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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02473562
Date of registration: 12/06/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: VU University Medical Center
Public title: Varenicline Treatment for Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease VESPA
Scientific title: Varenicline, a Partial Nicotinic Receptor Agonist for the Treatment of Excessive Daytime Sleepiness in Parkinson's Disease: a Placebo-controlled Cross-over Pilot Study
Date of first enrolment: May 2013
Target sample size: 22
Recruitment status: Terminated
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02473562
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Double (Participant, Investigator).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Tom van Mierlo, MD
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Affiliation:  VU University Medical Center, depart. of neurology
Name:     Bernard Uitdehaag, Phd, MD
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Affiliation:  VU University Medical Center, depart. of neurology
Name:     Elisabeth Foncke, PhD, MD
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Affiliation:  VU University Medical Center, depart. of neurology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- idiopathic Parkinson's Disease according to clinical diagnostic criteria United
Kingdom Parkinson's Disease Society Brain Bank

- receiving stable Parkinson's medications for at least four weeks before and throughout
study

- suffering Excessive Daytime Sleepiness, defined by a score of >10 on the Epworth
Sleeping Scale

- written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Parkinson's Disease patients receiving medications with known central depressant
effects (benzodiazepines, neuroleptics, anticholinergics)

- dementia defined by a Mini Mental State Examination <24

- depression defined by a Beck Depression Inventory >16

- a known diagnosis of sleep apnea or narcolepsy

- current smoking or smoking cessation in past 6 months

- presence of contra-indications for treatment with varenicline, including:

- known psychiatric diseases such as panic disorder, psychosis, bipolar disorder,
eating disorder and alcohol or drug abuse

- unstable angina, a history of cardiac disease or stroke in previous 6 months

- severe renal failure (glomerular filtration rate = 30 ml/min)

- insulin-dependent diabetes



Age minimum: N/A
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Parkinson's Disease
Intervention(s)
Drug: Placebo (for varenicline)
Drug: Varenicline
Primary Outcome(s)
Daytime sleepiness [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pharmacodynamics assessed by computerized test battery [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Fatigue [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Error score [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Involuntary movements [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Sleep quality [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Quality of life [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Sleep latency [Time Frame: 4 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
NL40128.029.12
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Centre for Human Drug Research, Netherlands
Ethics review
Results
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