A New Medicine to Treat Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)

NCT ID: NCT01975324

Last Updated: 2016-01-25

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-07-31

Study Completion Date

2015-12-31

Brief Summary

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Determine whether dalfampridine (Ampyra) can improve visual function in patients who have had nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) with stable visual impairment.

Detailed Description

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The aim of this study is to determine whether dalfampridine can improve visual function in patients who have had nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) with stable visual impairment.

The objective of this double masked crossover study is to determine whether visual function can be improved in numerous parameters. This includes high contrast visual acuity, low contrast visual acuity, visual field, visual quality of life (VFQ-39), electrophysiology, multi focal electro retinography (mERG), visual evoked potential (VEP), and structure, spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT).

Based on the promising results of the use of dalfampridine in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and in stroke, we hypothesize that the patients with chronic stable deficits after nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) will have improved visual function with the administration of dalfampridine.

Conditions

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Non Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Participants Investigators

Study Groups

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dalfampridine (ampyra)

Dalfampridine (ampyra) 10mgs twice a day (b.i.d.)for two weeks

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

dalfampridine

Intervention Type DRUG

dalfampridine 10 mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks, wash out period of two weeks, dalfampridine 10mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks

Placebo

placebo (sugar Pill) twice a day (b.i.d.)for two weeks

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

placebo (sugar pill) twice a day for two weeks

Interventions

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dalfampridine

dalfampridine 10 mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks, wash out period of two weeks, dalfampridine 10mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

placebo (sugar pill) twice a day for two weeks

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Ampyra Sugar pill

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* NAION 6 months prior to enrollment
* visual acuity of 20/40 or worse

Exclusion Criteria

Current use of Dalfampridine (Ampyra)

* Pregnancy
* History of seizures
* Renal Failure
* Not able to perform testing
Minimum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Acorda Therapeutics

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Neuro-Ophthalmologic Associates, PC

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Mark L. Moster, M.d.

Neuro-Ophthalmologist

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Mark L Moster, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Neuro-Ophthalmologic Associates, PC

Locations

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Neuro-Ophthalmologic Associates, PC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Stefoski D, Davis FA, Fitzsimmons WE, Luskin SS, Rush J, Parkhurst GW. 4-Aminopyridine in multiple sclerosis: prolonged administration. Neurology. 1991 Sep;41(9):1344-8. doi: 10.1212/wnl.41.9.1344.

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Goodman AD, Brown TR, Krupp LB, Schapiro RT, Schwid SR, Cohen R, Marinucci LN, Blight AR; Fampridine MS-F203 Investigators. Sustained-release oral fampridine in multiple sclerosis: a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial. Lancet. 2009 Feb 28;373(9665):732-8. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(09)60442-6.

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Ho PW, Reutens DC, Phan TG, Wright PM, Markus R, Indra I, Young D, Donnan GA. Is white matter involved in patients entered into typical trials of neuroprotection? Stroke. 2005 Dec;36(12):2742-4. doi: 10.1161/01.STR.0000189748.52500.a7. Epub 2005 Nov 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16269640 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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Dalfampridine 13-265

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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