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Could a common blood pressure drug help dementia with lewy bodies?

NCT ID NCT04760860

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First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026

Summary

This early-stage trial will test whether terazosin, a drug currently used for high blood pressure and enlarged prostate, is safe and tolerable for people with dementia with Lewy bodies. Forty participants will receive either terazosin or a placebo for 15 weeks. The study focuses on side effects and how well people stick with the treatment, not on whether it improves symptoms.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
Terazosin hydrochloride (a drug usually used for high blood pressure or enlarged prostate)
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a new way to ease motor symptoms in dementia with Lewy bodies.
What could go wrong
This is a very early, small trial (40 people) focused on safety and tolerability, not on proving the drug works. It may fail to show benefit or cause side effects like low blood pressure.

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Study facts

What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.

Phase

Phase 1/2

Runs two stages together: safety and dose first, then whether the treatment works.

Participants

About 40 people

The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.

Expected to start

Oct 2027

An estimate. Start dates often move.

Expected to finish

Dec 2030

An estimate. End dates often move.

Lead sponsor

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

0 to 90 years

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

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: * Men or women with the diagnosis of dementia with Lewy Bodies per 2017 DLB Consortium criteria. * Baseline MOCA 18 or above. On stable AChEI and/or memantine treatment regimen for ≥4 weeks prior to baseline. Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects unwilling or unable to give informed consent * No confounding acute or unstable medical, psychiatric, orthopedic condition. Subjects who have hypertension, diabetes mellitus, depression, or other common age-related illness will be included if their disease under control with stable treatment regimen for at least 30 days. * Orthostatic hypotension defined as symptomatic decrease in BP \> 20mmHg systolic or \> 10mmHg diastolic on supine to sitting or standing, or a sitting blood pressure of ≤90/60. * Clinically significant traumatic brain injury or post-traumatic stress disorder * Presence of other known medical comorbidities that in the investigator's opinion would compromise participation in the study * Psychiatric comorbidities including major depression, bipolar affective disorder, or other mental health disorders that are sufficiently severe to increase adverse event risk or impact neurology assessment in the opinion of the responsible site principal investigator. Subjects with clinically significant depression as determined by a Beck Depression Inventory score greater than 21 at the screening visit. Current suicidal ideation within one year prior to the baseline visit as evidenced by answering "yes" to Questions 4 or 5 on the suicidal ideation portion of the Columbia-Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS) If the participant has a Beck Anxiety Score greater than 22 at the initial screening visit. * Use of investigational drugs within 30 days before screening * Subjects have to be on a stable regimen of central nervous system acting medications (benzodiazepines, antidepressants, hypnotics) for 30 days prior to the baseline visit * Use of doxazosin, alfuzosin, prazosin, or tamsulosin * For female participant, pregnancy, or plans for child-bearing during study period * Participant is restricted from traveling to and from the study site

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Conditions

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Lewy body dementia Lewy Body Disease

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • University of Iowa

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52252, United States

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