Status:

COMPLETED

Observational Study of Heart Valve Disease in Patients With Parkinson's Disease Treated With Pergolide

Lead Sponsor:

Société Française de Cardiologie

Collaborating Sponsors:

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

Conditions:

Parkinson's Disease

Pergolide

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether patients with Parkinson's disease and treated with pergolide have a higher risk of heart valve disease compared to patients with Parkinson's disease n...

Detailed Description

Pergolide is an ergot dopamine receptor agonist with demonstrated efficacy in Parkinson's disease. Last year, two studies showed that pergolide can induce unexpected heart valve disease potentially se...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Idiopathic Parkinson's disease
  • Hoehn and Yahr score inferior or equal to 4
  • treated with pergolide since more than 3 months (pergolide group)
  • never treated by pergolide (control group)

Exclusion

  • Parkinson + syndrome, multiple system atrophy, supranuclear palsy
  • hoehn and yahr score equal to 5

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2005

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

February 1 2007

Estimated Enrollment :

149 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00202657

Start Date

April 1 2005

End Date

February 1 2007

Last Update

December 6 2011

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Clinical Investigation Centre, Pitie-Salpetriere Hospital

Paris, France, 75013