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Completed Phase 3 Interventional

Multicenter Trial of Prednisone in Alzheimer's Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00000178

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

Interventions

Drug

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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