Safety and Efficacy of Nabilone in Alzheimer's Disease

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02351882

Recruitment Status : Completed

First Posted : January 30, 2015

Last Update Posted : June 25, 2020

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Sponsor:

Information provided by (Responsible Party):

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

No Study Results Posted on ClinicalTrials.gov for this Study

About Study Results Reporting on ClinicalTrials.gov

Recruitment Status :	Completed
Actual Primary Completion Date :	January 2018
Actual Study Completion Date :	March 2019

Publications of Results:

Herrmann N, Ruthirakuhan M, Gallagher D, Verhoeff NPLG, Kiss A, Black SE, Lanctot KL. Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trial of Nabilone for Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 Nov;27(11):1161-1173. doi: 10.1016/j.jagp.2019.05.002. Epub 2019 May 8.

Ruthirakuhan M, Herrmann N, Andreazza AC, Verhoeff NPLG, Gallagher D, Black SE, Kiss A, Lanctot KL. 24S-Hydroxycholesterol Is Associated with Agitation Severity in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Alzheimer's Disease: Analyses from a Clinical Trial with Nabilone. J Alzheimers Dis. 2019;71(1):21-31. doi: 10.3233/JAD-190202.

Ruthirakuhan M, Herrmann N, Andreazza AC, Verhoeff NPLG, Gallagher D, Black SE, Kiss A, Lanctot KL. Agitation, Oxidative Stress, and Cytokines in Alzheimer Disease: Biomarker Analyses From a Clinical Trial With Nabilone for Agitation. J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol. 2020 Jul;33(4):175-184. doi: 10.1177/0891988719874118. Epub 2019 Sep 23.

Other Publications:

Ruthirakuhan MT, Herrmann N, Gallagher D, Andreazza AC, Kiss A, Verhoeff NPLG, Black SE, Lanctot KL. Investigating the safety and efficacy of nabilone for the treatment of agitation in patients with moderate-to-severe Alzheimer's disease: Study protocol for a cross-over randomized controlled trial. Contemp Clin Trials Commun. 2019 May 23;15:100385. doi: 10.1016/j.conctc.2019.100385. eCollection 2019 Sep.

Publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):

Bosnjak Kuharic D, Markovic D, Brkovic T, Jeric Kegalj M, Rubic Z, Vuica Vukasovic A, Jeroncic A, Puljak L. Cannabinoids for the treatment of dementia. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 Sep 17;9(9):CD012820. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012820.pub2.

Ruthirakuhan M, Lanctot KL, Vieira D, Herrmann N. Natural and Synthetic Cannabinoids for Agitation and Aggression in Alzheimer's Disease: A Meta-Analysis. J Clin Psychiatry. 2019 Jan 29;80(2):18r12617. doi: 10.4088/JCP.18r12617.

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