Parkinson disease
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Inclusion criteria required that subjects had received the diagnosis of PD according to the UK Brain Bank criteria , and had rating in the modified Hoehn and Yahr staging between 1 to 4 on on-phase, and medicated with levodopa, without dementia (MMSE >= 25). Outpatients are better than admitted patietns. No change on medication for PD for four weeks. The subjects are over 20 years-old.Written informed consent must be obtained.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. The patient with parkinsonism due to corticobasal syndrome, multiple system atrophy, drug parkinsonism, hydrocephalus, essential tremor. 2. The presence of other serious disease. 3. The presence of malignant tumor. 4. The presence of adverce event caused with dopaminagonist 5. Subjects which are inappropriate for the study according to our judgment.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The primary endpoint is the change from baseline to 48th week in the total score of the Unified Parkinson 's disease Scale (UPDRS). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Additional analysis 1.The change of UPDRS part II, III, and Hoehn and Yahr staging from baseline to 8, 24, 48 weeks and post 8th weeks. The changes of total score of UPDRS from baseline to 8th, 24th, and post 8th week. 2. The duration to protocol ended because of addition of levodopa or progression of disease. Safety analysis 1) Adverse events except dyskinesia. 2) Screening laboratory studies included level of total protein, albumin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate transaminase, alanine transaminase, serum urea nitrogen, calcium, chloride, creatinine, glucose, lactate dehydrogenase, potassium, sodium, creatinine kinase, uric acid, choline esterase, LDL-cholestrol, HDL-cholestrol and triglyceride. | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Juntendo University School of Medicine Neurology