did not achieve significancep = 0.177
At endpoint (week 24, last observation carried forward), memantine-treated patients significantly outperformed placebo-treated patients on the SIB (least squares mean difference [95 % CI] 2.6 [1.0, 4.2]; p = 0.001), CIBIC-Plus ( p = 0.008), NPI ( p = 0.005), and verbal fluency test ( p = 0.004); the effect did not achieve significance on ADCS–ADL 19 ( p = 0.177).