Table 3.
Change in Neuropsychiatric Test Scores at 12 Weeks by Treatment Group. Mean ± SD
Neuropsychiatric Measure | Memantine | Placebo | P Valuea |
---|---|---|---|
n=30 | n=17 | ||
ANAM throughput score: | |||
Code substitution, delayed memory | −0.4 ± 14.4 | 2.8 ± 10.0 | 0.41 |
Code substitution, immediate memory | 4.8 ± 15.2 | 7.6 ± 8.9 | 0.44 |
Code substitution | 7.3 ± 7.2 | 6.2 ± 8.2 | 0.63 |
Continuous performance test | 12.8 ± 12.9 | 2.9 ± 26.5 | 0.16 |
Matching to sample | 0.6 ± 6.2 | 2.7 ± 4.6 | 0.23 |
Mathematical processing | 3.2 ± 7.2 | 2.0 ± 3.9 | 0.46 |
Simultaneous spatial processing | 4.1 ± 8.1 | 3.9 ± 3.2 | 0.93 |
Simple reaction time | 14.0 ± 41.0 | 5.1 ± 50.4 | 0.51 |
Sternberg memory recall | 7.0 ± 12.9 | 7.0 ± 11.4 | 0.99 |
ACR neuropsychiatric battery: | |||
Minimental State Exam | 0.2 ± 1.3 | 0.5 ± 1.1 | 0.41 |
Woodcock total | −0.2 ± 2.7 | −0.1 ± 3.2 | 0.96 |
Trails A | −3.6 ± 10.5 | −5.7 ± 14.6 | 0.56 |
Trails B | −6.9 ± 26.2 | −13.8 ± 26.7 | 0.40 |
Rey total - copy | 0.3 ± 3.7 | 1.7 ± 7.6 | 0.49 |
Rey total – immediate recall | 6.7 ± 5.7 | 5.1 ± 6.2 | 0.39 |
Rey total – delayed recall | 5.9 ± 5.6 | 6.4 ± 8.9 | 0.86 |
Symbol score | 3.0 ± 7.4 | 2.1 ± 9.7 | 0.71 |
California Delay LDFR | 2.6 ± 2.7 | 1.8 ± 3.8 | 0.40 |
California Delay LDCR | 2.8 ± 2.4 | 1.6 ± 2.5 | 0.14 |
California Delay – Hits | 0.6 ± 1.7 | 0.4 ± 2.4 | 0.71 |
California Delay – FP | −0.7 ± 1.8 | 0.2 ± 1.7 | 0.12 |
Block total | 2.7 ± 7.2 | 6.5 ± 6.0 | 0.07 |
COWAT - F | 2.0 ± 4.4 | 2.5 ± 4.4 | 0.71 |
COWAT - A | 0.6 ± 4.3 | 1.6 ± 3.0 | 0.41 |
COWAT – S | 3.6 ± 4.7 | 0.5 ± 3.8 | 0.03 |
Coding score | 5.5 ± 17.5 | −2.0 ± 21.1 | 0.20 |
Tap dominant | 5.2 ± 9.4 | 3.0 ± 7.5 | 0.42 |
Tap nondominant | 5.1 ± 9.7 | 2.2 ± 10.3 | 0.36 |
Digit forward | 0.6 ± 2.1 | 0.6 ± 2.3 | 0.97 |
Digit backward | 1.0 ± 1.7 | −0.1 ± 2.3 | 0.07 |
From two-sample t-test.