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Lead
Samsung Medical Center
With
Eisai Korea Inc.
The purposes of this study are:
1. to compare the efficacy between switching patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) from galantamine or rivastigmine to donepezil because they were not responding adequately, and naive patients with AD who initiated therapy with donepezil
2. to help to clinicians in choosing the best treatment
Age
Any age
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
1. A diagnosis of probable AD according to the criteria of the NINCDS-ADRDA
2. Korean version Mini-Mental State Examination scores between 10 and 26
3. History of cognitive decline that had been gradual in onset and progressive over at least 6 months
4. A caregiver who could assist the patient with medication, attend the assessment and provide information about the patient.
You may not be if
1. they had evidence of any neurodegenerative diseases other than AD (i.e. Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease)
2. Psychiatric disorder or severe behavioral disturbances that required psychotropic medications
3. Cerebral injuries induced by trauma, hypoxia, and/or ischemia
4. Clinically active cerebrovascular disease; History of seizure disorder
5. Other physical conditions that required acute treatment.
