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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00001777
Date of registration: 03/11/1999
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Public title: Sertraline for the Treatment of Patients With Frontal Lobe Dementia (FLD)
Scientific title: A Controlled, Randomized, Double-Blind Trial of Sertraline in Patients With Frontal Lobe Dementia (FLD)
Date of first enrolment: December 1997
Target sample size: 30
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00001777
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Characterized as having behavioral manifestations using a standardized neuropsychiatric
scale and interview.

FLD patients' frontal cognitive sysfunctions characterized using a short neurobehavioral
test battery.

Patients must be able to be tested and cooperative with the procedures required in this
protocol.

No contraindications to the use of Sertraline.

No medical conditions that can reasonably be expected to subject the patient to
unwarranted risk (e.g., cancer) or require frequent changes in medication.
Well-controlled medical conditions such as hypertension and diabetes will not be excluded.

Patients must not be pregnant or nursing and must be using effective contraception, if
still at child-bearing age.

No history of prior severe traumatic brain injury or other severe neurologic or
psychiatric condition, such as psychosis, stroke, multiple sclerosis, or spinal cord
injury.

Not using any psychotropic medication which cannot be stopped 4 weeks before the study.



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dementia
Intervention(s)
Drug: Sertraline
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
98-N-0046
980046
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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