Salvadori, Emilia
Poggesi, Anna
Donnini, Ida
Rinnoci, Valentina
Chiti, Guido
Squitieri, Martina
Tudisco, Laura
Fierini, Fabio
Melone, Anna
Pescini, Francesca
Pantoni, Leonardo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7357-8530
Clinical trials referenced in this document:
Documents that mention this clinical trial
Efficacy and Safety of the Association of Nimodipine and Choline Alphoscerate in the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in Patients with Cerebral Small Vessel Disease. The CONIVaD Trial
https://doi.org/10.1007/s40266-021-00852-8
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università degli Studi di Milano
Article History
Accepted: 28 February 2021
First Online: 15 April 2021
Declarations
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: Open access funding provided by Università degli Studi di Milano within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. MDM Spa Company (Monza, Italy) provided the active drugs and placebo as free donations. The company had no role in the trial’s design or in carrying out the trial, and did not have any role in data analyses.
: AP, FP, ID, VR, GC, MS, LT, AM, and FF report no disclosures. LP is a member of the editorial boards of <i>Cerebrovascular Diseases</i>, <i>Acta Neurologica Scandinavica</i>, <i>Neurological Sciences</i>, <i>Cerebral Circulation—Cognition and Behavior</i>, and <i>European Stroke Journal</i> and a section editor (Vascular Cognitive Impairment) of <i>Stroke</i>. ES is a member of the editorial board of <i>Cerebral Circulation—Cognition and Behavior</i>.
: The study was performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments and with the ethical standards of the institutional ethics committee, and was approved by the ethics committee of the Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: Patients signed informed consent regarding publishing their data.
: Not applicable.
: Data are available from the corresponding author on reasonable request.
: All authors contributed to the study conception and design. Material preparation, data collection, and analysis were performed by all authors. The first draft of the manuscript was written by LP and ES, and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
: The authors would like to thank the staff of the Neurology and Geriatric units at the Careggi University Hospital of Florence and the General Medicine physicians for help in referring patients. AP acknowledges Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze contribution for local support (Bando Ricerca Scientifica 2017).