Clinical Trial: A Follow-up Study to Assess Safety and Tolerability of Galantamine Treatment in Individuals With Mild Cognitive Impairment

Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: Completed
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: An Open-Label Extension Study to Assess the Long-Term Safety and Tolerability of Galantamine HBr in the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment

Brief Summary: The purpose of this follow-up study is to assess the long-term safety and tolerability of galantamine in individuals with mild cognitive impairment who participated in a previous study with galantamine

Detailed Summary: Dementia is a chronic, progressive brain disease that may involve a number of symptoms, including memory loss and changes in personality, behavior, judgment, attention span, language and thought. The most common type of dementia is Alzheimer's disease. Over time, patients with Alzheimer's disease may lose ability to perform daily tasks related to personal care (for example bathing, dressing, eating) and may be unable to handle money or travel to familiar places. The term mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is used to describe individuals who have memory impairments suggestive of early dementia, but do not yet meet the criteria for Alzheimer's disease. Individuals with MCI are more likely to develop Alzheimer's disease than normal elderly patients. Individuals with MCI who completed 1 of 2 previous double-blind studies with galantamine may participate in this follow-up study if they have not progressed to dementia. They will receive open-label galantamine for 12 months and will be evaluated after 2, 6 and 12 months of treatment. Safety evaluations (incidence of adverse events, ECGs, physical examinations, laboratory tests) will be performed throughout the study. Effectiveness will be assessed after 12 months of treatment (by using standardized tests and rating scales (Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale: cognitive/MCI version [ADAS-Cog/MCI], Clinical Dementia Rating [CDR] and CDR-Sum of the Boxes [CDR-SB]). Health status will be assessed using the Health Survey portion of the Short-Form 36 (SF-36) and the use of health and social care resources will be assessed using a resource-use questionnaire. The enrolled individuals may participate in an optional portion of the study in which their genetic material is analyzed to see if contains something that would affect the way galantamine is used by their bodies. Galantamine 8 or 12 milligrams (mg) by mouth twice daily for 12 months. Dose will start at 4 mg twice daily and be gradually increased to final dose; 12 mg twice daily
Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Current Primary Outcome: Incidence of adverse events; Changes in laboratory tests, ECGs, and physical examinations

Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome: Change in CDR, ADAS-Cog/MCI version, CDR-SB and SF-36 scores from baseline to end of treatment; resource use; time to conversion to dementia

Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Dates:
Date Received: October 14, 2005
Date Started: May 2003
Date Completion:
Last Updated: May 17, 2011
Last Verified: April 2010