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A single-center, randomized controlled study of pentoxifylline improving cognitive function in patients with vascular cognitive impairment

A single-center, randomized controlled study of pentoxifylline improving cognitive function in patients with vascular cognitive impairment

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
ChiCTR
Registry ID
ChiCTR2500104470
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2025-06-18
Start date
2025-07-16
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-06-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Vascular cognitive impairment

Interventions

Control group:Basic treatment such as blood pressure reduction, glucose control and lipid regulation
Treatment group:On the basis of treatment, the control group was combined with pentoxifylline sustained-release tablets, 1 tablet / time (400mg / time), twice a day, 400mg~800mg daily

Sponsors

Wenzhou People Hospital
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 80 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Aged between 18-80 years old; 2. Comply with the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment in the "Diagnosis and Treatment Standards for Vascular Cognitive Impairment (2020 Edition)"; For patients with mild to moderate vascular cognitive impairment, the MMSE scale score is 10-26 points; 3. Blood pressure< 140/90 mmHg, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c) <7%, low-density lipoprotein (LDL-C) < 3.4mmol/L; 4. The patient or his/her legal representative signs the informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who have been previously diagnosed with dementia caused by other brain diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, dementia from frontotemporal lobe, Parkinson's disease, demyelination of the central nervous system, tumors, hydrocephalus, trauma, syphilis, AIDS, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, etc.); 2. Patients who have taken anti-dementia drugs (such as donepezil, rivastigmine, memantine, ginkgo biloba extract, etc.) in the past (in the past 3 months); 3. Patients with cognitive impairment or decline due to other reasons (such as severe depression, VitB12 deficiency, hypothyroidism, etc.); 4. Patients with acute myocardial infarction, severe coronary arteriosclerosis, and bleeding tendencies (such as subarachnoid hemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage, gastrointestinal hemorrhage, extensive retinal hemorrhage, subdural hematoma, epidural hematoma); 5. Patients with severe hepatic insufficiency, severe renal insufficiency, and severe cardiac insufficiency before randomization4; 6. Those who are known to have a history of allergy to pentoxifylline and methylxanthines (such as caffeine, theophylline, aminophylline); 7. Use of drugs that affect the results of the trial during the study; 8. Pregnant, lactating and planning to become pregnant; 9. Those who are in a coma or have severe impairment of consciousness, aphasia, agnosia or deafness, which then affect expression and communication, and are unable to cooperate with the completion of follow-up; 10. Those who participated in other clinical trials within 1 month.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
MMSE score change from baseline;

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
MMSE score change from baseline;EQ-5D score and its change from baseline;mRS score and its change from baseline;

Countries

China

Contacts

Public ContactHua Ye

Wenzhou People Hospital

122106880@qq.com+86 88306123

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ChiCTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026