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Tianzhi granule improves cognition and BPSD of vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

Tianzhi granule (TZ) is usually used for patients with vascular dementia (VaD) in China. The aim was to assess the effect of TZ by a randomized clinical trial (RCT).

Methods

A 24-week RCT was conducted in 16 centres. Participants were grouped into TZ, donepezil or placebo. The co-primary outcomes were the Vascular Dementia Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (VADAS-cog) and Clinician's Interview-based Impression of Change-plus caregiver information (CIBIC-plus).

Results

A total of 543 patients with mild to moderate VaD were enrolled, of whom 242 took TZ granules, 241 took donepezil, and 60 took placebo. The least-squares mean changes from baseline and 95% CI were 6.20 (5.31, 7.09) (TZ group), 6.53 (5.63, 7.42) (donepezil group) and 3.47 (1.76, 5.19) (placebo group), both TZ and donepezil showed small but significantly improvement compared with placebo group. The percent of improvement on the global impression which was measured by CIBIC-plus was 73.71% in TZ and 58.18% in placebo, there was significant different between TZ and placebo group (P = 0.004). No significant differences were observed between TZ and donepezil. No significant differences of adverse events were found.

Conclusions

TZ and donepezil could bring symptomatic benefit for mild to moderate VaD. Trial registration The protocol had retrospectively registered at clinical trial.gov, Unique identifier: NCT02453932, date of registration: May 27, 2015; https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02453932?term=NCT02453932&rank=1.

SUBMITTER: Shi J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7017567 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Tianzhi granule improves cognition and BPSD of vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

Shi Jing J Wei Mingqing M Ni Jingnian J Sun Feng F Sun Li L Wang Junfu J Yu Tao T Wang Kai K Lv Peiyuan P Wang Yunfu Y Zhang Yulian Y Gao Xuguang X Gao Xuanzhao X Luo Benyan B Mao Shanping S Zhang Baorong B Ren Xiangyang X Yu Fengchun F Hu Wenli W Yin Ping P Wu Nanjin N Liu Xianfeng X Bi Qi Q Wang Yongyan Y Tian Jinzhou J

Journal of translational medicine 20200213 1

<h4>Background and purpose</h4>Tianzhi granule (TZ) is usually used for patients with vascular dementia (VaD) in China. The aim was to assess the effect of TZ by a randomized clinical trial (RCT).<h4>Methods</h4>A 24-week RCT was conducted in 16 centres. Participants were grouped into TZ, donepezil or placebo. The co-primary outcomes were the Vascular Dementia Assessment Scale-cognitive subscale (VADAS-cog) and Clinician's Interview-based Impression of Change-plus caregiver information (CIBIC-pl ...[more]

PMID: 32054507

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Project description:Background and purposeWe sought to assess the efficacy and safety of donepezil in patients with vascular dementia (VaD) fulfilling National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke-Association Internationale pour la Recherche et l'Enseignement en Neurosciences criteria.MethodsThis international, multicenter, 24-week trial was conducted from March 2003 to August 2005. Patients (N=974; mean age, 73.0 years) with probable or possible VaD were randomized 2:1 to receive donepezil 5 mg/d or placebo. Coprimary outcome measures were scores on the Vascular-Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale and Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change, plus carer interview. Analyses were performed for the intent-to-treat population with the last-observation-carried-forward method.ResultsCompared with placebo, donepezil-treated patients showed significant improvement from baseline to end point on the Vascular-Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale-Cognitive Subscale (least-squares mean difference, -1.156; 95% CI, -1.98 to -0.33; P<0.01) but not on the Clinician's Interview-Based Impression of Change, plus carer interview. Patients with hippocampal atrophy who were treated with donepezil demonstrated stable cognition versus a decline in the placebo-treated group; in those without atrophy, cognition improved with donepezil versus relative stability with placebo. Results on secondary efficacy measures were inconsistent. The incidence of adverse events was similar across groups. Eleven deaths occurred in the donepezil group (1.7%), similar to rates previously reported for donepezil trials in VaD, whereas no deaths occurred in the placebo group.ConclusionsPatients treated with donepezil 5 mg/d demonstrated significant improvement in cognitive, but not global, function. Donepezil was relatively well tolerated; adverse events were consistent with current labeling. Mortality in the placebo group was unexpectedly low. The differential treatment response of VaD patients by hippocampal size suggests that hippocampal imaging warrants further investigation for understanding VaD.

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Tianzhi granule improves cognition and BPSD of vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

Background and purpose

Methods

Results

Conclusions

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Tianzhi granule improves cognition and BPSD of vascular dementia: a randomized controlled trial.

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