Status:
COMPLETED
A Pilot of Methylphenidate in Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia Participants.
Lead Sponsor:
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Alzheimer Dementia
Eligibility:
All Genders
55-95 years
Phase:
PHASE4
Brief Summary
Investigators are doing this research study to find out if methylphenidate (MPH) can help people with Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or mild dementia likely due to Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and relate...
Detailed Description
Investigators will give participants a supply of study drug. Participants will take the study drug by mouth once a day for 16 weeks. It is important for participants to follow our instructions about h...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Study subjects meeting all of the following criteria will be allowed to enroll in the study:
- Aged 55-95 inclusive;
- Diagnosis of MCI or mild-stage dementia presumed due to AD and AD-related disorders;
- Cognitive abilities sufficient to be able to complete all study tasks as determined by the PI or a Co-I;
- Education level, English language skills, and literacy that indicates participant will be able to comprehend all assessments;
- Neuropsychiatric Inventory Agitation/Aggression Question 4 = "No" or "Yes" with a mild severity rating.
- Willing and able to complete all assessments and study procedures;
- Not pregnant, lactating, or of child-bearing potential
- Volunteer has a Study Partner with at least two days per week of contact and willing to complete partner study forms;
- No exclusionary medications or dietary supplements. See Section 6.5.8.1
- If on cholinesterase inhibitor and/or memantine, doses are stable for 3 months prior to baseline.
- Basic video conferencing capabilities and a willingness to participate in a virtual trial (including self-administration of ECG).
Exclusion
- Subjects meeting any of the following criteria during the screening evaluation will be excluded:
- Any history of specific CNS disease other than AD or AD-related disorders, such as major clinical stroke, brain tumor, normal pressure hydrocephalus, multiple sclerosis, significant head trauma with persistent neurological or cognitive deficits or complaints;
- Clinically significant or unstable medical condition that could affect safety or compliance with the study and would, in the opinion of the investigator, pose a risk to the participant if they were to participate in the study;
- Major active or chronic psychiatric illness (e.g. depression, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia) within the previous year;
- Current suicidal ideation or history of suicide attempt;
- History of alcohol or other substance abuse or dependence with the past two years;
- Clinically significant abnormalities on complete blood count, comprehensive metabolic panel, B12, or TSH screening safety lab results;
- Concomitant use of medications with psychoactive properties that may deleteriously affect cognition (anticholinergics, antihistamines, antipsychotics, sedative hypnotics, anxiolytics);
- Treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors, coumadin, phenobarbital, phenytoin, primidone, tricyclic antidepressants or other medicines with potential for clinically significant interaction;
- Hypersensitivity to MPH;
- History of marked anxiety and agitation, ADHD, motor tics, glaucoma, or a history or family history of Tourette's Syndrome;
- Clinically significant cardiac condition for which MPH may be contradicted as determined by study physician, such as MI or ventricular arrhythmia within 6 months of enrollment;
- History of untreated, uncontrolled hypertension or a blood pressure greater than 150/90 during the screening period;
- Use of other small molecule or device- based investigational agents one month prior to entry and for the duration of the trial.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2019
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 30 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
11 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03811847
Start Date
November 1 2019
End Date
August 30 2021
Last Update
June 2 2023
Active Locations (1)
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Massachusetts General Hospital, Clinical Translational Research Unit
Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States, 02129