Parkinson Disease
Conditions
Keywords
amantadine, parkinson disease, dyskinesia
Brief summary
This is a pilot study for Maintenance Intravenous Treatment with AMANTADINE in patient with PARKINSON'S Disease who are not well balanced with medical treatment.
Interventions
Initiation: IV amantadine 200mg/500ml \* 1/d for 3 days Maintenance: IV amantadine 200mg/500ml once per 6 weeks for 6 months
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients with idiopathic Parkinson disease * Age\<80 * Patients with no motor improvement under optimal treatment with anti parkinson medications * Patients with moderate to severe dyskinesias * Patients with PD with side effects who can not tolerate anti parkinson medications
Exclusion criteria
* Age\>80 * Patients with Parkinson syndromes, vascular parkinsonism or drug-induced parkinsonism * Patients with PD who developed adverse reactions to oral amantadine * Contraindication of amantadine treatment
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Improvement of UPDRS scores after 6 months of treatment | 6 months |
| Improvement of dyskinesias score. | 6 months |