Clinical Trial: The Safety and Efficacy of Neramexane in Patients With Moderate to Severe Alzheimer's Disease
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: A Randomized, Double-Blind,Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Neramexane Monotherapy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Brief Summary: Memory loss and difficulties with thinking associated with Alzheimer's disease may be due to chronic release of a brain chemical called glutamate. Glutamate helps transmit messages between nerve cells through interaction with a certain type of receptor (N-methyl-D-aspartate, NMDA) on the cell. Neramexane is a new drug that blocks the effects of excessive glutamate at the receptor (NMDA receptor antagonist).
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Sponsor: Forest Laboratories
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Information By: Forest Laboratories
Dates:
Date Received: August 24, 2004
Date Started: March 2003
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Last Updated: March 1, 2012
Last Verified: March 2012