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CompletedNCT00652457

Study of Memantine to Treat Huntington's Disease

A Pilot Study of Memantine for Cognitive and Behavioral Dysfunction in Huntington's Disease"

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50 (actual)
Sponsor
Jody Corey-Bloom, MD, PhD · Academic / Other
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

To determine if memantine in doses of 10 mg BID affects memory, cognition, and behavior in patients with Huntington's disease (HD).

Detailed description

Results of several published clinical trials suggest that memantine has a beneficial effect in dementing conditions, such as Alzheimer's disease; however, the effects of memantine on cognitive and behavioral function in HD are unknown. Our hypotheses are that HD patients who are administered memantine will show improved performance on psychometric tests of memory and executive functions in addition to behavior and that patients treated with memantine will show more improvement after six months than after three months of treatment.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGMemantine10 mg BID x 3 months

Timeline

Start date
2004-11-23
Primary completion
2009-10-28
Completion
2009-10-28
First posted
2008-04-03
Last updated
2021-01-05
Results posted
2021-01-05

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00652457. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.