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Continued Efficacy of Apomorphine After Previous Exposure of at Least Three Months
This study has been completed.
Sponsored by: Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals
Information provided by: Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00200512
  Purpose

The objective of this study was to measure the continued efficacy of apomorphine after previous exposure of at least three months duration.


Condition Intervention Phase
Parkinson Disease
Drug: apomorphine HCl injection
Phase II
Phase III

Genetics Home Reference related topics: familial paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia Parkinson disease
MedlinePlus related topics: Parkinson's Disease
Drug Information available for: Apomorphine hydrochloride Apomorphine
U.S. FDA Resources
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Crossover Assignment, Safety/Efficacy Study
Official Title: A Prospective, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Crossover Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Subcutaneous Injections of Apomorphine in the Treatment of "Off" Episodes in Patients With "On/Off" or "Wearing Off" Effects Associated With Late Stage Parkinson's Disease

Further study details as provided by Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • UPDRS Motor Score 20 minutes after dosing

Secondary Outcome Measures:
  • Dyskinesia Rating Scale 10, 20 and 60 minutes after dosing
  • Time to onset of perceived relief
  • AUC for UPDRS Motor Scores at predose, 10, 20 and 60 minutes
  • Change in UPDRS Motor Scores at 10 and 60 minutes after dosing

Estimated Enrollment: 16
Study Start Date: September 1999
Estimated Study Completion Date: November 1999
Detailed Description:

This was a prospective, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover desigh, multicenter study of the safety and effectiveness of subcutaneous apomorphine treatment. Patients received both apomorphine and placebo, in a randomized double-blind fashion

  Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patients diagnosed with idiopathic Parkinson's Disease and classified as stage II-IV of the Hoehn and Yahr scale for staging the severity of Parkinson's Disease
  • Patients must have been on an optimally maximized oral therapy regimen including levodopa/decarboxylase inhibitors in either immediate or delayed release forms, plus at least one direct acting oral dopamine agonist for at least 30 days prior to randomization
  • Patients must have been receiving apomorphine subcutaneous injections for rescue therapy for "Off" events for at least three months with an average dosing requirement of at least 2 doses per day over the week prior to enrollment with a dose of less than 11 mg

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients under medical therapy for clinically significant psychoses or dementia not related to ingestion of antiparkinson medications. (Patients with hallucinations or other central adverse reactions associated solely with antiparkinson medications were not excluded.)
  • Patients with a history of drug or alcohol dependency within one year prior to study enrollment
  • Patients with unstable and clinically significant disease of cardiovascular (including orthostatic hypotension), hematologic (including Coombs' positive hemolytic anemia), hepatic, renal, metabolic, respiratory, gastrointestinal or endocrinological systems or neoplasm within the threemonths before the start of the study.
  • Patients with a history of allergy or intolerance to morphine or its derivatives, sulfur, sulfur containing medication, sulfites, domperidone, trimethobenzamide or other anticholinergics.
  • Patients treated with experimental agents (other than apomorphine intermittent subcutaneous injections) within 3 months before study entry, experimental agents were defined on the basis of the regulatory status in the country of patient observation, or with other disallowed medications
  • Patients whose apomorphine regimen was characterized by continuous infusion or by administration methods other than intermittent subcutaneous injection.
  • Patients who could not or would not sign an informed consent form.
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00200512

Locations
United Kingdom
Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Liverpool, United Kingdom
The Morriston Hospital
Swansea, United Kingdom
Sponsors and Collaborators
Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals
Investigators
Study Director: Will Sullivan Mylan Bertek Pharmaceuticals
  More Information

Study ID Numbers: APO301
Study First Received: September 13, 2005
Last Updated: December 15, 2005
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00200512  
Health Authority: United States: Food and Drug Administration;   United Kingdom: Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency

Study placed in the following topic categories:
Dopamine
Ganglion Cysts
Movement Disorders
Parkinson Disease
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Parkinsonian Disorders
Neurodegenerative Diseases
Brain Diseases
Apomorphine

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Neurotransmitter Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Dyskinesia Agents
Therapeutic Uses
Physiological Effects of Drugs
Nervous System Diseases
Antiparkinson Agents
Dopamine Agents
Dopamine Agonists
Central Nervous System Agents
Pharmacologic Actions

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009