In chronic cerebral ischemia, Cortexin showed dose-dependent effects on neurological disorders, asthenia and sleep disturbance without separate outcome estimates.
In plain wordsIn chronic cerebral ischemia, Cortexin effects on neurological disorders, asthenia and sleep disturbance depended on dose.
- Outcome
- Direction not reportedDose-dependent neurological, asthenia and sleep response
- Study
n = 189
- Outcome group
- Neuroprotection · Nervous system and cognition
- Studied dose
- 10 mg or 20 mg · intramuscular · 10-day course repeated after 6 monthsAs given in this study (human).
Source sentences
A dose-dependent effect of cortexin on the severity of neurological disorders, asthenia, sleep disturbance was shown.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
The multicenter randomized controlled study included 189 patients with CCI, 42 (22.2%) men and 147 (77.8%) women, mean age 64.3±0.5 years.
Group 1 received intramuscular injection of 20 mg of cortexin, group 2 received 10 mg of cortexin; group 3 received basic treatment only.
The duration of treatment was 10 days, the treatment course was repeated after 6 months.