View clinical trials related to Parkinson's Disease.
Filter by:The purpose of this study is to assess the facilitation of balance in Parkinson's disease (PD) patients using the Nintendo Wii fit, with the ultimate goal of developing a program for function and fitness in this patient population. In this study, PD patients will participate in group exercise classes using the Wii Fit and the effects on balance, postural sway, and quality of life assessed.
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a neurodegenerative disorder of unknown aetiology with an estimated incidence of 4.5-16/100,000 persons/year. BIA 9-1067 is currently being developed by BIAL (Portela & Cª,S.A.) to be used in addition to L-DOPA (Levodopa) /carbidopa or L-DOPA (Levodopa) / preparations in PD patients. Promising results have been obtained for BIA 9-1067 in previous studies.
The specific aims of this study are to examine whether treatment with transdermal nicotine improves computer-based laboratory and clinical measures of impulsive and compulsive behaviors in Parkinson's Disease subjects who have recently experienced an impulse control disorder.
The most common symptoms associated to senile dementia disease are confusion about schedules, hyperactivity... In this sense, these patients have frequently poor nutrition, resulting in malnutrition problems or malnutrition high risk.
Numerous epidemiological studies have linked lifelong use of caffeine to a lower risk of Parkinson's disease (PD) - prospective studies have estimated that non-coffee drinkers have an approximately 1.7-2.5 fold increased risk of developing PD compared to coffee drinkers. This is an extremely important finding which deserves further more in depth investigations. The exact pathophysiological mechanism remains elusive, but multiple hypotheses do exist: Caffeine antagonizes adenosine receptors directly yielding an improvement on motor systems and even on Levodopa serum concentrations (when on therapy). An additional explanation is that adenosine antagonism has neuroprotective properties by acting locally on basal ganglia circuits and the substantia nigra. The current study aims to identify the optimal caffeine dose with maximal motor benefit and the least amount of undesirable adverse effects.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of two doses of safinamide (50 and 100 mg/day, p.o.), compared to placebo, as add-on therapy in patients with idiopathic Parkinson's disease with motor fluctuations who are currently receiving a stable dose of levodopa.
Sleep-wake disturbances (SWD) are frequent in Parkinson's disease (PD) and affect the quality of life of affected patients. Rasagiline is a potent, highly selective, irreversible, second-generation, monoamine oxidase type-B (MAO-B) inhibitor with a 24h dopaminergic effect. It is well known that dopaminergic treatment closely interacts with SWD. This study aims to assess the effect of Rasagiline on SWD in PD patients. In this randomized, double-blind, placebo controlled study in clinical phase IV, 60 subjects will be treated with rasagiline 1mg po once daily or placebo over 8 weeks. The study is planned to be conducted in 6-9 Swiss centers. Questionaires will be used to assess SWDs: sleep disturbances (Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale, PDSS), daytime sleepiness (Epworth Sleepiness Scale, ESS), fatigue (Fatigue Severity Scale, FSS), apathy (Apathy Evaluation Scale Self, AES-S), disability (Sheehan scale) and QoL in PD patients. - Trial with medicinal product
This is an investigator initiated pilot study to examine the effects of GSH in PD. The goal of this study is to acquire some basic data regarding side effects and efficacy of this compound to determine if this is a possible treatment option that could be recommended to interested PD patients.
This is a study to evaluate the effects of an investigational drug, Droxidopa, in participants with neurogenic orthostatic hypotension (NOH), associated with Parkinson's disease. Droxidopa is being studied to determine the effects on blood pressure changes upon standing up (orthostatic challenge). Symptoms and activity measurements, including patient reported falls, will be evaluated to determine the effectiveness of the study drug. Symptoms of NOH may include any of the following: - Dizziness, light-headedness, feeling faint or feeling like you may blackout - Problems with vision (blurring, seeing spots, tunnel vision, etc.) - Weakness - Fatigue - Trouble concentrating - Head & neck discomfort (the coat hanger syndrome) - Difficulty standing for a short time or a long time - Trouble walking for a short time or a long time The study duration is a maximum of approximately 14 weeks including up to 2 weeks for screening, up to 2 weeks for proper dose finding, followed by an 8 week treatment period and a follow-up visit after 2 weeks. A sufficient number of patients will be screened to allow approximately 211 randomized patients. An extension study is also available to continue treatment if determined appropriate by the study doctor. This Study is NCT01132326 sponsored by Chelsea Therapeutics and is enrolling by invitation only.
Exenatide is a licensed, safe and effective treatment for patients with Diabetes mellitus. Laboratory work has shown strong, reproducible evidence that this drug has beneficial "disease modifying" effects when given to animals with a range of experimental models of Parkinson's disease (PD). This project aims to make an initial evaluation of possible benefits of Exenatide among patients with moderate symptoms of PD. The drug will be given as a twice daily 10microgram injection under the skin in a similar way to one of the conventional "symptomatic" treatments for PD (Apomorphine). Forty patients with moderate symptoms of PD will be recruited and randomised to receive Exenatide injections twice daily, or to act as controls in this open label trial. Detailed assessments will be made of all patients at baseline and periodically for a total of 14 months. The primary outcome measure will be the change between baseline and follow up, in the severity of a validated PD assessment scale (the UPDRS part 3 motor score) after an overnight period free of conventional PD medication. Secondary measures will include adverse event reports, self completed questionnaires, and blood test results. Aside from these assessments, all patients will continue their regular PD medications throughout the trial with adjustments made only according to clinical need. In a subgroup of patients (n=10), brain scans that assess the severity of PD, will be performed at both baseline and follow up to help understand possible mechanisms of action of Exenatide.