The Efficacy of Traditional Chinese Herbal Medicine for Dementia

• Status: Unknown status
• Trial end date: 2020-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The Clinical trial is a pilot study for treatment of Alzheimer dementia by traditional Chinese herbal medicine(TCM).

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. diagnosis of mild to moderate Alzheimer dementia;

2. aged over 65 years old in both gender;

3. MMSE score between 14 and 26;

4. adequate vision and hearing ability to complete all study tests;

5. with a stable caregiver.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. a medical history of other dementia types, like Frontotemporal dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Vascular Dementia, and mixed type, et al;

2. known of other neurological diseases, cranial nervous system cancer

3. severe liver or kidney dysfunction (alanine aminotransferase>200 IU/L, aspartate transaminase>200 IU/L or serum creatinine >2.5 mg/dl);

4. severe cardiovascular disease (heart failure, coronary heart disease)