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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. The Integrated Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale (iADRS) Findings from the EXPEDITION3 Trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2018 Clinical trials

    The Integrated Alzheimer's Disease (AD) Rating Scale (iADRS) is a composite tool that combines scores from the AD Assessment Scale-Cognitive subscale (ADAS-Cog) and the AD Cooperative Study - instrumental Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-iADL).

  2. An overview of systematic reviews of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for the treatment of behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 66 out of 100. International psychogeriatrics 2017-11-16 Treatments

    ABSTRACTBackground:This systematic overview reports findings from systematic reviews of randomized controlled trials of pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD).

  3. AChE Inhibitors and NMDA Receptor Antagonists in Advanced Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. The Consultant pharmacist : the journal of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists 2017-09-01 Treatments

    The evidence to support a specific time frame for discontinuation of Alzheimer's disease treatment is limited.

  4. Pharmacotherapy for Vascular Cognitive Impairment

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. CNS drugs 2017-09 Treatments

    Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is the second most common type of dementia after Alzheimer's disease (AD).

  5. Systematic Review of Sex-Specific Reporting of Data: Cholinesterase Inhibitor Example

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 84 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2017-08-18 Treatments

    Thirty-three randomized controlled trials were identified evaluating 15,971 participants (9,103 (57%) female).

  6. Metformin and Alzheimer's disease, dementia and cognitive impairment: a systematic review protocol

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports 2017-08 Drug development

    The objective of the review is to assess the effect of metformin on the risk, progression and severity of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia, as well as any measures of cognitive performance or impairment.

  7. Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for treating dementia symptoms - a safety evaluation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Expert opinion on drug safety 2017-07-12 Treatments

    The prevalence of Alzheimer's disease (AD) continues to rise, while treatment options for cognitive impairment are limited.

  8. Simultaneous usage of dementia medications and anticholinergics among Asians and Pacific Islanders

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric Society 2017-04-07 Treatments

    Overall, 304 patients receiving cholinesterase inhibitors/memantine also received anticholinergics.

  9. A large number of non-pharmacological interventions for BPSD were identified.

  10. Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Developing Alzheimer's Disease: A Case-Control Study Based on Swiss Claims Data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. CNS drugs 2017-03-01 Digital health tools

    After taking into consideration a possible protopathic bias in the 2 years preceding the AD diagnosis date, benzodiazepine use was not associated with an increased risk of developing AD.

  11. Tolerability of Cholinesterase Inhibitors: A Population-Based Study of Persistence, Adherence, and Switching

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 55 out of 100. Drugs & aging 2017-03 Treatments

    Patients on galantamine had longer mean persistence and better adherence compared with patients on donepezil, with a hazard ratio for discontinuation of 0.91 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.87-0.96] and a relative risk for good adherence of 1.01 (95% CI 1.002-1.03).

  12. Effects of pioglitazone on the incidence of dementia in patients with diabetes

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 67 out of 100. Journal of diabetes and its complications 2017-01-20 Digital health tools

    Pioglitazone is a time- and dose-dependent protective factor against dementia in patients with diabetes.

  13. Clinical Effects of Tramiprosate in APOE4/4 Homozygous Patients with Mild Alzheimer's Disease Suggest Disease Modification Potential

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. The journal of prevention of Alzheimer's disease 2017 Clinical trials

    In APOE4/4 homozygotes receiving 150mg BID tramiprosate, efficacy in the traditional Mild AD patients (MMSE 20-26) was higher than the overall group (MMSE 16-26) and efficacy in the Mild patients (MMSE 22-26) was highest.

  14. Clinically Relevant Drug Interactions with Anti-Alzheimer's Drugs

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. CNS & neurological disorders drug targets 2017 Treatments

    The major pharmacokinetic interactions identified concerned fluoxetine, paroxetine and ketoconazole when used with galantamine or donepezil.

  15. [Memantine as add-on medication to acetylcholinesterase inhibitor therapy for Alzheimer dementia]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 68 out of 100. Der Nervenarzt 2017-01 Treatments

    Currently available data indicate superior therapeutic effects of combination treatment for Alzheimer dementia with memantine and acetylcholine esterase inhibitors in certain clinical contexts.

  16. Memantine for Alzheimer's Disease: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017-01-01 Treatments

    The meta-analyses suggest the credible efficacy and safety of memantine in treating AD when used alone or in combination with ChEIs.

  17. Sembragiline in Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: Results of a Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Phase II Trial (MAyflOwer RoAD)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 79 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2017 Clinical trials

    No differences between treated groups and placebo in adverse events or in study completion.

