Multicenter Trial of Prednisone in Alzheimer's Disease
Public ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00000178. Field values are reproduced from the official study page; the official ClinicalTrials.gov record remains the source of truth for eligibility, enrollment, and contact information.
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Brief summary
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This is a randomized placebo controlled, double blind study. Patients who meet eligibility criteria and decide to participate in the study will be randomly assigned to receive either drug treatment or a placebo. Neither the patients nor the participating investigators will know who is receiving the drugs and who is receiving the placebo. Participation involves 15 outpatient clinic visits over a 68 week period. Patients take study medication at varying doses (the maximum dose is 20 mg daily), along with calcium and vitamin supplements.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00000178
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Enrollment
- Not listed
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 0 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Not listed
- Primary completion
- Not listed
- Completion
- Not listed
- Last update posted
- Jun 23, 2005
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 19
- U.S. states
- 12
- U.S. cities
- 17
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Alabama, Birmingham | Birmingham | Alabama | 35294-0017 | — |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles | California | 90033 | — |
| University of California, San Diego | San Diego | California | 92093-0949 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Jacksonville | Jacksonville | Florida | 32225 | — |
| University of Miami | Miami | Florida | 33140 | — |
| University of South Florida | Tampa | Florida | 33162 | — |
| Indiana University Alzheimer's Center | Indianapolis | Indiana | 46202 | — |
| University of Kansas Medical Center | Kansas City | Kansas | 66160 | — |
| Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore | Maryland | 21224 | — |
| University of Minnesota | Minneapolis | Minnesota | 55455 | — |
| Washington University | St Louis | Missouri | 63110 | — |
| New York University Medical Center | New York | New York | 10016 | — |
| Mount Sinai Medical Center | New York | New York | 10029 | — |
| Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center | New York | New York | 11032 | — |
| University of Rochester | Rochester | New York | 14620 | — |
| Burke Medical Research Institute | White Plains | New York | 10605 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | 15213 | — |
| Vanderbilt University Medical Center | Nashville | Tennessee | 37212-8646 | — |
| University of Texas | Dallas | Texas | 75235-9070 | — |
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- What this page shows
- Public field values for ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00000178, including study identification, conditions, interventions, eligibility (age, sex, healthy volunteer), timeline, and U.S. site list.
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- No medical advice, eligibility judgments, treatment recommendations, study quality scoring, or AI-generated medical summaries. No site contact phone numbers, emails, or investigator names.
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Jun 23, 2005 · Synced Sep 17, 2026
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