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Alzheimer's Disease and Aging: Therapeutic Potential of Estrogen

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Department of Veterans Affairs
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00018343
First received: July 3, 2001
Last updated: January 20, 2009
Last verified: December 2004
History of Changes
  Purpose

This study is designed to evaluate the potential beneficial effects of estrogen on cognitive function of women with Alzheimer's Disease.


Condition Intervention Phase
Alzheimer's Disease
 Drug: estrogen
 Phase 2

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Double-Blind
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Alzheimer's Disease and Aging: Therapeutic Potential of Estrogen

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U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Department of Veterans Affairs:

Study Start Date: April 1998
Estimated Study Completion Date: March 2001
  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   50 Years to 90 Years
Genders Eligible for Study:   Female
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria
  • Post menopausal women with alzheimer's disease
  • free of any major medical or neurological disease,
  • medically safe to be treated with estrogen.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00018343

Locations
United States, Washington
VA Puget Sound Health Care System
Lakewood, Washington, United States, 98493-5000
Sponsors and Collaborators
Department of Veterans Affairs
Investigators
Investigator: Suzanne Craft, Ph.D
Investigator: Laura Baker, Ph.D
Investigator: Murray Raskind, M.D.
  More Information

No publications provided

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00018343     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: AGCG-007-97F
Study First Received: July 3, 2001
Last Updated: January 20, 2009
Health Authority: United States: Federal Government

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Alzheimer Disease
Dementia
Brain Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Nervous System Diseases
Tauopathies
Neurodegenerative Diseases
 Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders
Mental Disorders
Estrogens
Hormones
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on June 18, 2013