Pergolide Treatment and Valvular Heart Disease - Full Text View

Sponsored by:	Århus Amt
Information provided by:	Århus Amt
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00234364

Purpose

In a blinded echocardiographic study we investigate the frequency of valvular abnormalities in a group of Parkinson patients treated with either ergot derived dopamine agonists (pergolide and cabergoline) or non-ergot derived dopamine agonists (pramipexole and ropinirole). The ability to detect patients with valvular abnormalities by clinical approach is examined.

Condition
Heart Valve Diseases Parkinson's Disease Pergolide Fibrosis

Genetics Home Reference related topics: familial paroxysmal nonkinesigenic dyskinesia Parkinson disease

MedlinePlus related topics: Heart Diseases Heart Valve Diseases Parkinson's Disease

Drug Information available for: Pergolide Pergolide mesylate Ergotamine Ergotamine tartrate

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Observational
Study Design:	Screening, Cross-Sectional, Defined Population, Retrospective/Prospective Study

Further study details as provided by Århus Amt:

Enrollment:	155
Study Start Date:	March 2005
Study Completion Date:	September 2007

Detailed Description:

Some case reports and a single study, which included 78 Parkinson patients, has found a correlation between treatment with the ergotamine derivative dopamine agonists (pergolide) and restrictive valvular heart disease. The mechanisms are thought to be the same as with the former used anorectikum, fenfluramine and other drugs stimulating the 5HT-2B receptor.

In a blinded manner we make physiologic and echocardiographic examination on 160 Parkinson patients treated with either ergotamine or non-ergotamine derivative dopamine agonists (80 patients in each group) to see whether Parkinson patients treated with ergotamine derivatives have more heart valvular disease

Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Parkinson patients who in the last year has been treated minimum 6 months with either ergotamine derivative or non-ergotamine derivative dopamine agonists (the latter included as controls)
Informed contests

Exclusion Criteria:

Control patients will be excluded if the have been treated with ergotamine derivates in the last 12 months or if the prior to that have had ergotamine derivates for more than 6 months
Patients with known valvular heart disease prior to the diagnosis of Parkinson

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00234364

Locations

Denmark, Aahus N
Skejby Hospital
Aarhus, Aahus N, Denmark, 8200

Sponsors and Collaborators

Århus Amt

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Vibeke G Rasmussen, MD

Skejby Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	permax
Study First Received:	October 4, 2005
Last Updated:	September 19, 2007
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00234364
Health Authority:	Denmark: The Regional Committee on Biomedical Research Ethics

Keywords provided by Århus Amt:

Pergolide
Ergotamine derivates
Valvular heart disease

Study placed in the following topic categories:

Heart Diseases
Ganglion Cysts
Fibrosis
Basal Ganglia Diseases
Central Nervous System Diseases
Ergotamine
Brain Diseases

Neurodegenerative Diseases
Heart Valve Diseases
Parkinson Disease
Movement Disorders
Parkinsonian Disorders
Pergolide

Additional relevant MeSH terms:

Pathologic Processes
Nervous System Diseases
Cardiovascular Diseases

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 16, 2009