Safety Study of Erythropoietin (EPO) in Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT01010802

Last Updated: 2019-10-01

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE1

Total Enrollment

10 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-08-31

Study Completion Date

2009-05-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to determine whether recombinant human Erythropoietin (EPOrh) is safe in the treatment of patients with Parkinson's Disease.

Detailed Description

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After onset of Parkinson's Disease (PD)- in spite of the use of medications that constitute the symptomatic treatment- the disease is worsens with an inevitable progression, thus causing complications that lead to the loss of patient´s manual skills and independent gait. At present, the treatment of PD with the use of medications is based on dopamine precursors and dopaminergic agonists but as the disease advances, other symptoms that do not respond to dopaminergic stimulation do appear.

For this reason, it is a priority to find a way to focus on neuroprotection during the course of the disease. There are evidences of neuroprotecting therapeutic alternatives in such substances as erythropoietin (EPO).

Positive results on the neuroprotective/neurotrophic efficacy of EPO in neurological and psychiatric diseases have been obtained from treatment trials, but nevertheless, it is indispensable demonstrate that with the proposed medication doses it's well tolerated by PD patients.

Conditions

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Parkinson Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Erythropoietin

There are evidences of neuroprotecting therapeutic alternatives in such substances as erythropoietin (EPO) which is a well-known cytokine as a hematopoietic growth factor, so, it is therefore important to control tissular oxygenation. It is considered that EPO protects the neurons by a combination of several mechanisms.

EPOrh is used with high effectiveness in the treatment of anemias with deficiency of erythropoietin.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Erythropoietin human recombinant (EPOrh)

Intervention Type DRUG

Administration scheme by subcutaneous via, of an EPOrh solution up to a weekly doses of 60 UI/kg for five weeks

Interventions

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Erythropoietin human recombinant (EPOrh)

Administration scheme by subcutaneous via, of an EPOrh solution up to a weekly doses of 60 UI/kg for five weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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EPOCIM® (Center of Molecular Immunology, Habana, Cuba)

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Hohen and Yahr´s Scale between I and III
* One or more years of evolution of PD,
* Good response to levodopa (more that 30 % of change)valued in motor UPDRS
* An acceptable general health status,

Exclusion Criteria

* Chronic psychiatric or other neurological diseases.
* Previous polyglobulin
* Hematocryte, same or inferior to 50
Minimum Eligible Age

45 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

75 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centro de Immunologia Molecular, Cuba

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

International Center for Neurological Restoration, Cuba

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Ivonne Pedroso Ibanez

Head of the Movement Disorders Clinic

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Ivonne Pedroso, M.D., M.Sc.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

International Center for Neurological Restoration

Lazaro M Alvarez, M.D.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

International Center for Neurological Restoration

Locations

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Clinic of Movement Disorders, International Center for Neurological Restoration

Havana, , Cuba

Site Status

Countries

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Cuba

References

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Pedroso I, Bringas ML, Aguiar A, Morales L, Alvarez M, Valdes PA, Alvarez L. Use of Cuban recombinant human erythropoietin in Parkinson's disease treatment. MEDICC Rev. 2012 Jan;14(1):11-7. doi: 10.37757/MR2012V14.N1.4.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 22334107 (View on PubMed)

Pedroso I, Garcia M, Casabona E, Morales L, Bringas ML, Perez L, Rodriguez T, Sosa I, Ricardo Y, Padron A, Amaro D. Protective Activity of Erythropoyetine in the Cognition of Patients with Parkinson's Disease. Behav Sci (Basel). 2018 May 21;8(5):51. doi: 10.3390/bs8050051. eCollection 2018 May.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29862060 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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EPO-001-PD

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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