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             Drug Effectiveness Review Project












                                                 To evaluate the efficacy and safety of TAC in Chinese patients with probable AD








                                           Parke-Davis Pharmaceutical Division of Warner-Lambert Company







                                                                  placebo   N/A   30 weeks   25  > 50 yrs old; met NINCDS criteria for probable AD with the presence of symptoms for at least 1 year;  dementia was mild to moderate as determined by CDR; baseline MMSE score of 10 - 26  Cardiac disease; stroke; diabetes; hepatic or renal insufficiency; any malignancy; prior exposure to TAC;  probable VaD with HIS > 4; CT or MRI of a focal brain lesion; evidence of vitamin B 12 deficiency;  Concomitant medications except nootropics, anti-depressants, antipsychotics, and sedative-hypnotics;   patients taking concomitant medications
























                          Alzheimer Drugs      Authors:  Wong et al. 67    Year: 1999   Country: Taiwan      Study design: RCT   Setting: NR   Sample size: 100   tacrine  120 mg/d titrated at 30 mg/d    30 weeks   75         hypothyroidism; neurosyphilis



























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