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Drug Effectiveness Review Project











                          Drugs  Authors and Year:  Rockwood et al., 2001; 51  Markowitz et al., 2003 63    Country: Multinational  Janssen Research Foundation  To assess the efficacy and safety of GAL in AD   Setting: Multi-center (43 centers in 6 countries)      placebo  galantamine   N/A  24 – 32 mg/d   3 months   3 months   125   261  History of cognitive decline over the last 6 months; diagnosis of probable AD according to  NINCDS/ADRDA; presence of mild to moderate dementia; MMSE of 11- 24; > 2 on ADAS-Cog;  contact with a responsible caregiver  Concomitant medical disease; other neurodegenerative disorder; previously




                          Alzheimer                  Study design: RCT   Sample size: 386






















             Final Report Update 1     Efficacy/Effectiveness  STUDY:      FUNDING:   RESEARCH OBJECTIVE:      DESIGN:           INTERVENTION:    Dose:     Duration:     Sample size:   INCLUSION:   EXCLUSION:   OTHER MEDICATIONS/  INTERVENTIONS ALLOWED:     Alzheimer's Drugs
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