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Register: Netherlands Trial Register
Last refreshed on: 28 April 2013
Main ID:  NTR787
Date of registration: 08/08/2006
Primary sponsor: Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department of Geriatrics
Public title: Levetiracetam for Treatment of Non-psychotic and Non-depressive behavioural symptoms of dementia.
Scientific title: Levetiracetam for Treatment of Non-psychotic and Non-depressive behavioural symptoms of dementia. - LaTiNN
Date of first enrolment: 1/8/2006
Target sample size: 25
Recruitment status: complete
URL:  http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=787
Study type:  intervention
Study design:  Randomised: No; Masking: None; Control: Not applicable; Group: [default]; Type: Single arm  
Countries of recruitment
The Netherlands
Contacts
Name: P.L.J.  Dautzenberg
Address:  Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department Geriatrics, P.O. Box 90153 5200 ME Den Bosch The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)73 6998629
Email: p.dautzenberg@jbz.nl
Affiliation: 
Name: P.L.J.  Dautzenberg
Address:  Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department Geriatrics, P.O. Box 90153 5200 ME Den Bosch The Netherlands
Telephone: +31 (0)73 6998629
Email: p.dautzenberg@jbz.nl
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Ambulant patients with dementia, level Reisberg 4-6;

2. Informant available.;

3. 6 weeks stable treatment of dementia; anti-psychotics and anti-depressants.

Exclusion criteria: 1. NPI item hallucinations, delusions and depression > ;1

2. Epilepsia;

3. Alcoholism;

4. DM or thyroid disease not under control.


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Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Dementia

Intervention(s)
500 mg Levetiracetam/day, maximum 1500 mg Levetiracetam/day.
Primary Outcome(s)
Effect on week 4 and 13 compared to base-line on Behauvioral symptoms (NPI and CMAI), care-giver burden (CBI) and clinical impression (GCI).
Secondary Outcome(s)
Effect on week 4 and 13 compared to base-line on cognition (MMSE) and ADL (IDDD).
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN97133543
N/A
Source(s) of Monetary Support
UCB for support for statistical analysis if needed, however Dep geriatrics Utrecht University (Rob van Marum) will first performe this analysis
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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