Can a ginkgo pill protect the brain? new trial aims to find out
NCT ID NCT07287852
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a drug made from Ginkgo Biloba extract (Egb761) can lower a key Alzheimer's protein in the blood and improve thinking skills. Fifty adults with mild memory problems will take the drug twice daily for 6 months. The goal is to see if it can reduce brain disease activity and possibly slow decline.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 50 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2024
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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65 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Mild cognitive impairment, as defined by MoCA score of 19-25. * Preserved instrumental activities of daily life (iADL). * Clinical impression of MCI of AD type, and lack of major medical and neurological conditions, as detailed in the exclusion criteria. Exclusion Criteria: * Extrapyramidal signs, existence of multi-infract dementia, or Fronto-Temporal dementia, according to clinical impression by treating cognitive Neurologist. * Active cancer, severe cardio-pulmonary disease or other medical condition which negatively affects ability to evaluate patients and complete follow-up. * Inability to sign an informed consent due to psychiatric or dementing condition. * Hypersensitivity to any ingredient of the study medication.
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Conditions
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How to take part
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hadassah medical Center
Jerusalem, 91120, Israel
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