RIVastigmine In Vascular cognitivE Impairment (RIVIVE)

Singapore Health Services (SingHealth)

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Cognitive Impairment

Treatments

Drug: Exelon (rivastigmine)

Drug: Placebo

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Industry

Identifiers

NCT00669344

CENA713BSG01

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study is a 24-week prospective, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of 9 mg / day Rivastigmine in patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment Not Dementia (CIND) to evaluate efficacy, safety and tolerability in Asian patients. The hypothesis is that patients receiving Rivastigmine would improve in executive functioning domains.

Full description

Methodology: This is a 24-week, double blind, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot study of 9 mg / day Rivastigmine in patients with Cognitive Impairment Not Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease.

During the screening period, patients will be evaluated for CIND by means of neuropsychological tests establishing cognitive impairment following stroke or resulting from subcortical ischemic vascular disease (diagnosed by MRI) AND exclusion of dementia by DSM-IV criteria. At baseline, eligible patients will be evaluated for additional inclusion/exclusion criteria, vital signs, MMSE, Ten Point Clock Test, Colour Trails Test 1 & 2, ADAS-Cog, Cognitive Battery, Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB), Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study Activities of Daily Living (ADCS-ADL) scale for mild cognitive impairment (MCI), Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI), Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and past/coexistent medical conditions. Laboratory examinations and ECGs will be evaluated at screening and week 24.

Patients will be evaluated every 4 weeks for 12 weeks at which time dose increases will be made and vital signs will be evaluated. At Week 12, cognitive and functional measures will be evaluated including the Ten Point Clock Test, Colour Trails Test 1 & 2, ADAS-Cog, Cognitive Battery, FAB, ADL Scale for MCI, and NPI and GDS will be evaluated. At week 16 and week 20, telephone calls will be made to patients and caregivers to ascertain compliance. At Week 24, cognitive and functional measures will be evaluated including the Ten Point Clock Test, Colour Trails Test 1 & 2, ADAS-Cog, Cognitive Battery, FAB, ADL Scale for MCI, and NPI and GDS will be evaluated.

Patients will be receiving a bottle of trial drug at appropriate titration dose every 4 weeks during titration phase starting from rivastigmine/placebo 1.5mg bd daily. During maintenance phase / at week 12, patients will be given 3 bottles of trial drug at the appropriate maintenance dose.

Adverse events and serious adverse events will be captured at every visit. In addition, patients who discontinue the study will be followed for safety evaluations through 24 weeks.

Enrollment

50 patients

Sex

All

Ages

55 to 85 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

male and female patients, age 55-85
outpatients, living with a caregiver
Rankin score <=3
Diagnosis of Cognitive Impairment Not Dementia due to cerebrovascular disease
Post-stroke cognitive impairment
Cognitive impairment documented by neuropsychological evaluation within 6 months of index stroke

Exclusion criteria

Advanced, severe, and unstable disease of any type that may interfere with the efficacy evaluations or put the subject at special risk
A current diagnosis of active uncontrolled seizure disorder
A current diagnosis of active peptic ulceration
A current diagnosis of severe and unstable cardiovascular disease
A current diagnosis of sick-sinus syndrome or conduction deficits (sino-atrial block, atrioventricular block)
A current diagnosis of unstable angina
MI within the last 6 months
DSM IV current diagnosis of dementia
DSM IV current diagnosis of major depression (patients may be included if currently being treated on an antidepressant and stabilized after 3 months)
A disability that may prevent the subject from completing all study requirements (e.g. blindness, deafness, severe language difficulty)
A known exaggerated pharmacological sensitivity or hypersensitivity to acetylcholinesterase inhibitors or to other cholinergic compounds
Ingestion of any of the following:
an investigational drug in the past four weeks
metrifonate in the last 3 months
a drug or treatment known to cause major organ system toxicity during the past four weeks
other cholinergic drugs (eg succinylcholine type muscle relaxants) during the past two weeks
anticholinergics prior to baseline
acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in the past 3 months
Women of childbearing potential