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An Open-Label Extension Trial to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Long Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects With Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

A Multicenter, Multinational, Phase 3b, Open-Label Extension Trial to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine Patch in Subjects With Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00505687
Enrollment
186
Registered
2007-07-23
Start date
2005-02-28
Completion date
2008-12-31
Last updated
2014-10-02

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Conditions

Idiopathic 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 rotigotine in subjects with idiopathic PD.

Detailed description

This is the open-label extension to the open-label trials SP824 (NCT00242008), SP825 (NCT00243971), and SP826 (NCT00243945) that assessed the efficacy and safety and tolerability of rotigotine in subjects with idiopathic Parkinson's Disease.

Interventions

DRUGRotigotine

Rotigotine transdermal patches: 10 cm2 (2 mg/24 hours); 20 cm2 (4 mg/24 hours); 30 cm2 (6 mg/24 hours); 40 cm2 (8 mg/24 hours) Optimal dosing: The maximum rotigotine dose allowed is 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 treatment in one of the SP824 (NCT00242008), SP825 (NCT00243971), or SP826 (NCT00243945) trials

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects who had an ongoing serious adverse event from the previous OLE 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 Studyfour 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 Eventfour 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 Extension.Visit 6 (post year 1), Visit 10 (post year 2), Visit 14 (post year 3), End of Treatment (last study visit or early withdrawal visit)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

Austria, Germany, Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

An Open-Label Extension Trial to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Long-term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects with Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease in 26 locations from February 2005 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.
186
Total186

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event48
Overall StudyImportant protocol violation2
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy15
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up1
Overall StudyOther: As Per Sponsor8
Overall StudyOther: Disease Progression1
Overall StudyOther: Neupro Given In Hospital1
Overall StudyOther: Patches Would Not Stick D/T Sweat1
Overall StudyOther: Prolonged Hospitalization1
Overall StudyOther: Scheduled DBS Surgery1
Overall StudyOther: Underwent Implantation Of DBS1
Overall StudySubject withdrew consent15

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicRotigotine
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
92 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
94 Participants
Age, Continuous62.5 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.4
Region of Enrollment
Austria
4 participants
Region of Enrollment
Germany
22 participants
Region of Enrollment
Israel
20 participants
Region of Enrollment
Italy
9 participants
Region of Enrollment
South Africa
22 participants
Region of Enrollment
Spain
9 participants
Region of Enrollment
United Kingdom
20 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
80 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
60 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
126 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
136 / 186
serious
Total, serious adverse events
45 / 186

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: four years

Population: Of the 186 subjects who entered the study, 186 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 Study170 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 6 (post year 1), Visit 10 (post year 2), Visit 14 (post year 3), End of Treatment (last study visit or early withdrawal visit)

Population: Of the 186 subjects who entered the study, 186 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 Extension.Visit 6 (post year 1) (n=164)9.3 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.6
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 10 (post year 2) (n=164)10.0 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.9
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 14 (post year 3) (n=164)10.3 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 6.1
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.End of Treatment (n=182)10.1 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.9
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: four years

Population: Of the 186 subjects who entered the study, 186 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 Event48 Subjects

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026