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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 16 December 2017
Main ID:  NCT01491022
Date of registration: 08/12/2011
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: University of Miami
Public title: A Randomized Trial to Evaluate Ampyra for Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Scientific title: A Randomized Trial to Evaluate Ampyra for Gait Impairment in Parkinson's Disease
Date of first enrolment: July 2012
Target sample size: 22
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01491022
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Corneliu Luca
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  University of Miami
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Idiopathic PD with stage Hoehn and Yahr Stage>1-3 and with gait freezing or postural
instability.

- On stable dosage dopamine agonist/levodopa, and expected to remain on the same dosage
of treatment for the duration of study

- Age less than 80, onset of disease at age more than 45.

- Able to give consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Past medical history of seizures,

- History of renal insufficiency,

- History of cardiac arrhythmia,

- Severe arthritis,

- Women of childbearing potential,

- Cognitive impairment

- Age more than 80.

- PD patients stage 4 H&Y

- PD patient with recent introduction of dopamine agonist or IMAO B

- PD patients participating in other studies



Age minimum: 45 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Ampyra first, then Placebo
Drug: placebo first, then Ampyra
Primary Outcome(s)
Change in Velocity [Time Frame: baseline and 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Timed Up and Go (TUG) Score [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
United Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Score(UPDRS) , [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Change in Stride Legth [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Freezing of Gait Questionnaire (FOGQ) [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Timed 25-foot Walk Test (T25FW) [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
20110173
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Acorda Therapeutics
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 13/04/2017
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT01491022
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