This double-blind, placebo-controlled study is designed to assess the effectiveness of, MediCane's medical cannabis oil extracted from MediCane's proprietary strain into GMP-grade olive oil, as an add-on therapy to standard of care (SoC), in reducing agitation and disruptive behaviors in subjects with dementia including probable AD.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
24
MediCane's medical cannabis oil
Placebo Oil
Laniado Hospital
Netanya, Israel
Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, Israel
Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center Ichilov
Tel Aviv, Israel
Part 1 Safety (Adverse Events)
Number of participants with treatment-related adverse events as assessed by severity. protocol.
Time frame: Up to 22 weeks
Part 2 Efficacy (CMAI)
Change in agitation and aggression from baseline to Week 12 as measured using the Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory-Community (CMAI-C), a 37-item scale that measures the types and frequencies of agitated behaviors, each rated on a 7-point scale of frequency, where higher scores indicate greater agitation severity.
Time frame: 12 weeks
Part 1 Efficacy (NPI-12)
Change in neuropsychiatric symptoms measured by the total score and subscores of the NPI-12.
Time frame: up to 18 weeks
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