Status:

COMPLETED

PET Study in Parkinson's Disease Patients

Lead Sponsor:

AstraZeneca

Conditions:

Parkinson's Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

45-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

This is a multi-centre study to be conducted in Sweden and Finland. Up to 24 male and/or female patients of non-childbearing potential aged 45 to 75 years (inclusive), with a clinical diagnosis Parkin...

Detailed Description

A Phase IIA, Multi centre, Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Parallel-group Study to Assess the Effect of 8 Weeks Treatment with Oral AZD3241 on Microglia Activation, as Measured by Positr...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Female and male patients aged 45 to 75 years (inclusive) at the day of enrolment (Visit 1)
  • Female patients must have a negative pregnancy test at Screening, must not be lactating and must be of non childbearing potential, confirmed at Screening
  • Male patients should be willing to use barrier contraception, eg, condoms, even if their partners are post-menopausal, be surgically sterile or are using accepted contraceptive methods, from the administration of the first dose of the investigational
  • The clinical diagnosis of patients must meet the criteria for "diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease" according to the modified UKPDS Brain Bank criteria (see Appendix E)
  • Modified Hoehn and Yahr stage 1 to 2

Exclusion

  • Diagnosis is unclear or a suspicion of other Parkinsonian syndromes exists, such as secondary Parkinsonism (caused by drugs, toxins, infectious agents, vascular disease, trauma, brain neoplasm), Parkinson-plus syndromes or heredodegenerative diseases
  • Patients who have undergone surgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (eg, pallidotomy, deep brain stimulation, foetal tissue transplantation) or have undergone any other brain surgery
  • Presence of significant dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, swallowing difficulties or loss of postural reflexes Patients with a history of non-response (according to both the clinician and the patient) to an adequate course of L-dopa or a DA agonist
  • Use of pergolide, selegiline, metoclopramide, strong CYP3A4 inhibitors, CYP3A4 inducers (including St John's Wort) and strong CYP1A2 inhibitors and inducers, within 1 month of randomisation;

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

24 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01527695

Start Date

April 1 2012

End Date

January 1 2013

Last Update

January 31 2013

Active Locations (3)

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1

Reserach Site

Stockholm, Sweden

2

Research Site

Uppsala, Sweden

3

Research Site

Vällingby, Sweden