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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 3 August 2015
Main ID:  NCT02472210
Date of registration: 11/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University Health Network, Toronto
Public title: The Use of Botox in Advanced Parkinson's Patients Experiencing Pain
Scientific title: A Study of the Utility of Botulinum Toxin Type A for Pain in Advanced Parkinson's Disease Double Blind Placebo Control Crossover Pilot Study
Date of first enrolment: July 2014
Target sample size: 14
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02472210
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with advanced PD (Hoehn and Yahr 3-5) and painful limbs not responding to
antiparkinsonian agents sufficiently.

- BTXA treatment naÃ-ve patients or not received any within last 12 months (including
other indications).

- Stable PD and pain medications for at least 30 days

- Competence to self-report pain severity in a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subjects with a primary cause of pain unrelated with PD and associated with another
medical condition e.g. severe arthritis

- Subjects that because of the severity or refractory pain are under an unfixed
analgesic schedule

- Subjects unable to self- report pain severity in a VAS

- Subjects undergoing acute infections or other acute intercurrences.

- Any contraindication to receiving BTXA injections:

1. Subjects who are hypersensitive to any BTXA or to any ingredient in the
formulation or component of the container (Clostridium Botulinum toxin type A
neurotoxin complex 900 kD, Human Serum Albumin and Sodium Chloride).

2. The presence of infection at the proposed injection site(s).



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Botulinum Toxin
Primary Outcome(s)
Change of patient rated pain on NRS scale [Time Frame: 3 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
14-7474
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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