Treatment of Pendular Nystagmus With Gabapentin and Memantine in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

September 1, 2025 updated by: Hospices Civils de Lyon

Different treatment trials have been published in acquired nystagmus in the last decade; gabapentin and memantine have been found to be efficient in treating pendular nystagmus in Multiple Sclerosis. The effects of treatments are measured on nystagmus velocity, amplitude, frequency and on visual acuity. None of the trials measured a functional visual score or oscillopsia score.

The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of gabapentin and memantine on the mean velocity, amplitude and frequency of pendular nystagmus, as well as on oscillopsia, visual acuity and vision-specific health-related quality of life score, in 10 patients with multiple sclerosis. The primary object is to find out the best variable to evaluate the efficiency of nystagmus treatment and the secondary, to compare the efficiency of both gabapentin and memantine in a common population of patients.

Study Overview

Status

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Completed

Conditions

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Intervention / Treatment

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Study Type

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Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

Enrollment

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10

Phase

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  • Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

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Study Locations

  • France
      • Bron, France, 69677
        • Hôpital Neurologique Unité de Neuro-Ophtalmologie

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

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Ages Eligible for Study

14 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • All patients may have a clinically definite, laboratory-supported diagnosis of multiple sclerosis according to the Mac Donald criteria.
  • All patients may present a chronic acquired pendular nystagmus due to MS, observed over a period of 6 months.
  • All patients will be informed about the design and purpose of the study, and all will give their informed, written consent to the protocol, which may have been approved by the local ethics committee.
  • Age: above 18
  • Able to understand the instructions
  • Having a health coverage
  • Able to sit down for 1 hour
  • Stable dosage of previous medications (beginning 3 weeks previously and terminating at the end of the trial duration), except for steroids, gabapentin or memantine.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Ophthalmological

    • Other ophthalmological disorder that could impair corrected visual acuity (Maculopathy, Retinopathy…)

  • Neurological

    • Ongoing seizure
    • Severe handicap that does not allow sitting down position for 1 hour
  • Suicidal behavior or risk

  • Treatment

    • Under memantine or gabapentin medication (these medications should have been stopped for at least 1 week for gabapentin and 3 weeks for memantine)
    • Under morphine, N-methyl-D-aspartate such as amantadine, ketamine or dextromethorphan
    • Steroid medication for a current relapse (beginning 3 weeks previously and terminating at the end of the trial duration)
    • Known hypersensitivity to memantine or gabapentin

  • General

    • Unstable medical state
    • Patient with a galactose intolerance, a lapp lactase deficiency or glucose-galactose malabsorption
    • Moderate renal failure (creatinine clearance < 50 mL/min on bioassay dated from less than one month)
    • Recent heart infarction (<3months)
    • Unstable congestive heart insufficiency
    • Unstable arterial hypertension
    • Leucopenia (<2500/mm3)
    • Transaminase increase (>5 time normal values)
  • Pregnancy (on questioning)
  • Tutelage or any legal protection measure

Study Plan

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How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

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Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

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Experimental: Memantine first
Drug: Memantine
Patients will be randomly assigned to start on either memantine or gabapentin. For tolerance reasons, each treatment begins with a progressive increasing dose and stops with a progressive decreasing dose. The duration of the period of last dose (8 to 11 days) will be chosen according to the investigator's availability to organize post-tests.
Experimental: Gabapentin first
Drug: Gabapentin
Patients will be randomly assigned to start on either memantine or gabapentin. For tolerance reasons, each treatment begins with a progressive increasing dose and stops with a progressive decreasing dose. The duration of the period of last dose (8 to 11 days) will be chosen according to the investigator's availability to organize post-tests.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Velocity using eye movement recording
Time Frame: at Day17-21
at Day17-21
Velocity using eye movement recording
Time Frame: at Day34-42
at Day34-42
Velocity using eye movement recording
Time Frame: at Day64-79
at Day64-79
Velocity using eye movement recording
Time Frame: at Day81-100
at Day81-100

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

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Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Functional score on questioning
Time Frame: at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100
at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100
Subjective measure of oscillopsia
Time Frame: at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100
at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100
Far visual acuity
Time Frame: at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100
at Day17-21, Day34-42, Day64-79, Day81-100

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Sponsor

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Hospices Civils de Lyon

Investigators

Investigators

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  • Principal Investigator: Caroline Tilikete, Pr, Hospices Civils de Lyon

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

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November 1, 2012

Primary Completion (Actual)

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July 1, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

Study Completion

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July 1, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

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November 30, 2012

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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December 5, 2012

First Posted (Estimated)

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December 6, 2012

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimated)

Last Update Posted

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September 3, 2025

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

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September 1, 2025

Last Verified

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September 1, 2025

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  • 2012.737

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