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A Randomized, Double-Blind,Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Neramexane Monotherapy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
What is being tested
Data Collection
Who is being recruted
Alzheimer Disease+11
+ Mental Disorders
+ Brain Diseases
Over 50 Years
+5 Eligibility Criteria
How is the trial designed
Treatment Study
Phase 3
Interventional
Study Start: March 2003
Summary
Principal SponsorForest Laboratories
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: March 1, 2003
Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.Memory loss and difficulties with thinking associated with Alzheimer's disease may be due to chronic release of a brain chemical called glutamate. Glutamate helps transmit messages between nerve cells through interaction with a certain type of receptor (N-methyl-D-aspartate, NMDA) on the cell. Neramexane is a new drug that blocks the effects of excessive glutamate at the receptor (NMDA receptor antagonist).
Official TitleA Randomized, Double-Blind,Placebo-Controlled Evaluation of the Safety and Efficacy of Neramexane Monotherapy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Dementia of the Alzheimer's Type
Principal SponsorForest Laboratories
Last updated: January 27, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner
Protocol
This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.Design Details
400 patients to be enrolled
Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.Treatment Study
These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.
Eligibility
Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.Conditions
Criteria
Any sex
Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.Over 50 Years
Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.Healthy volunteers not allowed
If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.Conditions
Pathology
Alzheimer DiseaseMental DisordersBrain DiseasesCentral Nervous System DiseasesDementiaMemory DisordersNervous System DiseasesNeurologic ManifestationsSigns and SymptomsPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsNeurodegenerative DiseasesNeurobehavioral ManifestationsNeurocognitive DisordersTauopathies
Criteria
2 inclusion criteria required to participate
Clinical diagnosis of moderate to severe Alzheimer's disease;
ambulatory patients
3 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
folate deficiency;
clinically significant central nervous system disease other than Alzheimer's disease;
clinically significant pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, endocrine or cardiovascular disease
Study Centers
These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.This study has 34 locations
Suspended
Suspended
21st Century Neurology
Phoenix, United StatesSuspended
Margolin Brain Institute
Fresno, United StatesSuspended
Pharmacology Research Institute
Northridge, United StatesCompleted34 Study Centers