- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT00067496
Modafinil to Treat Fatigue in Post-Polio Syndrome
Modafinil in the Treatment of Fatigue in Post-Polio Syndrome
This study, conducted at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the National Rehabilitation Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health, will examine whether the drug Modafinil can decrease fatigue in patients with post-polio syndrome. Many people who have had polio develop weakness and severe fatigue several years after their recovery from the acute disease. Modafinil is approved by the Food and Drug Administration to improve wakefulness in patients with narcolepsy (disease in which patients have excessive daytime sleepiness) and has been used to treat patients with fatigue related to other medical conditions, such as multiple sclerosis. This study will compare the effects of two doses of Modafinil and of a placebo (a pill with no active ingredient) on fatigue in patients with post-polio syndrome.
Patients who develop fatigue, weakness, muscle pain or atrophy, and functional loss at least 15 years after recovering from polio and whose symptoms cannot be attributed to another cause may be eligible for this study. Candidates will be screened with a medical history, physical and neurological examinations, fatigue rating scales, electrocardiogram, blood and urine tests, drowsiness and depression evaluations, and an electroymogram (EMG) to diagnose nerve or muscle problems. For the EMG, electrodes (small metal discs) are taped to the skin and a needle is inserted into a muscle to record the electrical activity.
Candidates will also undergo a sleep study to exclude abnormal sleep patterns as the cause of the fatigue. For this study, patients stay overnight at the NIH hospital. Electrodes are placed on the throat, on a finger, and on the chest (for an electrocardiogram), and a respiratory belt is placed around the chest-abdomen area. During sleep (from 10:30 p.m. to 6 a.m.), brain waves, eye and leg movements, muscle tone, respiration, and heart rate are recorded. Beginning at 8 a.m. the following morning, the patient takes 20-minute naps to measure the level of daytime sleepiness, using a recording technique similar to that of the all-night study. When five naps are completed, the sleep study ends. Candidates may also undergo a lumbar puncture (spinal tap) to check for certain chemicals in the spinal fluid that might be related to fatigue and to look for possible causes of post-polio syndrome. This procedure is optional. For the lumbar puncture, a local anesthetic is given and a needle is inserted in the space between the bones in the lower back where the cerebrospinal fluid circulates below the spinal cord. A small amount of fluid is collected through the needle.
Patients enrolled in the study will complete a sleep diary during the entire study period. They will be randomly assigned to one of two treatment groups-Modafinil or placebo-for 6 weeks, followed by a 2-week washout period with no medication, and then a crossover phase, in which patients who took Modafinil for the first 6 weeks now take placebo, and those who took placebo now take Modafinil.
At the first study visit, patients will be given a supply of study medication and have blood drawn. They will take one pill twice a day during both study phases. In both study phases, evaluations will be done 3 and 6 weeks after starting the medication. The evaluations include filling out the same forms completed at the screening visit, a review of drug side effects, and a review of medical problems since the last study visit. At the 6-week visit, blood is also drawn.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Study Type
Enrollment
Phase
- Phase 3
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Maryland
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Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
- INCLUSION CRITERIA:
Patients will have to meet the clinical criteria for the diagnosis of PPS, have fatigue as a major complaint, and be 18 years or older, of either sex.
EXCLUSION CRITERIA:
Sensitivity to modafinil.
A score of 34 or below on the FSS.
Suffer from depression (BDI-II score of 31 or higher) severe enough to compound the fatigue evaluation.
Another general medical condition that might produce fatigue to a sufficient degree to compound and confuse the assessment of fatigue due to PPS.
Use of a drug known to cause a clinically significant interaction with modafinil.
Presence of sleep disorder suggested by Epworth Sleepiness Scale (score of 18 or higher), patient history, sleep diary or polysomnogram.
Pregnancy .
Breastfeeding.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Ascertain whether modafinil is of any benefit in alleviating the fatigue of Post-Polio Syndrome.
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
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Determine if fatigue reduction, correlates with improvement in quality of life of subjects with Post-Polio Syndrome. Investigate the pathophysiology of Post-Polio Syndrome by the study of serum and CSF for evidence of inflammatory markers.
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Collaborators and Investigators
Publications and helpful links
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start
Study Completion
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (ESTIMATE)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Pathologic Processes
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Nervous System Diseases
- RNA Virus Infections
- Virus Diseases
- Infections
- Disease
- Musculoskeletal Diseases
- Muscular Diseases
- Neuromuscular Diseases
- Central Nervous System Infections
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Enterovirus Infections
- Picornaviridae Infections
- Spinal Cord Diseases
- Muscular Disorders, Atrophic
- Myelitis
- Poliomyelitis
- Syndrome
- Postpoliomyelitis Syndrome
- Physiological Effects of Drugs
- Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
- Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inducers
- Cytochrome P-450 CYP3A Inducers
- Central Nervous System Stimulants
- Wakefulness-Promoting Agents
- Modafinil
Other Study ID Numbers
- 030276
- 03-N-0276
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