Dementia with Lewy bodies
Conditions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients diagnosed as probable DLB according to the diagnostic criteria for DLB 2)Mini-Mental State Examination(MMSE)score is >- 10 and -< 26 3)Patients having caregivers throughout the study who submit written consent to cooperate with this study, can routinely stay with patients 3 days or more a week (at least 4 hours a day), provide patients' information necessary for this study, assist treatment compliance, and escort the patients on required visits to study institution
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients diagnosed with Parkinson's disease with dementia (PDD) 2)Patients who received anti-dementia drug therapy at the same institution 3)Patients who received anti-dementia drug therapy within 12 weeks before start of Screening 4)Patients with a complication of serious neuropsychiatric disease(s) such as stroke, brain tumor, schizophrenia, epilepsy, normal pressure hydrocephalus, mental retardation, brain trauma with unconsciousness, or a history of brain surgery causing unrecovered deficiency 5)Patients with severe extrapyramidal disorders (Hoehn & Hahr staging score is >- IV) 6)Patients whose systolic blood pressure is < 90 mmHg or pulse rate is < 50/bpm at screening
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) Neuropsychiatric Inventory (NPI) | — |