Clioquinol treatment in familiar early onset of Alzheimer's disease: a case report

Pharmacopsychiatry. 2005 Jul;38(4):178-9. doi: 10.1055/s-2005-871241.

Abstract

Recently the metal chelator clioquinol (CQ) has been suggested as a possible option for treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). We report two patients with early onset of AD [one with a mutant amyloid-precursor-protein (APP) gene] who received long-term treatment with CQ. In both cases focally augmented cerebral glucose metabolism and stabilization but no amelioration of the clinical impression were observed without signs of neurotoxicity. In one case CSF-tau and beta-Amyloid (42/40) concentrations changed during CQ treatment.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Alzheimer Disease / drug therapy*
  • Alzheimer Disease / metabolism
  • Alzheimer Disease / psychology
  • Amyloid beta-Peptides / metabolism
  • Brain / pathology
  • Chelating Agents / adverse effects
  • Chelating Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Clioquinol / adverse effects
  • Clioquinol / therapeutic use*
  • Cognition / drug effects
  • Cognition / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neuropsychological Tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • tau Proteins / cerebrospinal fluid

Substances

  • Amyloid beta-Peptides
  • Chelating Agents
  • tau Proteins
  • Clioquinol