Advanced Parkinson´s Disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Outpatients, male or female, aged 35-75 years, fulfiling the U.K.P.D.S.B.B. criteria for the diagnosis of Parkinson´s disease, disease stage I-III in ON state according to the modified Hoehn and Yahr classification, patients treated with l-dopa and a dopamine agonist drug (up to th maximal recommended dosage). Other non dopamin agonist antiparkinsonian medications are allowed except apomorphine and dispersible Modopar, good therapeutic response to L-dopa complicated with incapacitating motor fluctuations, subjects with at least 3 hours of OFF time daily despite optimized oral antiparkinsonian medications Are the trial subjects under 18? no Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients presenting with sudden (switches ON-OFF or OFF-ON within 1 minute), and unpredictable ON-OFF phenomena, currently treated with subcutaneous injections of apomorphine, patients with symptomatic orthostatic hypotension, patients with history of invasive hallucinations (non-critical, durable, threatening) and/or episodes confusion, patients with psychosis, dementia and chronic neurologic disorders other thzan Parkinson´s disease non-authorized concomitant treatment : Modopar dispersible, apomorphine, neuroleptics (antiemetic and antipsychotic)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: Assessment of the acceptability of a sublingual formulation of piribedil;Secondary Objective: Global assessment of efficacy;Primary end point(s): Acceptability based on the occurence of adverse events | — |
Countries
Germany