Escitalopram for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease
- Registration Number
- NCT03108846
- Lead Sponsor
- JHSPH Center for Clinical Trials
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of escitalopram for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia.
- Detailed Description
This study is designed to examine the efficacy and safety of escitalopram as treatment for agitation in Alzheimer's dementia (AD) patients. Participants with clinically significant agitation, and their caregiver(s), will receive a structured psychosocial intervention. Participants not showing a response three weeks later will be randomized 1:1 to escitalopram (up to 15 mg/day) or a matching placebo. Participants will receive study drug or placebo for 12 weeks, with in-person and remote (phone/video) visits at weeks 3, 6, 9, and 12, and with telephone contacts between in-person and remote visits. Participants who do show a response to the psychosocial intervention will not be randomized to study drug but will be followed remotely.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 187
Not provided
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Placebo Placebo 1-3 capsules each containing placebo only once per day in the morning Escitalopram Escitalopram Escitalopram up to 15mg/day taken as 1-3 capsules each containing 5mg escitalopram once per day in the morning
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method modified- Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study--Clinical Global Impression of Change (mADCS-CGIC) after 12 weeks Clinical Global Impression of Change
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
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Trial Locations
- Locations (29)
Hackensack Meridian Health
🇺🇸Hackensack, New Jersey, United States
Baylor AT&T Memory Center
🇺🇸Dallas, Texas, United States
University of California Los Angeles/VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine Memory and Aging Center
🇺🇸Los Angeles, California, United States
Kansas School of Medicine-Wichita Center for Clinical Research
🇺🇸Wichita, Kansas, United States
Eastern Virginia Medical School
🇺🇸Norfolk, Virginia, United States
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Biomedical Research Foundation
🇺🇸Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Roper St. Francis Healthcare
🇺🇸Charleston, South Carolina, United States
Banner Sun Health Research Institute
🇺🇸Sun City, Arizona, United States
Miami Jewish Health Systems
🇺🇸Miami, Florida, United States
Maryland VA Health Care System
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Bayview Medical Center
🇺🇸Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Alzheimer Disease Center
🇺🇸Quincy, Massachusetts, United States
Columbia University
🇺🇸New York, New York, United States
University of Rochester Medical Center
🇺🇸Rochester, New York, United States
Ohio State University
🇺🇸Columbus, Ohio, United States
Abington Neurological Associates, Ltd
🇺🇸Abington, Pennsylvania, United States
Alzheimer Disease Research Center; University of Pittsburgh
🇺🇸Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
UT Health San Antonio
🇺🇸San Antonio, Texas, United States
University of Virginia Adult Neurology
🇺🇸Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
Northwest Clinical Research Center
🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington, United States
Neuropsychopharmacology Research Group, Sunnybrook
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
University of Calgary and Foothills Medical Centre
🇨🇦Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Unity Health
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Centre for Memory and Aging
🇨🇦Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ontario Shores
🇨🇦Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Lawson Health Research Institute/Parkwood Institute
🇨🇦London, Ontario, Canada