Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria:
Run-in period
- In the opinion of the investigator or sub-investigator, the participant is capable of
understanding and complying with protocol requirements.
- The participant signs and dates a written, informed consent form and any required
privacy authorization prior to the initiation of any study procedures.
- The participant has a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease with at least two of the
following signs: resting tremor, akinesia/bradykinesia, and muscle rigidity.
- The participant has a Movement Disorder Society-Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating
Scale (MDS-UPDRS) Part II + Part III total score of >=14 at the start of the run-in
period.
- The participant has Modified Hoehn & Yahr stage 1 to 3 at the start of the run-in
period.
- The participant has the Parkinson's disease diagnosed within 5 years prior to the
start of the run-in period.
- The participant is an outpatient of either sex aged >= 30 and < 80 years.
- A female participant of childbearing potential who is sexually active with a
nonsterilized male partner agrees to use routinely adequate contraception from signing
of informed consent to 1 month after the last dose of the investigational drug.
Treatment period
- The participant has a MDS-UPDRS Part II + Part III total score of >= 14 at baseline.
Exclusion Criteria:
Run-in period
- The participant has received any investigational medication within 90 days prior to
the start of the run-in period.
- The participant has received TVP-1012 in the past.
- The participant is study site employee, an immediate family member, or in a dependent
relationship with a study site employee who is involved in the conduct of this study
(e.g., spouse, parent, child, sibling) or may consent under duress.
- Participant has donated 400 mL or more of his or her blood volume within 90 days prior
to the start of the run-in period.
- The participant has unstable systemic disease.
- The participant has Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of <= 24 at the start
of the run-in period.
- The participant has known or a history of schizophrenia, major or severe depression,
or any other clinically significant psychiatric disease.
- The participant has a history of hypersensitivity or allergies to TVP-1012 (including
any associated excipients) or selegiline.
- The participant has a history of clinically significant hypertension or other
reactions associated with ingestion of tyramine-rich food (e.g., cheese, lever,
herring, yeast, horsebean, banana, beer or wine).
- The participant has a history or concurrent of drug abuse or alcohol dependence.
- The participant has received neurosurgical intervention for Parkinson's disease (e.g.,
pallidotomy, thalamotomy, deep brain stimulation).
- The participant has received transcranial magnetic stimulation within 6 months prior
to the start of the run-in period
- The participant has received amantadine or anticholinergic medication for >= 180 days.
- The participant has received selegiline, a levodopa-containing product or dopamine
agonist for >= 90 days.
- The participant has received selegiline, pethidine, tramadol, reserpine or methyldopa
within 90 days prior to the start of the run-in period.
- The participant has received a levodopa-containing product, dopamine agonist,
amantadine or anticholinergic drug within 30 days prior to the start of the run-in
period.
- The participant has received any psychoneurotic agent or antiemetic medication of
dopamine antagonist within 14 days prior to the start of the run-in period. However,
the participant has been receiving quetiapine or domperidone with a stable dose
regimen for >= 14 days prior to the start of the run-in period may be included in the
study.
- The participant has previously received a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)
inhibitor, droxidopa, zonisamide or istradefylline.
- The participant is required to take any of the prohibited concomitant medications or
treatments.
- If female, the participant is pregnant or lactating or intending to become pregnant
during this study, or within 1 month after the last dose of the investigational drug;
or intending to donate ova during such time period.
- The participant has clinically significant neurologic, cardiovascular, pulmonary,
hepatic (including mild cirrhosis), renal, metabolic, gastrointestinal, urological,
endocrine, or hematological disease.
- The participant has clinically significant or unstable brain or cardiovascular
disease, such as:
- clinically significant arrhythmia or cardiac valvulopathy,
- cardiac arrest of NYHA Class II or higher,
- concurrent or a history of ischemic cardiac disease within 6 months prior to the
start of the run-in period,
- concurrent or a history of clinically significant cerebrovascular disease within
6 months prior to the start of the run-in period,
- sever hypertension (systolic blood pressure of 180 mmHg or higher, or diastolic
blood pressure of 110 mmHg or higher),
- clinically significant orthostatic hypotension (including those with systolic
pressure decrease of 30 mmHg or more following postural change from
supine/sitting position to standing position),
- a history of syncope due to hypotension within 2 years prior to the start of the
run-in period.
- The participant is required surgery or hospitalization for surgery during the study
period
- Participant has a history of cancer within 5 years prior to the start of the run-in
period, except cervix carcinoma in situ which has completely cured.
- The participant has acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) [including human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV) carrier], or hepatitis [including viral hepatitis carrier
such as hepatitis B surface (HBs) antigen or hepatitis C antibody (HCV) positive].
However, the participant who has a negative result for HCV antigen or HCV-RNA can be
included in the study.
- The participant who, in the opinion of the investigator or sub-investigator, is
unsuitable for any other reason.
Treatment period
- The participant whose diagonosis of Parkinson's disease is ruled out by dopamine
transporter scintigraphy performed during the run-in period if conducted.
- The participant has laboratory data meeting any of the following at the start of the
run-in period:
- Creatinine >= 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN)
- Total bilirubin >= 2 x ULN
- ALT or AST >= 1.5 x ULN
- ALP >= 3 x ULN
- The participant has received any of the prohibited concomitant medications or
treatments during the run-in period.
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