NCT05794997Completed
Data Analysis for Drug Repurposing for Effective Alzheimer's Medicines (DREAM)- Propranolol/Carvedilol Versus Atenolol/Bisoprolol/Sotalol
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 10 Nov 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study aims to evaluate the comparative risk of dementia/Alzheimer's disease onset between patients treated with medications that target specific metabolic pathways and patients treated with alternative medications for the same indication.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 817337 (actual)
- First submitted
- 3 Mar 2023
- Start date
- 30 Nov 2022
- Primary completion date
- 1 Jan 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Diseases
- High blood pressure
- NCT number
- NCT05794997
What you commit to
- Study type: Observational
- Participants enrolled: 817337
- From 30 Nov 2022 to the primary completion date, 1 Jan 2023
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- 1\. Prior history of dementia measured anytime prior to cohort entry date
- 2\. Prior history of nursing home admission in the 365 days prior to the cohort entry date
- 3\. Prior use of Propranolol, Carvedilol and Atenolol, Bisoprolol, Sotalol
Other
- 4\. Use of Propranolol, Carvedilol and Atenolol, Bisoprolol, Sotalol concomitantly on index date
Who the study is looking for
- 1\. Aged \>/= 65 years on the index date
- 2\. Enrollment in Medicare Part A, B, and D with no HMO coverage for 365 days prior to and including cohort entry date
- 3\. At least 1 inpatient claim or 2 outpatient claims with hypertension diagnosis recorded in 365 days prior to drug initiation
Criteria the registry did not label
- Please see https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ltZHHv6AvMkPBbSp\_9c0dtQ0XMmBc00d4jaRId5ovaA/edit?usp=sharing or Appendix A (https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1a-1uRt73kVywEoV8L0cEmDNgaqYEIudT?usp=sharing) for full code and algorithm definitions.
- Medicare timeframe: 2008 to 2019 (end of data availability).
Age in the registry: 65 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham and Women's Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Boston | United States | Unknown status |
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