Table 7.

Nootropics and vascular dementia

Reference	Title	Main results	Study type	Patients randomized
Alvarez-Sabín and Román50	Citicoline in vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia after stroke	Citicoline prevents cognitive decline after stroke and improves time orientation, attention and executive functions	Review	NA
García-Cobos et al51	Citicoline, use in cognitive decline: vascular and degenerative	Citicoline improves recovery and cognitive improvement after stroke	Review	NA
Muresanu et al52	Persistence of the effects of cerebrolysin on cognition and qEEG slowing in vascular dementia patients: results of a 3-month extension study	Cerebrolysin produces significant improvements in cognitive function	Clinical trial, randomized, double-blind	33 patients
Guekht et al53	Cerebrolysin in vascular dementia: improvement of clinical outcome in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicenter trial	Cerebrolysin produces significant improvements in cognitive function	Clinical trial, randomized, double-blind	242 patients