A Study to Assess Safety and Tolerability of Oral AZD3241 in Patients With Parkinson's Disease

NCT ID: NCT01603069

Last Updated: 2013-07-19

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

51 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-10-31

Study Completion Date

2013-06-30

Brief Summary

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This is a study where AZD3241 or placebo is given to patients with Parkinson's disease in a blinded and randomized assignment. The main objective is to see if safety and tolerability of the drug is acceptable.

Detailed Description

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A Phase IIa, 12 Week, Multicentre, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group Study to Assess the Safety and Tolerability of Oral AZD3241 in Patients with Parkinson's Disease

Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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AZD3241, 300 mg

AZD3241 300 mg BID

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

AZD3241 300 mg BID

Intervention Type DRUG

The following dose escalation schedule will be used for 300 mg BID: 100 mg BID from Day 1 through Day 7. On Day 8, the patients will start maintenance treatment of 300 mg BID for the duration of the treatment period.

AZD3241, 600 mg

AZD3241 600 mg BID

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

AZD3241 600 mg BID

Intervention Type DRUG

The following dose escalation schedule will be used for 600 mg BID: 100 mg BID from Day 1 through Day 7 and 300 mg BID from Day 8 through Day 14. On Day 15, the patients will start maintenance treatment of 600 mg BID for the duration of the treatment period.

Placebo

Placebo to AZD3241

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo to AZD3241 BID

Interventions

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AZD3241 300 mg BID

The following dose escalation schedule will be used for 300 mg BID: 100 mg BID from Day 1 through Day 7. On Day 8, the patients will start maintenance treatment of 300 mg BID for the duration of the treatment period.

Intervention Type DRUG

AZD3241 600 mg BID

The following dose escalation schedule will be used for 600 mg BID: 100 mg BID from Day 1 through Day 7 and 300 mg BID from Day 8 through Day 14. On Day 15, the patients will start maintenance treatment of 600 mg BID for the duration of the treatment period.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo to AZD3241 BID

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Each patient must be able and willing to provide signed and dated informed consent prior to the study.
* Female and male patients aged 30 to 80 years at the day of enrollment (Visit 1).
* Patients must meet the criteria for "Diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease" according to the UKPDS Brain Bank criteria (Hughes et al 1992).
* Have a modified Hoehn and Yahr stage 1-2.5.
* Having no treatment for Parkinson's disease and have no need to add anti-Parkinson's disease treatment during the 14 weeks of study OR are on stable anti-Parkinson's disease medication.

Exclusion Criteria

* 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.
* Have undergone surgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (eg, pallidotomy, deep brain stimulation, fetal tissue transplantation) or have undergone any other brain surgery at any time, even for non-Parkinson's disease conditions.
* Presence of dyskinesias, motor fluctuations, swallowing difficulties or loss of postural reflexes, defined as scoring 2 or more on item 30 of the UPDRS.
* Current/history of psychiatric diagnosis of acute psychotic disorder or other primary psychiatric diagnoses, i.e. bipolar disorder or MDD, or other psychiatric, neurological or behavioral disorders/symptoms that may interfere with conduct of study.
* Current significant major or unstable respiratory disease, heart disease, cerebrovascular disease, hematological disease, hepatic disease, renal disease, gastrointestinal (GI) disease, or other major disease as judged by the investigator.
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

80 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AstraZeneca

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Joel Posener, MSD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AZ Neuro

Locations

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Research Site

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Site Status

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Long Beach, California, United States

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Research Site

New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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Atlantis, Florida, United States

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Research Site

Boca Raton, Florida, United States

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Orlando, Florida, United States

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Sunrise, Florida, United States

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Research Site

Tampa, Florida, United States

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Kansas City, Kansas, United States

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Bingham Farms, Michigan, United States

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Omaha, Nebraska, United States

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Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States

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Research Site

Marlton, New Jersey, United States

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Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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EudraCT number: 2012-001313-16

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: secondary_id

D0490C00005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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