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REQUIP RLS Post Marketing Surveillance

An Open-label, Multi-centre, Observational, Post-marketing Surveillance to Monitor the Safety of REQUIP(Ropinirole) Administered in Korean Restless Leg Syndrome Patients According to the Prescribing Information

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT01327339
Acronym
REQUIP RLS PMS
Enrollment
755
Registered
2011-04-01
Start date
2006-04-01
Completion date
2009-11-30
Last updated
2017-09-12

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

Conditions

Restless Legs Syndrome

Brief summary

post-marketing surveillance to monitor safety and efficacy of ropinirole during using of treatment for RLS

Detailed description

This study is a post-marketing surveillance to monitor safety and efficacy of ropinirole during using of treatment for RLS(restless leg syndrome) and identify SAEs, adverse drug reactions, and unexpected AEs not described as precautions or warnings and to identify prognostic factors that have an effect on the AEs and to assess effectiveness of ropinirole in real clinical practices after marketing. The subjects are patients prescribed for ropinirole by the investigators at the sites based on prescription information in normal clinical practices.

Interventions

DRUGRopinirole

Basically there is no treatment allocation. Subjects who would be administered of ropinirole at their physician's direction will be enrolled. Dosage regimen will be recommended according to the prescribing information. Subjects will be enrolled consecutively.

Sponsors

GlaxoSmithKline
Lead SponsorINDUSTRY

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Subjects diagnosed with RLS by the investigator * Subjects who the investigator believes that they can and will comply with the requirements of the protocol * To be contactable over the phone * To follow the administration regimen. * A male or female aged 18 years and more at the time of the first prescription. * Subjects with no experience of RLS treatment using ropinirole

Exclusion criteria

Considering the nature of this non-interventional PMS study, there is no strict

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Any Adverse Eventone monthAn adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product.

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Number of Participants With Any Serious Adverse Eventone monthA serious adverse event is defined as any untoward medical occurrence that, at any dose, results in death, is life threatening , requires hospitalization or results in prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in disability/incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly/birth defect. For a list of all serious adverse events occurring during the course of the study, see the table entitled Serious Adverse Events in the Adverse Event section of the results record.
Number of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse Eventsone monthAn adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. Unexpected adverse events include those not listed in the approved product information and not described as precautions or warnings.

Participant flow

Recruitment details

The objective of this post-marketing surveillance (PMS) study was to monitor the safety and efficacy of Requip under the real clinical setting after launch.

Participants by arm

ArmCount
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg
Requip tablet containing ropinirole hydrochloride equivalent to 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg of ropinirole administered once daily
747
Total747

Withdrawals & dropouts

PeriodReasonFG000
Overall StudyProtocol Violation8

Baseline characteristics

CharacteristicRequip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mg
Age, Continuous60.9 Years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 13.4
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Korean
747 participants
Race/Ethnicity, Customized
Not Korean
0 participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
440 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
307 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
— / —
other
Total, other adverse events
44 / 747
serious
Total, serious adverse events
3 / 747

Outcome results

Primary

Number of Participants With Any Adverse Event

An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product.

Time frame: one month

Population: Intent-to-Treat (ITT) Population: all participants who had been administered the investigational drug at least once and had completed all safety assessments.

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With Any Adverse Event44 participants
95% CI: [4.3, 7.8]
Secondary

Number of Participants With Any Serious Adverse Event

A serious adverse event is defined as any untoward medical occurrence that, at any dose, results in death, is life threatening , requires hospitalization or results in prolongation of existing hospitalization, results in disability/incapacity, or is a congenital anomaly/birth defect. For a list of all serious adverse events occurring during the course of the study, see the table entitled Serious Adverse Events in the Adverse Event section of the results record.

Time frame: one month

Population: ITT Population

ArmMeasureValue (NUMBER)
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With Any Serious Adverse Event3 participants
Secondary

Number of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse Events

An adverse event is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant, temporally associated with the use of a medicinal product, whether or not considered related to the medicinal product. Unexpected adverse events include those not listed in the approved product information and not described as precautions or warnings.

Time frame: one month

Population: ITT Population

ArmMeasureGroupValue (NUMBER)
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsEye Pain1 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsSaliva Increased1 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsWeight Decrease2 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsThirsty1 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsMelena1 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsAmnesia1 participants
Requip 0.25 mg, 1 mg, 2 mgNumber of Participants With the Indicated Unexpected Adverse EventsAppendicitis1 participants

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