To Check whether systemic treatment with ATP alters the profile of cerebral metabolism in patients with Alzheimer's disease using MRS techniques (Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy) and adjust the infusion (minimum effective dose) that promotes this metabolic change.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
20
Infusion of 2.5g of ATP in 500 mL of saline solution. (IV)
Infusion of 500 mL of saline solution. (IV)
Fundació ACE
Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Hospital Sanitas CIMA
Barcelona, Spain
Detection of brain metabolic changes after ATP infusion by spectroscopy techniques (H + MRS)
Spectroscopy will be taken one hour after the infusion (7h for patients allocated to 6h arm and 25h in 24h infusion arm)
Time frame: expected average of 7-25 hours post infusion
Changes in Cogstate results
one hour after the infusion (7h for patients allocated to 6h arm and 25h in 24h infusion arm)
Time frame: expected average of 7-25 hours post infusion
Changes in Cogstate results
The cogstate is a software used to evaluate cognitive impairment
Time frame: 3 months compared to baseline.
Changes in test Mini-Mental State Examination
Time frame: 3 months compared to baseline.
Changes in synaptic activity after treatment administration Neurological examination
Time frame: post treatment or 3 months post baseline
Electrocardiogram results
Time frame: an expected average of 90 days
adverse events
Time frame: at 90 days
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