Efficacy and safety of short-term edaravone or nerve growth factor add-on therapy for alcohol-related brain damage: A multi-centre randomised control trial.
Addiction
; 119(4): 717-729, 2024 Apr.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS:
To measure the therapeutic effect of an anti-oxidant, edaravone (EDV), or neurotrophic treatment with nerve growth factor (NGF) as an add-on treatment for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD).DESIGN:
Multi-centre, randomised, single-blinded, comparative clinical trial. SETTING ANDPARTICIPANTS:
One hundred and twenty-two inpatients recruited from seven hospitals in different regions of China, all diagnosed with ARBD and aged 18 to 65 years old; among them, only two were female. INTERVENTION AND COMPARATOR Patients were randomly assigned to receive one of three treatments for 2 weeks 40 patients, treatment as usual (TAU a combination of intramuscular injections of thiamine, intravenous infusions of other B vitamins with vitamin C and oral medication with vitamin E per day); 40, EDV add-on treatment to TAU (intravenous infusion with 30 mg of EDV twice per day); and 42, NGF add-on treatment to TAU (intramuscular injection of 20 µg of NGF per day). The patients underwent follow-up for 24 weeks. MEASUREMENTS The primary outcome was the composite score of executive cognitive function in the 2nd week after treatment, which was measured as the mean of the Z scores of the assessments, including the digit symbol substitute test (DSST), digit span memory test-forward (DST-F), digit span memory test-reverse (DST-R) and space span memory test (SSMT). The secondary outcomes were the composite scores at later follow-ups, the score for each component of cognitive function, global cognitive function measured by the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), craving for alcohol and the safety of the therapies.FINDINGS:
EDV add-on treatment improved the composite score of executive cognitive function better than TAU in the 2nd week (adjusted mean difference 0.24, 95% confidence interval 0.06 to 0.41; P = 0.008), but NGF add-on treatment did not (adjusted mean difference 0.07, 95% confidence interval -0.09 to 0.24; P = 0.502). During the follow-up to 24 weeks, EDV add-on treatment improved the composite score of executive cognitive function and DST-R score better than TAU (both P < 0.01). Craving for alcohol was relieved in all three groups. No severe adverse events were observed.CONCLUSION:
The short-term addition of edaravone to supplementary therapy treatment for alcohol-related brain damage (ARBD) improved executive cognitive function in patients with ARBD.Key words
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cognition
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Nerve Growth Factor
Limits:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Addiction
Journal subject:
TRANSTORNOS RELACIONADOS COM SUBSTANCIAS
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
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