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Clinical trialNCT01126099CompletedInterventional

Prazosin Treatment for Disruptive Agitation in Alzheimer's Disease

SponsorSeattle Institute for Biomedical and Clinical ResearchEnrollment20Alzheimer's Disease
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Summary

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A study of outpatient participants with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia who have difficult behaviors that are upsetting for them or their caregivers. Prazosin is a medication that is commonly used to treat people with high blood pressure. Research with prazosin has shown that it may be effective in treating behavioral problems by reducing excess adrenalin effects in the brain.
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Investigators

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  • Elaine R Peskind, MD

    University of Washington, VA Puget Sound Health Care System

    Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States
  • Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System

    Seattle, Washington, United States

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Drugs studied

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PlaceboPrazosin →
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Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start
31 Mar 2010
Primary completion
31 Mar 2014
Completion
31 Mar 2014
Last update posted
21 May 2015
Registered enrollment
20
Registry id
NCT01126099
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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 24 Aug 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; findmyKOL does not interpret them.