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- Clinical Trial NCT04643327
Uncovering a Novel Therapeutic Target to Reduce Dementia Risk in Parkinson's Disease (TRIP)
November 2, 2022 updated by: Nadeeka Dissanyaka, The University of Queensland
Double-blind Randomised-controlled Within-subject Crossover Trial to Determine Levetiracetam Efficacy for Memory Impairment in Parkinson's Disease: A Proof-of-concept Study
The present study is a proof-of-concept clinical trial to test the efficacy of low doses of a repurposed anti-epileptic drug (levetiracetam) in treating memory problems in Parkinson's disease (PD).
Neuroimaging techniques will be used to determine the effect of the drug on specific brain regions (hippocampal subfields).
Finally, baseline brain activity of PD patients with memory problems will be compared to PD patients without memory problems and healthy older adults to determine if activity in specific brain regions (hippocampal subfields) can be used to predict memory problems in PD.
This information will be useful for future clinical trials to target drugs to these brain regions.
Study Overview
Status
Recruiting
Intervention / Treatment
Study Type
Interventional
Enrollment (Anticipated)
28
Phase
- Phase 2
Contacts and Locations
This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.
Study Locations
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Queensland
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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, 4029
- Recruiting
- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research
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Contact:
- Dana Pourzinal, BSc
- Phone Number: 0733465028
- Email: pd.research@uq.edu.au
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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
- Child
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No
Genders Eligible for Study
All
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Parkinson's Disease patients with amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment
- Parkinson's Disease patients with no memory impairment
- Healthy volunteers
- All participants must be eligible to take MRI scans
Exclusion Criteria:
- Dementia
- Contraindication to having MRI
- Bipolar disorder, Schizophrenia, Alcohol or substance abuse
- Major depression
- Suicidal Ideation
- Difficulty complying with protocol requirements
- Significant non-PD neurological disease
- Vascular dementia
- Sensitivity to levetiracetam
- Use of anticonvulsant medications
- Use of other excluded medications
- Severe renal impairment
- Clinically significant abnormalities in B12 or thyroid function test (below normative range for elderly)
- Females of childbearing potential
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: Randomized
- Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
- Masking: Quadruple
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Active arm
125mg Levetiracetam capsules taken twice daily (morning and evening) for 14 days
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Levetiracetam is currently approved in Australia and the U.S.A. for epilepsy.
We will be providing levetiracetam in capsule form, 125mg levetiracetam in each capsule.
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Placebo Comparator: Placebo arm
125mg maize starch-based placebo capsules taken twice daily (morning and evening) for 14 days
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Placebo intervention will be maize-starch filled capsules with identical physical features to the active capsules.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Pattern separation performance (behavioural outcome)
Time Frame: Immediately after 2 weeks of treatment
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Participants' behavioural performance on the pattern separation fMRI paradigm, as measured by their proportionate accuracy of identifying the critical "lure" trials.
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Immediately after 2 weeks of treatment
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Hippocampal DG/CA3 subfield activity
Time Frame: Immediately after 2 weeks of treatment
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Participants' brain activation during the pattern separation fMRI paradigm, as measured by their activation in the critical dentate gyrus (DG)/CA3 subfield of the hippocampus during the critical "lure" trials of the pattern separation task.
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Immediately after 2 weeks of treatment
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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 (Actual)
February 9, 2021
Primary Completion (Anticipated)
June 1, 2023
Study Completion (Anticipated)
December 1, 2023
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
November 18, 2020
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 18, 2020
First Posted (Actual)
November 25, 2020
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
November 4, 2022
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
November 2, 2022
Last Verified
November 1, 2022
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
- Mental Disorders
- Brain Diseases
- Central Nervous System Diseases
- Nervous System Diseases
- Neurocognitive Disorders
- Parkinsonian Disorders
- Basal Ganglia Diseases
- Movement Disorders
- Synucleinopathies
- Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Cognition Disorders
- Parkinson Disease
- Cognitive Dysfunction
- Anticonvulsants
- Nootropic Agents
- Levetiracetam
Other Study ID Numbers
- HREC/2020/QRBW/69379
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
No
product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.
No
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