Open-label trial

Semax in prevention of disease progress and development of exacerbations in patients with cerebrovascular insufficiency

Gusev EI, Skvortsova VI, Chukanova EI. Zhurnal Nevrologii i Psikhiatrii imeni S.S. Korsakova 2005;105:35-40.

What it found

The authors reported clinical improvement, slower disease progression, a lower risk of stroke and transient ischaemic attacks, and few side effects, including in older patients.

Limitations

Article in Russian. The abstract gives no numbers, no description of a control group and no information on randomisation or blinding.

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