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

An Open-Label Extension to the Double-Blind SP512 Trial to Assess the Safety of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects With Early-Stage Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease.

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT00594165
Acronym
SP512OL
Enrollment
217
Registered
2008-01-15
Start date
2002-06-30
Completion date
2008-11-30
Last updated
2014-10-02

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Conditions

Early-Stage Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

Rotigotine

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 early-stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease.

Detailed description

This is the open-label extension to the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled SP512 trial that assessed the efficacy and safety and tolerability of the Rotigotine patch in subjects with early-stage idiopathic Parkinson's Disease.

Interventions

DRUGRotigotine

Rotigotine trans-dermal 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: During the first year: The maximum Rotigotine dose allowed is 6 mg/24 hours. After the first year: allowed dose increase of Rotigotine up to a maximum of 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 six months of maintenance treatment in the SP512 double-blind trial

Exclusion criteria

* Subjects who had an ongoing serious adverse event from SP512 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 Study7 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 Event.7 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 9 (end of year 1), Visit 13 (end of year 2), Visit 17 (end of year 3), Visit 21(end of year 4), Visit 25 (end of year 5), Visit 29 (end of year 6), 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

Canada, United States

Participant flow

Recruitment details

An Open-Label Extension to Assess the Safety of Long-Term Treatment of Rotigotine in Subjects with Early-Stage Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease from June 2002 to November 2008

Pre-assignment details

Subject 10806 received SP512OL study medication at the final visit of SP512DB but never returned to the clinic; this subject is excluded from the Safety Set.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Rotigotine
Optimal dosing for Rotigotine transdermal patches, once daily: Year 1, the maximum dose allowed is 6 mg/24 hours. After Year 1, a dose increase is allowed up to a maximum of 16 mg/24 hours.
216
Total216

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyAdverse Event52
Overall StudyLack of Efficacy12
Overall StudyLost to Follow-up4
Overall StudyMajor protocol violation1
Overall StudyOther: Brain surgery controlled symptoms1
Overall StudyOther: House bound; can't get to clinic1
Overall StudyOther: PI discretion5
Overall StudyOther: Site terminated participation2
Overall StudyOther: Subject enrolled in other trial1
Overall StudyOther: Subject moving3
Overall StudyStudy ended per sponsor102
Overall StudySubject withdrew consent27
Overall StudyUnsatisfactory compliance of subject6

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicRotigotine
Age, Categorical
<=18 years
0 Participants
Age, Categorical
>=65 years
97 Participants
Age, Categorical
Between 18 and 65 years
119 Participants
Age, Continuous63.2 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 10.3
Region of Enrollment
Canada
30 participants
Region of Enrollment
United States
186 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
69 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
147 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
206 / 216
serious
Total, serious adverse events
102 / 216

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: 7 years

Population: Of the 217 subjects who entered the study, 216 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS). Subject 10806 received SP512OL study medication at the final visit of SP512DB but never returned to the clinic; this subject is excluded from the Safety Set.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
RotigotineNumber of Subjects With at Least One Adverse Event During This Open-label Extension Study214 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 9 (end of year 1), Visit 13 (end of year 2), Visit 17 (end of year 3), Visit 21(end of year 4), Visit 25 (end of year 5), Visit 29 (end of year 6), End of Treatment (last study visit or early withdrawal visit)

Population: Of the 217 subjects who entered the study, 216 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS). Subject 10806 received SP512OL study medication at the final visit of SP512DB but never returned to the clinic; this subject is excluded from the Safety Set. Last observation carried forward (LOCF) was utilized.

ArmMeasureGroupValue (MEAN)Dispersion
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 9 (end of year 1) (n=209)7.3 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 4.4
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 13 (end of year 2) (n=209)7.9 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 4.9
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 17 (end of year 3) (n=209)8.2 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.2
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 21 (end of year 4) (n=209)8.4 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 25 (end of year 5) (n=209)8.8 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.Visit 29 (end of year 6) (n=209)8.5 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5
RotigotineMean Epworth Sleepiness Scale Score During the Open-label Extension.End of Treatment (n=216)9.0 Score on a scaleStandard Deviation 5.4
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: 7 years

Population: Of the 217 subjects who entered the study, 216 are included in this summary based on the Safety Set (SS). Subject 10806 received SP512OL study medication at the final visit of SP512DB but never returned to the clinic; this subject is excluded from the Safety Set.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
RotigotineNumber of Subjects Who Withdrew From the Trial Due to an Adverse Event.52 subjects

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 27, 2026