  18. Benzodiazepine Use and Risk of Dementia in the Elderly Population: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 69 out of 100. Neuroepidemiology 2016-12-24 Drug development

    Key Messages: Our results suggest that benzodiazepine use is significantly associated with dementia risk.

  19. AVP-786 for the treatment of agitation in dementia of the Alzheimer's type

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2016-12-11 Clinical trials

    Agitation is common and distressing in patients with Alzheimer-type dementia, but safe, effective treatments remain elusive.

  20. Pioglitazone for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 39 out of 100. Expert opinion on investigational drugs 2016-12-04 Clinical trials

    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly.

  21. A multicenter, randomized, placebo-controlled trial for cilostazol in patients with mild cognitive impairment: The COMCID study protocol

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Alzheimer's & dementia (New York, N. Y.) 2016-10-27 Drug development

    The COMCID trial will identify the therapeutic potential of cilostazol.

  22. Regular Benzodiazepine and Z-Substance Use and Risk of Dementia: An Analysis of German Claims Data

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 50 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2016-09-01 Digital health tools

    The restricted use of BDZRs may contribute to dementia prevention in the elderly.

  23. Cholinesterase Inhibitor Utilization: The Impact of Provincial Drug Policy on Discontinuation

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 54 out of 100. Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research 2016-05-04 Treatments

    Patients who started ChEI therapy after the introduction of the coverage policy had a significantly longer persistence.

  24. The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guideline on the Use of Antipsychotics to Treat Agitation or Psychosis in Patients With Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 40 out of 100. American Journal of Psychiatry 2016-05-01 Clinical safety

    Author(s): Reus, Victor I; Fochtmann, Laura J; Eyler, A Evan; Hilty, Donald M; Horvitz-Lennon, Marcela; Jibson, Michael D; Lopez, Oscar L; Mahoney, Jane; Pasic, Jagoda; Tan, Zaldy S; Wills, Cheryl D; Rhoads, Richard; Yager, Joel

  25. Efficacy of Cholinesterase Inhibitors in Vascular Dementia: An Updated Meta-Analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. European neurology 2016-02-27 Treatments

    Twelve studies were included in the final analysis.

  26. Randomized double-blind placebo-controlled multicenter trial of Yokukansan for neuropsychiatric symptoms in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 76 out of 100. Geriatrics & gerontology international 2015-12-29 Clinical trials

    Four-week changes in NPI-Q total scores did not differ significantly between the treatment and placebo groups.

  27. Memantine ER/Donepezil: A Review in Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. CNS drugs 2015-11 Treatments

    A once-daily, fixed-dose combination of memantine extended-release (ER)/donepezil 28/10 mg (Namzaric™) is available in the USA for patients with moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease (AD) on stable memantine and donepezil therapy.

  28. Pimavanserin

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 38 out of 100. Drugs of today (Barcelona, Spain : 1998) 2015-11 Clinical trials

    Pimavanserin (ACP-103) is a selective inverse agonist of the 5-hydroxytryptamine 2A (5-HT2A) receptor intended to treat patients with Parkinson's disease psychosis (PDP).

  29. 21% (7065) of the cohort had a record of mental illness at study entry, 25% (8300) had a record of challenging behaviour, and 49% (16,242) had a record of prescription of psychotropic drugs.

  30. Trends in Psychotropic Dispensing Among Older Adults with Dementia Living in Long-Term Care Facilities: 2004-2013

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry 2015-07-17 Digital health tools

    Utilization patterns of psychotropic drugs in institutionalized patients with dementia have changed over the past decade.

  31. RVT-101 is a 5-hydroxytryptamine 6 (5-HT6) receptor antagonist for the treatment of dementia with a number of favorable properties including once daily dosing, lack of food effect, and low potential for drug interactions.

  32. The Use of Cholinesterase Inhibitors Across All Stages of Alzheimer's Disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 64 out of 100. Drugs & aging 2015-07-01 End-of-life care

    Current pharmacological therapy for Alzheimer's disease (AD) includes the cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) donepezil, rivastigmine, and galantamine and the N-methyl D-aspartate receptor antagonist memantine.

  33. Risk of pneumonia in new users of cholinesterase inhibitors for dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 59 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015-04-27 Treatments

    The mean age of 35,570 new users of cholinesterase inhibitors (30,174 users of donepezil, 1,176 users of galantamine, 4,220 users of rivastigmine) was 82; 75% were women, and 82% were white.

  34. Memantine monotherapy for Alzheimer's disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 83 out of 100. PloS one 2015-04-10 Treatments

    Memantine monotherapy improved cognition, behavior, activities of daily living, global function, and stage of dementia and was well-tolerated by AD patients.

