低剂量治疗轻度认知障碍:试点随机临床试验
Ariel G Gildengers1, Tamer S Ibrahim2, Stewart J Anderson3
1Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
JAMA neurology
|March 2, 2026
概括
这项试点研究发现低剂量碳酸对轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 是可行的和安全的. 虽然没有达到显著的意义,但显示出缓慢MCI患者认知衰退的趋势.
科学领域:
- 神经科学是一个神经科学.
- 老年学是一门学科.
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 缺乏与阿尔茨海默氏症的病原发生有关.
- 之前没有任何随机临床试验研究过对轻度认知障碍 (MCI) 的认知,神经成像和血生物标志物的影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估碳酸在被诊断为MCI的老年人中延缓认知衰退的可行性,安全性和初步疗效.
- 为未来研究MCI的低剂量干预建立效果大小估计.
主要方法:
- 一个单位,随机,双盲,安慰剂控制的试点可行性试验,涉及83名患有MCI的成年人 (60岁以上).
- 参与者每天接受低剂量的碳酸或安慰剂两年,使用线性混合效应模型进行后续分析.
- 六个共同初级结果包括认知表现 (CVLT-II,BVMT-R,临床前阿尔茨海默氏症认知复合物),海马体积,皮质灰质体积和来自大脑的神经营养因子.
主要成果:
- 六个共同初级结果中没有一个达到统计学意义.
- 一个趋势表明,可能会减缓认知衰退,与安慰剂相比,CVLT-II延迟回忆的差异为0.69点/年 (P=.05).
- 不良事件在各组之间是相似的;没有严重事件是绝对与治疗相关的.
结论:
- 试点试验表明,低剂量碳酸对患有MCI的人来说是可行的,安全的和可以容忍的.
- 虽然这项研究没有统计学意义,但它提供了有价值的效果大小估计,并表明在减缓认知衰退方面具有潜在的益处,因此需要进一步调查.
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