Official Title: “A Randomized Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Galantamine in Patients With Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) Clinically at Risk for Development of Clinically Probable Alzheimer's Disease”

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of galantamine treatment in patients with mild cognitive impairment.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study

This is an international, multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial.

Patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) who are clinically at risk for development of Alzheimer's disease will be treated for 24 months with either placebo or galantamine hydrobromide. Memory and overall clinical improvement will be evaluated using the Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale with cognitive subscale adapted to MCI (ADAS-cog/MCI) and the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of the Boxes (CDR-SB). Overall functional skills and the severity of dementia will be assessed with the Clinical Dementia Rating Sum of the Boxes (CDR-SB) and the overall Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score. Additional assessments include the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST) to measure attention. Safety will be assessed using adverse event reports, vital signs, laboratory parameters, physical examination, and electrocardiogram. The study hypothesis is that treatment with galantamine will be well tolerated and, compared with placebo, will significantly improve the signs and symptoms associated with mild cognitive impairment in patients who are considered likely to develop Alzheimer's disease.

Galantamine hydrobromide immediate-release tablets (4, 8, or 12 milligrams), taken by mouth 2 times daily: 8mg/day for 4 weeks, 16mg/day for 4 weeks, then increased to 24mg/day for the remainder of the 24-month trial. Doses may be reduced at investigator's discretion after 12 weeks.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Drug: Galantamine hydrobromide

Primary Measures

• Memory and cognition (ADAS-COG/MCI and CDR-SB scores), global functional skills and overall severity of dementia (the CDR-SB and the overall Clinical Dementia Rating) measured at 12 and 24 months.

Secondary Measures

• Digit Symbol Coding and Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study-ADL scale (MCI version) at 12 and 24 months. Safety assessment (reports of adverse events, laboratory values, results of physical examinations, and electrocardiograms) throughout the study.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Cinical decline of cognitive ability consistent with mild cognitive impairment
• Delayed recall score <= 10 on a New York University paragraph recall test
• Sufficient visual, hearing and communication capabilities and be willing to complete serial standard tests of cognitive function
• Have a consistent informant to accompany them on scheduled visits
• Be able to read, write and fully understand the language of the cognitive scales used in the study

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurodegenerative disorders such as Parkinson's disease
• Cognitive impairment resulting from acute cerebral trauma, hypoxic cerebral damage, vitamin deficiency states, infections such as meningitis or AIDS, or primary or metastatic cerebral neoplasia
• Epilepsy
• Significant psychiatric disease
• Peptic ulcer disease
• Clinically significant heart, lung, liver or kidney diseases
• Pregnant or nursing women or those without adequate contraception

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 50 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Are Healthy Volunteers Accepted for this Clinical Trial?: No

Lead Sponsor: Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research and Development, L.L.C. Clinical Trial Study Director Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.  

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on September 05, 2008

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00236431

Study ID Number: CR002014

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00236431

Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration

A study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of galantamine in patients with mild cognitive impairment.