Pilot Study of Maintenance Therapy With Intravenous AMANTADINE

October 10, 2010 updated by: Rabin Medical Center

Maintenance Therapy of Intravenous Amantadine in Patients With Idiopathic Parkinson Disease Who Are Not Optimally Treated With Anti Parkinson Medications

This is a pilot study for Maintenance Intravenous Treatment with AMANTADINE in patient with PARKINSON'S Disease who are not well balanced with medical treatment.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Anticipated)

20

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

30 years to 80 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease
  • Age<80
  • Patients with no motor improvement under optimal treatment with anti parkinson medications
  • Patients with moderate to severe dyskinesias
  • Patients with PD with side effects who can not tolerate anti parkinson medications

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Age>80
  • Patients with Parkinson syndromes, vascular parkinsonism or drug-induced parkinsonism
  • Patients with PD who developed adverse reactions to oral amantadine
  • Contraindication of amantadine treatment

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Treatment
IV amantadine treatment
Initiation: IV amantadine 200mg/500ml * 1/d for 3 days Maintenance: IV amantadine 200mg/500ml once per 6 weeks for 6 months
Other Names:
  • PK-Merz

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Improvement of UPDRS scores after 6 months of treatment
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
Improvement of dyskinesias score.
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

November 1, 2010

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2011

Study Completion (Anticipated)

June 1, 2012

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 26, 2010

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 26, 2010

First Posted (Estimate)

August 27, 2010

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 13, 2010

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 10, 2010

Last Verified

August 1, 2010

More Information

This information was retrieved directly from the website clinicaltrials.gov without any changes. If you have any requests to change, remove or update your study details, please contact register@clinicaltrials.gov. As soon as a change is implemented on clinicaltrials.gov, this will be updated automatically on our website as well.

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