The evaluation of the efficacy and the safety of rikkunshito on anorexia in elderly dementia patients
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Elderly dementia patients
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000011198
- Lead Sponsor
- Juntendo Tokyo Koto Geriatric Medical Center, Juntendo University School of Medicine
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 20
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1) Patients with serious complications (liver, kidney, heart, blood, or metabolic disorders) 2) Patients with gastrectomy 3)Patients who need to take enteral nutrition 4) patients with a history of hypersensitivity to traditional Japanese medicine 5) Patients who received drugs prohibited for concomitant use within 2 weeks before treatment of rikkunshito 6) Patients under medical treatment of gastrointestinal disorders (peptic ulcer, gastrointestinal bleeding, mechanical ileus or gastrointestinal perforation) and cancer 7) Patients considered inappropriate by the study investigator
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of food intake before and after treatment of rikkunshito
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Evaluation of psychological symptoms(NPI-NH), appetite level(NPI-NH), cognitive function(MMSE), activities of daily living(Barthel index), body weight and nutrition(geriatric nutritional risk index) Change of cerebral blood flow using SPECT Safety of rikkunshito