  35. From prescription drug purchases to drug use periods – a second generation method (PRE2DUP)

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. BMC medical informatics and decision making 2015-03-25 Health systems and care delivery

    PRE2DUP method gives highly accurate drug use periods for most drug classes, especially those meant for long-term use.

  36. Galantamine improves sleep quality in patients with dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Acta neurologica Belgica 2015-03-17 Treatments

    The purpose of the study was to evaluate the influences of cholinesterase inhibitors on sleep pattern and sleep disturbance.

  37. Donepezil for dementia with Lewy bodies: a randomized, placebo-controlled, confirmatory phase III trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 48 out of 100. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2015-02-03 Treatments

    The predefined superiority of donepezil to the placebo was not confirmed in either active group in the primary analysis.

  38. Long-term donepezil use for dementia with Lewy bodies: results from an open-label extension of Phase III trial

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's Research & Therapy 2015-02-03 Treatments

    In total, 100 subjects completed the study.

  39. Second-Generation Antipsychotics and Tardive Syndromes in Affective Illness: A Public Health Problem With Neuropsychiatric Consequences

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. American Journal of Public Health 2015-02 Clinical safety

    Food and Drug Administration–approved information and public advertisements belie neurodegenerative risks for second-generation antipsychotics in affective illness.

  40. Rationales that Providers and Family Members Cited for the Use of Antipsychotic Medications in Nursing Home Residents with Dementia

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2015-01-30 Clinical safety

    Major categories of reasons for use of antipsychotic medications in the 204 NH residents in the study sample were behavioral (n = 171), psychiatric (n = 159), emotional states (n = 105), and cognitive diagnoses or symptoms (n = 114).

  41. Pharmacokinetic drug–drug interaction study of ranolazine and metformin in subjects with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 43 out of 100. Clinical Pharmacology in Drug Development 2015-01-22 Drug development

    Ranolazine and metformin may be frequently co‐administered in subjects with chronic angina and co‐morbid type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM).

  42. Donepezil decreases annual rate of hippocampal atrophy in suspected prodromal Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Alzheimer's & Dementia 2015-01-14 Treatments

    Two‐hundred and sixteen only subjects were randomized across 28 French expert clinical sites.

  43. A phase II trial of tideglusib in Alzheimer's disease

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 75 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015-01-01 Tau biomarkers

    Short term (26 weeks) tideglusib was acceptably safe but produced no clinical benefit in this trial.

  44. Barriers to Optimising Prescribing and Deprescribing in Older Adults with Dementia: A Narrative Review

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Current clinical pharmacology 2015-01-01 End-of-life care

    Older adults with dementia commonly have multiple chronic conditions that prompt clinicians to prescribe medications.

  45. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: How Long Does Every Behavior Last, and Are Particular Behaviors Associated With PRN Antipsychotic Agent Use?

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 52 out of 100. Journal of Gerontological Nursing 2015-01 Clinical safety

    Read the article, “Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: How Long Does Every Behavior Last, and Are Particular Behaviors Associated With PRN Antipsychotic Agent Use?” found on pages 22–37, carefully noting any tables and other illustrative materials that are included to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the content.

  46. Combination Therapy of Cholinesterase Inhibitor (Donepezil or Galantamine) plus Memantine in the Okayama Memantine Study

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 45 out of 100. Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD 2015 Treatments

    The addition of memantine resulted in stabilization of the Mini-Mental State Examination scores and Hasegawa dementia rating for 6 months, and then significantly declined at 12 months in both subgroups.

  47. [Not Available]

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 61 out of 100. Therapie 2015 Treatments

    Thirty-three patients were included: the revaluation of anti-dementia treatment led to 22 discontinuations and 11 continuations.

  48. Persistence and adherence with dementia pharmacotherapy: relevance of patient, provider, and system factors

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 36 out of 100. Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie 2014-12-01 Digital health tools

    This paper provides a comprehensive review of studies examining adherence and (or) persistence with dementia pharmacotherapy during the past decade, including a summary of the key patient-, drug-, system-, and provider-level factors associated with these measures.

  49. Dementia drug consumption in the Basque Country between 2006 and 2011

    ✓ Peer-reviewed alzhub usefulness score 41 out of 100. Neurologia (Barcelona, Spain) 2014-11-11 Treatments

    Consumption increased by 49.72% between 2006 and 2011.

  50. Between Dec 8, 2009, and Dec 23, 2011, we randomly allocated 278 patients to treatment: 133 to placebo and 145 to idalopirdine. 132 patients in the placebo group and 140 in the experimental group were included in the final analysis.

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