundred eighty-eight patients had paired scans (mean interval 10.9 months).

  26. Nighttime insomnia treatment and education for Alzheimer's disease: a randomized, controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2005-05-01 Caregiving

    A randomized, controlled trial.

  27. Vitamin E and donepezil for the treatment of mild cognitive impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2005-04-13 Mild cognitive impairment

    Vitamin E had no benefit in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

  28. Does donepezil treatment slow the progression of hippocampal atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 58 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2005-04-01 Treatments

    Donepezil treatment slows the progression of hippocampal atrophy, suggesting a neuroprotective effect of donepezil in Alzheimer's disease.

  29. Effect of raloxifene on prevention of dementia and cognitive impairment in older women: the Multiple Outcomes of Raloxifene Evaluation (MORE) randomized trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 57 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2005-04-01 Prevention and risk

    Raloxifene at a dose of 120 mg/day, but not 60 mg/day, resulted in reduced risk of cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women.

  30. A randomized, observer-blind, controlled trial of the traditional Chinese medicine Yi-Gan San for improvement of behavioral and psychological symptoms and activities of daily living in dementia patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. The Journal of clinical psychiatry 2005-02-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    This randomized, observer-blind, controlled trial examined the efficacy and safety of the traditional Chinese herbal medicine Yi-Gan San (YGS, Yokukan-San in Japanese) in the improvement of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD) and activities of daily living (ADL).

  31. Evaluation of the safety and immunogenicity of synthetic Abeta42 (AN1792) in patients with AD

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Neurology 2005-01-01 Caregiving

    AN1792 + QS-21 elicited a positive antibody response to Abeta42 in more than half of this elderly study population.

  32. Reduced medial temporal lobe N-acetylaspartate in cognitively impaired but nondemented patients

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 44 out of 100. Neurology 2005-01-01 Brain scans and imaging

    Because NAA is considered a marker of neuronal integrity, reduced medial temporal and parietal lobe NAA could be an early indication of dementia-related pathology in elderly individuals.

  33. Efficacy of donepezil in early-stage Alzheimer disease: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2004-12-01 Treatments

    These data suggest significant treatment benefits of donepezil in early-stage Alzheimer disease, supporting the initiation of therapy early in the disease course to improve daily cognitive functioning.

  34. Persistent improvement in synaptic and cognitive functions in an Alzheimer mouse model after rolipram treatment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. The Journal of clinical investigation 2004-12-01 Risk genes beyond APOE

    Evidence suggests that Alzheimer disease (AD) begins as a disorder of synaptic function, caused in part by increased levels of amyloid beta-peptide 1-42 (Abeta42).

  35. Rivastigmine for dementia associated with Parkinson's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 78 out of 100. The New England journal of medicine 2004-12-01 Treatments

    The outcomes were better among patients treated with rivastigmine than among those who received placebo; however, the differences between these two groups were moderate and similar to those reported in trials of rivastigmine for Alzheimer's disease.

  36. A randomized, controlled, clinical trial of activity therapy for apathy in patients with dementia residing in long-term care

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. International journal of geriatric psychiatry 2004-11-01 Treatments

    Despite the substantial improvement in apathy scores during the course of the study, there was no clear advantage to the reminiscence-based intervention over the time and attention, one-on-one control intervention.

  37. Economic evaluation of donepezil in moderate to severe Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Neurology 2004-08-01 Treatments

    This cost-consequence analysis reveals economic benefits of treatment of moderate to severe AD with donepezil.

  38. Efficacy of donepezil in mild cognitive impairment: a randomized placebo-controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 74 out of 100. Neurology 2004-08-01 Treatments

    Although significant treatment effects were not seen in the primary efficacy measures, outcomes on secondary measures suggest promising directions for further evaluation of donepezil treatment in patients with MCI.

  39. Metaanalysis of randomized trials of the efficacy and safety of donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine for the treatment of Alzheimer disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 53 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2004-07-01 Treatments

    The authors estimated the effects of each of the three commonly used drugs for Alzheimer disease (donepezil, galantamine, and rivastigmine) in terms of predefined clinical outcomes and trial completion rates, by dosing level, and described differences among them.

  40. Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the prevention of Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 62 out of 100. Neuroepidemiology 2004-07-01 Prevention and risk

    Based on analysis of prospective and nonprospective studies, NSAID exposure was associated with decreased risk of Alzheimer's disease.

  41. Efficacy of flupirtine on cognitive function in patients with CJD: A double-blind study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Neurology 2004-03-01 Cognitive tests and assessment

    In cell culture experiments, flupirtine maleate (FLU), a triaminopyridine compound, was able to protect neuronal cells from apoptotic cell death induced by prion protein fragments and beta-amyloid peptides.

  42. The cognitive benefits of galantamine are sustained for at least 36 months: a long-term extension trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2004-02-01 Treatments

    Cognitive decline over 36 months of continuous galantamine treatment was substantially less than the predicted cognitive decline of untreated patients with mild to moderate dementia.

  43. Failures and successes of NMDA receptor antagonists: molecular basis for the use of open-channel blockers like memantine in the treatment of acute and chronic neurologic insults

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. NeuroRx : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics 2004-01-01 Vascular contributions

    Excitotoxicity, defined as excessive exposure to the neurotransmitter glutamate or overstimulation of its membrane receptors, has been implicated as one of the key factors contributing to neuronal injury and death in a wide range of both acute and chronic neurologic disorders.

  44. Memantine treatment in patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer disease already receiving donepezil: a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 81 out of 100. JAMA 2004-01-01 Treatments

    These results, together with previous studies, suggest that memantine represents a new approach for the treatment of patients with moderate to severe AD.

  45. Reduced risk of Alzheimer disease in users of antioxidant vitamin supplements: the Cache County Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Archives of neurology 2004-01-01 Prevention and risk

    Use of vitamin E and vitamin C supplements in combination is associated with reduced prevalence and incidence of AD.

  46. Rofecoxib: no effect on Alzheimer's disease in a 1-year, randomized, blinded, controlled study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neurology 2004-01-01 Caregiving

    The failure of selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 inhibition to slow the progression of AD may indicate either that the disease process is too advanced to modify in patients with established dementia or that cyclo-oxygenase-2 does not play a significant role in the pathogenesis of the disorder.

  47. Subject to the usual caveats inherent in studies with small sample size, this pilot phase 2 study supports further investigation of this novel treatment strategy using a metal-protein-attenuating compound.

  48. Ginkgo biloba extract EGb 761 in dementia: intent-to-treat analyses of a 24-week, multi-center, double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Pharmacopsychiatry 2003-11-01 Treatments

    In 1996, Kanowski et al. reported about the beneficial effects of ginkgo biloba special extract EGb 761 (240 mg/day) in outpatients with pre-senile and senile primary degenerative dementia of the Alzheimer type (DAT) and multi-infarct dementia (MID) of mild to moderate severity.

  49. Randomized, placebo-controlled trial of the effects of donepezil on neuronal markers and hippocampal volumes in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 72 out of 100. The American journal of psychiatry 2003-11-01 Hippocampus size on brain scans

    These preliminary results suggest that donepezil may have a potentially protective effect in Alzheimer's disease.

  50. Exercise plus behavioral management in patients with Alzheimer disease: a randomized controlled trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 75 out of 100. JAMA 2003-10-01 Treatments

    Exercise training for patients with Alzheimer disease combined with teaching caregivers how to manage behavioral problems may help decrease the frailty and behavioral impairment that are often prevalent in patients with Alzheimer disease.

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