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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00407212
Date of registration: 30/11/2006
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Novartis
Public title: A Study of Three Doses of TCH346 in Patients With Early Parkinson's Disease to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group, Multicenter, Dose-ranging, Efficacy and Safety Study of Three Doses of TCH346 (1mg, 5mg and 20mg Daily) in Patients With Early Parkinson's Disease
Date of first enrolment: January 2002
Target sample size: 301
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00407212
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Brazil Canada France Germany Italy Netherlands Portugal United Kingdom
United States
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Male or female ,aged 30-80 years

- Clinical diagnosis of early stage idiopathic Parkinson's disease

- Experiencing two of the three following signs; bradykinesia, rigidity, and tremor

- Not currently taking any antiparkinson medication

Exclusion Criteria:

- A history of alcohol or drug abuse in the past year

- A diagnosis psychiatric illness

- Patients who currently are taking MAO inhibitors within 30 days of entering the study

- Patients who are hypersensitive to selegiline, MAO-B inhibitors, or tricyclic
antidepressants

Additional inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply



Age minimum: 30 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: TCH346 (dibenz[b,f]oxepin-10-ylmethyl-prop-2-ynyl-amine, hydrogen maleate salt)
Primary Outcome(s)
Time to the need for symptomatic treatment with dopaminergic agents", defined as the number of days from the first dose of TCH346 study treatment to the date when it symptomatic treatment is required as determined by the investigator
Safety assessments as based on the frequency of adverse events and the number of laboratory values that fall outside of the ranges.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Percentage of patients needing symptomatic treatment within 12 months
Annual change rates for Unified Parkinsons Disease Rating Scalescore
Changes in UPDRS score after 4 weeks and after withdrawal of study treatment
Secondary ID(s)
TCH346B103
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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Date Posted:
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