Conditions: Apathy Alzheimer's Disease
Keywords: apathy Alzheimer's disease activities of daily living performance caregiver burden
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 22
Healthy volunteers: yes

Brief summary:
This study examined the effects of modafinil on apathetic symptomatology, performance of activities of daily living (ADLs) and caregiver burden in individuals with Alzheimer's disease (AD).

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None arm 2: None

Interventions: intervention 1: Modafinil intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 100 mg in the morning for the first week and 200 mg in the morning for the remaining seven weeks intervention 2: 100 mg in the morning for the first week and 200 mg in the morning for the remaining seven weeks

Protocol document: