Brain Imaging Study Of Rosiglitazone Efficacy And Safety In Alzheimer's Disease

Inclusion criteria

• Is male, or if female meets one or more of the following criteria:
• Post-menopausal females defined as menopause is defined as>6months without menstrual period with an appropriate clinical profile, e.g. age appropriate, history of vasomotor symptoms. However if indicated this should be confirmed by oestradiol and FSH levels consistent with menopause (according to local laboratory ranges). Women who are on HRT treatment, and have not been confirmed as post-menopausal should be advised to use contraception.(See Appendix 4)Pre-menopausal females with a documented (medical report verification) hysterectomy and/or bilateral oophorectomy only when the reproductive status of the woman has been confirmed by follow up hormone level assessment.
• Meets the National Institute of Neurological and Communicative Diseases and Stroke/Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association (NINCDS-ADRDA) criteria for Alzheimer's disease, regardless of date of diagnosis relative to study entry date. (See Appendix 5) Has an Alzheimer's disease status of mild to moderate, as classified by a Mini Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 16-26 inclusive at screening.

Is aged >/= 50 to 126mg/dL (>7.0mmol/L) or HbA1c>6.2%.

• History or clinical/laboratory evidence of moderate congestive heart failure defined by the New York Heart Association criteria (class I-IV)(See Appendix 6).

Ejection fraction 100 bpm 2. Any previously unrecognised sustained or paroxysmal arrhythmia requiring further intervention e.g. anticoagulation, cardioversion, anti-arrhythmic agent, further investigation etc. 3. PR interval >0.3 s, 2nd or 3rd degree heart block, symptomatic bifascicular block, trifascicular block. 4. Multifocal ventricular ectopy. 5. Ventricular bigemini or couplets, triplets etc. ECG abnormalities permitted at entry to this study. A subject will not be rendered ineligible by the presence of any of the following abnormalities: 1. AF with a heart rate 7, See Appendix 9).

Systolic blood pressure >165 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure >95 mmHG whilst receiving optimal antihypertensive therapy according to local practice.

Clinically significant anaemia (i.e.haemoglobin 2.5 times the upper limit of normal laboratory range, or history of severe hepatobiliary disease (e.g. hepatitis B or C, or cirrhosis (Childs-Pugh classes B/C)) without enzyme elevation.

• Fasting triglycerides >12mmol/L Abnormal/positive result within the past 12 months or at screening for any of the following tests: vitamin B12 ( /= ml of blood within the past 2 months. Use of any other investigational agent within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to the screening visit.

History of alcohol abuse, or of drug abuse within the past 6 months (or has tested positive for drugs of abuse at screening).

Subject is unable (with assistance, if appropriate) to take study medication as prescribed throughout the study.

• History of non-compliance with prescribed medication, or risk of non-compliance with study medication or procedures.

Subject is an immediate family member or employee of the participating investigator or of any of the participating site staff.

Shows any neurological abnormality by MRI, which in the opinion of the Principal Investigator would introduce additional risk factors, study procedures or effect endpoint data. MRI scanning will only be conducted on subjects who satisfy all other eligibility criteria.

• History of bone marrow transplant Exhibits screening/baseline results not consistent with AD e.g. radiological findings, or results on cognitive tests.

Use of tacrine within 30 days prior to the screening visit.