Scientists test diabetes drug and nasal spray to fight Alzheimer's

NCT ID NCT05081219

Summary

This study tested whether a nasal insulin spray and a diabetes pill (empagliflozin), alone or together, could help people with early memory loss or Alzheimer's disease. It involved 47 adults aged 55-85 who showed early signs of Alzheimer's. The main goal was to check if the treatments were safe and to see their effects on brain fluid markers and memory over 4 weeks.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Wake Forest University Health Sciences / Wake Forest School of Medicine

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States

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