Skip to content

An Open-Label Extension Trial to Assess the Safety of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Advanced-Stage Parkinson's Disease

An Open-Label Extension to the Double-Blind SP515 (NCT00244387) Trial to Assess the Safety of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects With Advanced-Stage Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease Who Are Not Well Controlled on L-Dopa

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00501969
Enrollment
395
Registered
2007-07-17
Start date
2004-08-31
Completion date
2008-12-31
Last updated
2014-10-02

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Advanced Stage Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

Rotigotine, Neupro®

Brief summary

The objective of this open-label extension is to assess the safety and tolerability of long-term treatment of the rotigotine patch in subjects with advanced-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease

Detailed description

This is the open-label extension to the randomized, double-blind, placebo-and active controlled SP515 (NCT00244387) trial that assessed the efficacy and safety and tolerability of the Rotigotine patch in subjects with advanced-stage idiopathic Parkinson's Disease that were not well-controlled on levodopa

Interventions

DRUGRotigotine

Rotigotine trans-dermal patches once daily: 20 cm2 (4 mg/24 hours); 30 cm2 (6 mg/24 hours); 40 cm2 (8 mg/24 hours) 50 cm2 (10 mg/24 hours) 60 cm2 (12 mg/24 hours) 70 cm2 (14 mg/24 hours) 80 cm2 (16 mg/24 hours)

Sponsors

UCB Pharma
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
31 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects who have completed four months of maintenance treatment in the SP515 (NCT00244387) double-blind trial

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects who had an ongoing serious adverse event from SP515 (NCT00244387) double-blind trial that was assessed as related to study medication

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Subjects With at Least One Adverse Event During This Open-label Extension Studyfive yearsAdverse events are any untoward medical occurrences in a subject administered study treatment, whether or not these events are related to treatment.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Subjects Who Withdrew From the Trial Due to an Adverse Eventfive yearsAdverse events are any untoward medical occurrences in a subject administered study treatment, whether or not these events are related to treatment.
Mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label ExtensionVisit 13 (end of year 1), Visit 17 (end of year 2), Visit 21 (end of year 3), Visit 25(end of year 4)The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a self-administered questionnaire with 8 questions. The total ESS score is the sum of 8 item-scores and can range between 0 and 24. The higher the score, the higher the person's level of daytime sleepiness.

Countries

Australia, Austria, Croatia, Czechia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom

Participant flow

Recruitment details

An Open-Label Extension to the Double-Blind SP515 (NCT00244387) Trial to Assess the Safety of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects with Advanced-Stage Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease who are not well controlled on L-Dopa from August 2004 to December 2008

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Rotigotine
Optimal dosing for Rotigotine transdermal patches, once daily: Subjects can receive a dose up to 16 mg/24 hours.
395
Total395

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event76
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy29
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up4
Overall StudyMajor Protocol Violation4
Overall StudyOther: Admin Request from the Sponsor3
Overall StudyOther: As Required by Local EC2
Overall StudyOther: DX Changed - Parkinsons to PSNP1
Overall StudyOther: Patient is Going to Have DBS1
Overall StudyOther: Patients + Investigator Agreement1
Overall StudyOther: Pat Pending Surgery for PD1
Overall StudyOther: Severe Dementia Unable Sign PIC1
Overall StudyOther: Sponsors Request10
Overall StudyOther: Sponsor Stopped Study12
Overall StudyOther: Sponsor Termination at Site1
Overall StudyOther: Sponsor Termination/Commercial RX1
Overall StudyOther: Tired Of Clinical Trial Process1
Overall StudySubject withdrew consent51
Overall StudyUnsatisfactory compliance of subject7

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicRotigotine
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
212 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
183 Participants
Age, Continuous64.4 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 9.2
Region of Enrollment
Australia
30 participants
Region of Enrollment
Austria
6 participants
Region of Enrollment
Croatia
27 participants
Region of Enrollment
Czech Republic
50 participants
Region of Enrollment
Finland
8 participants
Region of Enrollment
France
9 participants
Region of Enrollment
Germany
4 participants
Region of Enrollment
Hungary
11 participants
Region of Enrollment
Israel
22 participants
Region of Enrollment
Italy
33 participants
Region of Enrollment
New Zealand
16 participants
Region of Enrollment
Norway
8 participants
Region of Enrollment
Poland
65 participants
Region of Enrollment
South Africa
52 participants
Region of Enrollment
Spain
35 participants
Region of Enrollment
Sweden
9 participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
10 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
144 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
251 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
305 / 395
serious
Total, serious adverse events
148 / 395

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Subjects With at Least One Adverse Event During This Open-label Extension Study

Adverse events are any untoward medical occurrences in a subject administered study treatment, whether or not these events are related to treatment.

Time frame: five years

Population: Of the 395 subjects who entered the study, 395 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS).

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
RotigotineNumber of Subjects With at Least One Adverse Event During This Open-label Extension Study357 Subjects
Secondary

Mean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension

The Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) is a self-administered questionnaire with 8 questions. The total ESS score is the sum of 8 item-scores and can range between 0 and 24. The higher the score, the higher the person's level of daytime sleepiness.

Time frame: Visit 13 (end of year 1), Visit 17 (end of year 2), Visit 21 (end of year 3), Visit 25(end of year 4)

Population: Of the 395 subjects who entered the study, 395 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS). Last observation carried forward (LOCF) was utilized.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label ExtensionVisit 13 (end of year 1) (n=377)7.4 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 4.7
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label ExtensionVisit 17 (end of year 2) (n=377)7.8 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.1
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label ExtensionVisit 21 (end of year 3) (n=377)8.0 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.1
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label ExtensionVisit 25 (end of year 4) (n=377)8.3 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.2
Secondary

Number of Subjects Who Withdrew From the Trial Due to an Adverse Event

Adverse events are any untoward medical occurrences in a subject administered study treatment, whether or not these events are related to treatment.

Time frame: five years

Population: Of the 395 subjects who entered the study, 395 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS).

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
RotigotineNumber of Subjects Who Withdrew From the Trial Due to an Adverse Event76 Subjects

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 24, 2026