Treating Alzheimer's and Dementia With D-ribose

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Conditions studied: Alzheimers, Dementia

In brief

To study the effectiveness of d-ribose in treating Alzheimer's and Dementia

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02260141

Run by

Practitioners Alliance Network

People needed

3

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2017-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-08

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• A diagnosis of Alzheimer's and/or dementia with a Mini Mental Status Exam ( MMSE) score over 12 or being ambulatory and able to travel outside the home with assistance.
• Must have a caregiver living with them.

You may not qualify if…

• Overt and severe causes of secondary dementia such as metastatic brain cancers, or severe overt infectious encephalopathies or severe autoimmune illness.
• Also, severe life threatening illnesses which would make them unlikely to be alive after 6-12 months.

Where it is running

• PAN — Kailua, Hawaii, United States

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