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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00758368
Date of registration: 23/09/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Oregon Health and Science University
Public title: Comparison of Continuous and Pulsatile Apomorphine in Parkinson's Disease
Scientific title: Comparison of Continuous and Pulsatile Apomorphine Administration in Parkinson's Disease Complicated by Levodopa-induced Dyskinesia
Date of first enrolment: March 2009
Target sample size: 0
Recruitment status: Withdrawn
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00758368
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     John G. Nutt, MD
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Affiliation:  Oregon Health and Science University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

- clear response to levodopa (sinemet)

- "off" at least 20% of waking day

- dyskinesias present for at least two hours of waking day

- subject or caregiver able to master use of drug delivery system (injector pen or pump)

Exclusion Criteria:

- physical complications that would preclude safe participation

- standing systolic BP of <80

- lack of tolerance or response to apomorphine

- drug/alcohol abuse



Age minimum: 21 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Apomorphine
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in dyskinesia severity and duration during the levodopa infusion, measured with a clinical rating scale during two-hour levodopa infusion [Time Frame: at baseline and after 6 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Improvement in "on" time, as measured by subject diaries [Time Frame: at baseline and after 6 months]
Improvement in motor performance, measured as change in tapping speed during levodopa infusion [Time Frame: at baseline and after 6 months]
Reduction in levodopa and adjunct drug use [Time Frame: at baseline and after 6 months]
Secondary ID(s)
eIRB 2167
R01NS021062-21
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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