Parkinson's Disease Isradipine Safety Study

Phase II Safety and Tolerability of Isradipine (A Potential Neuroprotective Agent) in Patients With Parkinson's Disease- Stage II

The objective of this study is to establish the safety and tolerability of isradipine, sustained release preparation in patients with PD. This study is a logical continuation of the project that is being completed now and is conducted in preparation to NIH submission of the pivotal study on the efficacy of this agent for neuroprotection in PD. This study is conducted in parallel with Dr. Surmeier's work on further development of the preclinical data. The focus of his work now is to establishing the correlation between the dose that demonstrated neuroprotective effect in animal model and the dose used for clinical practice.

Hypothesis 1: Patients with PD will be able to tolerate isradipine across the FDA recommended dose range. We expect 10% attrition due to hypotensive effect of the agent.

Hypothesis 2: Patients with PD and concomitant stable hypertension will be able to tolerate isradipine provided that the dose of the concomitant antihypertensive agent is adjusted based on the blood pressure reading.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Parkinson's Disease
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: Dynacirc CR (Isradipine)

Detailed Description

Isradipine safety profile Isradipine, FDA approved for treatment of hypertension since 1990, has a well established data on its efficacy and safety in the hypertensive population (see package insert, Appendix 3). The side effect profile of isradipine is related to the primary mechanism of action of the agent as a vasodilator of the vascular smooth muscles and myocardium, and includes hypotension, bradycardia, weakness, and syncope. As per package insert, the most common adverse effects are headache (13.7% with active treatment versus 14% placebo), dizziness (7.3 vs 4.4) and peripheral edema as reflection of the vasodilatory effect which is dose dependent with incidence of about 3.5% at 5 mg, 8.7% at 10 mg and 8.5% at 20 mg. Of note the incidence of edema is substantially lower compared to CR preparation (9:13:36% for the respective doses). The other side effects include angina, asthenia, flushing, heart failure, and palpitations. According to the package insert, the adverse effects are usually not serious, dose dependent, and respond well to dose reduction or discontinuation of therapy. Isradipine has no effect on atrioventricular or sinoatrial conduction. The only absolute contraindications for isradipine are hypersensitivity to DHP compounds and hypotension defined as systolic blood pressure below 90 mm Hg. Until our studies, isradipine has not been tested in the PD population.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 31
• Phase: Phase 2

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Illinois
    • Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60610
      • 710 N. Lake Shore Dr.

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 28 years to 73 years (Adult, Older Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease age 30-75
2. Hoehn and Yahr stage <2.5
3. PD duration less than 5 years
4. For the subjects treated with PD medications, the regimen has to be stable for >1 month prior to enrollment

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Atypical Parkinsonian syndrome
2. Patients with history of stable hypertension treated with other antihypertensive agents will be allowed provided that the doses of concomitant anti HTN therapy can be reduced/adjusted during the study based on the BP readings. The number of concomitant antihypertensive agents should not exceed two. The dose of concomitant antihypertensive agents has to be stable for > 1 month
3. Presence of orthostatic hypotension at the screening visit defined as > 20 mmHg change in systolic BP and 10mm change in diastolic BP after 2 min of standing, or baseline BP <90/60.
4. Presence of other medical conditions that in the opinion of the investigator will preclude safe use of the drug.
5. Presence of cognitive dysfunction as determined by MMSE score <24
6. Failure to sign the informed consent
7. Inability to cooperate with the study procedures
8. Presence of motor fluctuations
9. History of bradycardia defined as heart rate < 55
10. Women of childbearing potential who are not surgically sterilized have to use a reliable measure of contraception and have a negative urine pregnancy test at screening
11. Participation in other investigational drug trials within 30 days prior to screening
12. History of brain surgery for Parkinson's Disease.

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Treatment
• Allocation: N/A
• Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)

Number of Arms

1

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Dynacirc CR (Isradipine); Dynacirc CR (Isradipine) will start at 5mg dose and increased in increments of 5mg every 2 weeks	Drug: Dynacirc CR (Isradipine); Dynacirc CR is given by the recommended schedule for titration. Subjects start on a 5mg dose and are increased in increments of 5mg every 2 weeks provided that the subjects do not have significant adverse events or symptomatic orthostatic hypotension.; Other Names: Isradipine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Time Frame
Tolerability of Isradipine Based on the Number of Participants That Complete the Study	1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Safety of the Standard Titration Schedule in PD Population as Measured by the Number of Patients That Are Able to Increase the Dose to 20 mg Daily		1 year
Number of Participants That Tolerated Each Dose of Isradipine	Tolerability= maximum tolerated dose	1 year
Number of Participants That Tolerated Each Dose Level of Isradipine Between PD Patients Treated With Antihypertensive Agent and Not on Antihypertensive Agent	At the time of enrollment, some patients were currently being treated with antihypertensive agents including Propanolol, Toprol, Lisinopril, Diovan, Norvasc. HTN+: Participants on an antihypertensive agent HTN-: Participants not on an antihypertensive agent	1 year
Number of Participants That Completed the Study at Each Dose Level of Isradipine		1 year
Change in Motor UPDRS Scores: Baseline vs. Final Visit	Baseline visit = Week 0 Final visit = Week 12 Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)is made up of the following sections: Part I: evaluation of Mentation, behavior, and mood Part II: self evaluation of the activities of daily life Part III: clinician-scored motor evaluation Part IV: Hoehn and Yahr stating of severity of Parkinson disease. Part V: Schwab and England ADL scale Only part three was used for this assessment. The higher the UPDRS score, the greater the disability from PD. The range for scores for Section III is 0 to 108.	12 weeks
Pharmacokinetic Data - Mean Serum Concentration and Dosage Exposure Across the Dose Range of Isradipine	Mean Plasma Concentration (+/- SD ng/mL)	1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Northwestern University
• Collaborators: Northwestern Memorial Hospital
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Tanya Simuni, M.D., Northwestern University

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start: April 1, 2008
• Primary Completion (Actual): June 1, 2009
• Study Completion (Actual): February 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 13, 2008
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 15, 2008
• First Posted (Estimate): September 16, 2008

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): November 15, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: November 11, 2021
• Last Verified: November 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Neuroprotection; Parkinson's disease; Isradipine
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Parkinsonian Disorders; Basal Ganglia Diseases; Movement Disorders; Synucleinopathies; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Parkinson Disease; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Antihypertensive Agents; Vasodilator Agents; Membrane Transport Modulators; Calcium-Regulating Hormones and Agents; Calcium Channel Blockers; Isradipine
• Other Study ID Numbers: Isradipine II