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Last refreshed on: 23 January 2023
Main ID:  NCT04121728
Date of registration: 18/09/2019
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Jean-François Démonet
Public title: Modulation of Attention in Event Related Potential (ERPs) as a Marker of Early Cognitive Decline by Ginkgo Biloba AgilGinkgo
Scientific title: Evaluation of the Modulation of Attention Explored in ERPs as a Marker of Early Cognitive Decline: Concept Validation on the Effect of Ginkgo Biloba Extracts. Randomized, Double-blind, Cross-over, Placebo-controlled Study
Date of first enrolment: September 9, 2019
Target sample size: 16
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04121728
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Jean-François Démonet, Prof
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Affiliation:  Universitary Lausanne Hospital
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria

- Signed consent form

- men and women

- 60 to 80 years old

- Diagnostic of Subjective complain

- Understanding the 2 Hold-Release tasks in ERP

Exclusion Criteria:

- Montreal Cognitive Evaluation Score (MoCA) <24

- Overall Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR) score > 0.5

- Scores of the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS): HADS-A (Anxiety) > 8
and/or HADS-D (Depression) > 8

- Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) or dementia

- Contraindication to MRI

- Atrophy of any region of the brain as seen in the T1 volumetric MRI sequence

- Any uncontrolled somatic or psychiatric condition

- Bleeding disorders, and/or taking medications that increase the risk of bleeding,

- Hypersensitivity to Ginkgo biloba or any of its excipients

- Lactose intolerance

- Treatment with barbiturates and/or neuroleptics

- Ongoing treatment with Ginkgo biloba derivatives (a period of 2 months without
treatment before inclusion is required



Age minimum: 55 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Age-related Cognitive Decline
Subjective Cognitive Decline
Functional Capacity
Cognitive Performance
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ginkgo biloba extract
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Intra-individual variability of contingent negative variation (CNV) event-related potential (ERP) component amplitude (microV) during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Reproducibility of contingent negative variation (CNV) event-related potential (ERP) component amplitude (microV) during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Reproducibility of P300/P300' event-related potential (ERP) component amplitude (microV) during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Change in cognitive performance as assessed by variation in amplitude (mivroV) of the CNV component measured during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Intra-individual variability of P300/P300' event-related potential (ERP) component amplitude (microV) during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Change in cognitive performance as assessed by variation in amplitude (mivroV) of the P300/P300' component measured during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Association (correlation coefficient) between a transversal measurement of VPN event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test and evolution of its own value during the participant's follow-up [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Association (correlation coefficient) between a transversal measurement of P300/P300' event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test and the conventional verbal fluency scores. [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Change in reaction time (ms) during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: 6 months]
Association (correlation coefficient) between a transversal measurement of P300/P300' event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test and evolution of its own value during the participant's follow-up [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Change in anxiety and depression as assessed using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HAD-A/D) after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: 6 months]
Change in cognitive performance as assessed using the Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS) test after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: 6 months]
Change in scores of verbal fluency letter instruction after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: 6 months]
Magnitude of repetition effects (Test-retest Reliability, TTR) on P300/P300' event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test. [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Magnitude of repetition effects (Test-retest Reliability, TTR) on the contingent negative variation (CNV) event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test. [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Change in scores of categorical semantic verbal fluency after 6 months of Ginkgo biloba treatment [Time Frame: 6 months]
Association (correlation coefficient) between a transversal measurement of VPN event-related potential (ERP) component during the Hold-Release (HR) neuropsychological test and the conventional verbal fluency scores. [Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 14 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2018-02134 BASEC
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
University of Lausanne Hospitals
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