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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00906828
Date of registration: 19/05/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Uppsala University
Public title: Pharmacokinetics of Levodopa/Carbidopa Infusion With and Without Oral Catechol-O-methyl Transferase (COMT) Inhibitors DuoCOMT
Scientific title: Pharmacokinetics of Levodopa in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Treated With Levodopa/Carbidopa Infusion With and Without Oral COMT Inhibitors
Date of first enrolment: October 2008
Target sample size: 10
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00906828
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Pharmacokinetics/Dynamics Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Dag Nyholm, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  Uppsala University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Parkinson's disease

- Duodopa treatment ongoing

- Hoehn & Yahr stage 3-5 at worst

Exclusion Criteria:

- Ongoing treatment with COMT inhibitors

- Dementia

- Psychosis

- Treatment with typical neuroleptics

- Contraindications for entacapone or tolcapone



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 90 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: entacapone
Drug: levodopa/carbidopa
Drug: tolcapone
Primary Outcome(s)
Difference in coefficient of variation of levodopa in plasma between baseline (day 1) and each of the days on COMT inhibitors. [Time Frame: 3 days]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Difference in Treatment Response Scale between the treatments. [Time Frame: 3 days]
Secondary ID(s)
DuoCOMT
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Swedish Parkinson's Disease Foundation
Swedish Society for Medical Research
Ethics review
Results
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