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Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Switching from Oral Cholinesterase Inhibitors to Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch with 1-Step Titration in Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: A 24-Week, Open-Label, Multicenter Study in Japan.


ABSTRACT: Background:Few studies have investigated treatment options for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showing a poor response to oral cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) in Japan. Objective:To investigate the efficacy and safety of switching from oral ChEIs to rivastigmine transdermal patch in patients with AD. Methods:In this multicenter, open-label, phase IV study in outpatient clinics in Japan, patients with mild-moderate AD who had a poor response to or experienced difficulty in continuing donepezil or galantamine were switched to rivastigmine transdermal patch (5 cm2; loaded dose 9 mg, delivery rate 4.6 mg/24 h) with a 1-step titration in week 4 (10 cm2; loaded dose 18 mg, delivery rate 9.5 mg/24 h), which was continued for 4 weeks in the titration period and 16 weeks in a maintenance period. The primary endpoint was the change in Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) total score from baseline to week 24. Results:A total of 118 patients were enrolled and switched to rivastigmine, of which 102 completed the 24-week study. The MMSE total score was essentially unchanged during the study, with a least-square mean change (SD) of -0.35 (2.64) at week 24 (p = 0.1750). Exploratory analysis with a mixed-effect model comparing changes in MMSE between the pre- and post-switch periods suggested that switching to rivastigmine prevented a worsening of MMSE. Application site skin reactions/irritations occurred in 30.5% of patients overall, in 22.0% in the 8-week titration period, and in 10.2% in the 16-week maintenance period. Conclusion:Within-class switching from an oral ChEI to rivastigmine transdermal patch might be an efficacious and tolerable option for AD patients showing a poor or limited response to a prior oral ChEI.

SUBMITTER: Ueda K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751467 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May-Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Switching from Oral Cholinesterase Inhibitors to Rivastigmine Transdermal Patch with 1-Step Titration in Patients with Mild to Moderate Alzheimer's Disease: A 24-Week, Open-Label, Multicenter Study in Japan.

Ueda Kengo K   Katayama Sadao S   Arai Tetsuaki T   Furuta Nobuo N   Ikebe Shinichiro S   Ishida Yoshinori Y   Kanaya Kiyoshi K   Ouma Shinji S   Sakurai Hirofumi H   Sugitani Masato M   Takahashi Makio M   Tanaka Toshihisa T   Tsuno Norifumi N   Wakutani Yosuke Y   Shekhawat Ankita A   Das Gupta Ayan A   Kiyose Kazuki K   Toriyama Kazuhiro K   Nakamura Yu Y  

Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders extra 20190501 2


<h4>Background</h4>Few studies have investigated treatment options for patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) showing a poor response to oral cholinesterase inhibitors (ChEIs) in Japan.<h4>Objective</h4>To investigate the efficacy and safety of switching from oral ChEIs to rivastigmine transdermal patch in patients with AD.<h4>Methods</h4>In this multicenter, open-label, phase IV study in outpatient clinics in Japan, patients with mild-moderate AD who had a poor response to or experienced diffic  ...[more]

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