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Table 2 Mean baseline, week 24, and change in clinical and biochemical measures.

From: Oral curcumin for Alzheimer's disease: tolerability and efficacy in a 24-week randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled study

 

Placebo (n = 11)

2 gm/day Curcumin (n = 9)

4 gm/day Curcumin (n = 10)

 
 

baseline

week 24

change

baseline

week 24

change

baseline

week 24

change

 

MMSE

23.2 (2.3)

22.7 (2.3)

-0.45 (2.6)

21.4 (3.2)

19.6 (3.9)

- 1.89 (2.6)

22.8 (3.4)

19.9 (3.0)

-2.90 (2.0)

P = 0.08

ADAS-Cog

18.2 (4.9)

20.4 (7.1)

2.2 (5.0)

20.9 (7.4)

27.2 (11.7)

6.3 (8.1)

19.3 (3.4)

22.4 (4.4)

3.1 (3.4)

P = 0.26

NPI total

8.5 (12.4)

10.3 (14.3)

1.8 (10.0)

8.9 (9.6)

11.0 (15.8)

2.1 (10.1)

11.7 (16.9)

6.9 (5.6)

-4.8 (14.7)

P = 0.35

ADCS-ADL

66.7 (3.6)

60.6 (9.5)

-4.9 (7.6)

60.3 (10.9)

53.1 (15.4)

-6.3 (6.8)

61.0 (8.4)

56.2 (9.4)

-3.4 (6.5)

P = 0.72

Plasma Aβ42 (pg/mL)

28.7 (11.2)

31.4 (13.5)

2.7 (4.5)

25.3 (8.2)

25.3 (10.4)

0.0 (3.3)

29.6 (4.8)

30.5 (6.7)

0.9 (3.5)

P = 0.98

Plasma Aβ40 (pg/mL)

234.2 (60.3)

220.4 (74.9)

-13.8 (64.9)

239.4 (41.8)

226.1 (27.3)

-13.3 (39.6)

224.9 (38.5)

219.4 (57.6)

-18.9 (58.1)

P = 0.29

CSF Aβ42 (pg/mL)

150.7 (26.2)

157.5 (32.0)

6.8 (19.8)

150.2 (35.0)

159.2 (30.8)

9.0 (17.0)

159.1 (27.2)

168.8 (30. 7)

9.7 (30.8)

P = 0.96

CSF Total tau (pg/mL)

110.9 (75.9)

114.7 (82.9)

3.8 (27.9)

95.8 (31.5)

95.9 (23.2)

0.1 (14.5)

146.0 (78.0)

149.3 (81.1)

3.3 (38.3))

P = 0.97

CSF Phospho-tau (pg/mL)

48.6 (18.8)

51.3 (19.3)

2.7 (6.4)

49.8 (28.3)

55.6 (40.5)

5.8 (13.9)

61.0 (30.7)

65.8 (32.9)

4.8 (12.2)

P = 0.83

CSF F2-IsoPs (ng/mL)

0.035 (0.005)

0.029 (0.009)

-0.006 (0.008)

0.023 (0.005)

0.022 (0.005)

-0.001 (0.005)

0.030 (0.008)

0.031 (0.013)

0.001 (0.009)

P = 0.08

  1. CSF analyses are for 10 subjects in the placebo group, seven in the 2 gm/day group, and eight in the 4 gm/day group. Two subjects in the 4 gm/day group were lacking valid plasma Aβ40 levels and ADCS-ADL data was missing on one subject in each group. Aβ, amyloid beta; ADAS-Cog, Alzheimer's Disease Assessment Scale - Cognitive Subscale; ADCS-ADL, Alzheimer's Disease Cooperative Study - Activities of Daily Living; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; NPI, Neuropsychiatric Inventory; p-tau, phosphorylated tau.