A Study Comparing Efficacy of Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel/Carbidopa-Levodopa Enteral Suspension and Optimized Medical Treatment on Dyskinesia in Subjects With Advanced Parkinson's Disease (DYSCOVER)

NCT ID: NCT02799381

Last Updated: 2020-08-18

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

63 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2017-02-09

Study Completion Date

2019-09-19

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study was to examine the effect of levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) compared with optimized medical treatment (OMT) on dyskinesia in participants with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD).

Detailed Description

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This was a Phase 3b, open-label, randomized, multicenter, 12-week study. The study consisted of 3 sequential periods: Screening, Treatment, and Follow-Up. The OMT group had the same schedule of visits/procedures throughout the study as the LCIG treatment group, except for visits related to nasojejunal (NJ)/percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) procedures, titration of LCIG, and follow-up period.

Conditions

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Parkinson's Disease (PD)

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Optimized Medical Treatment (OMT)

Participants randomized to OMT continued their current anti Parkinson's disease (anti-PD) medication regimen for the duration of the study. All anti-PD medications and medications to treat dyskinesia must have remained stable for the duration of the study unless adjustments were medically indicated. The Investigator provided the prescription for continued OMT.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Optimized antiparkinsonian treatment

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose levels of prescribed antiparkinsonian medications were individually optimized to their maximum therapeutic effect.

Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel (LCIG)

The total daily dose of infusion LCIG was composed of three components: (i) the morning dose, (ii) continuous maintenance infusion dose and (iii) extra doses. A temporary nasojejunal (NJ) tube may have been used initially with the infusion pump to determine a participant's response to this method of treatment and to optimize the dose of LCIG before treatment with a permanent percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - with jejunal extension (PEG-J) tube was started. Following optional NJ and/or PEG-J placement and, at the investigator's discretion, the participant may have begun initiation and titration of LCIG infusion on Day 1 once tube placement was confirmed. The dose of LCIG was adjusted to obtain the optimal clinical response. The rate of LCIG infusion is typically within the range of 1 to 10 mL/hour (20 to 200 mg of levodopa/hour) in most instances and runs over a period of 16 consecutive hours each day.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel (LCIG)

Intervention Type DRUG

Dose levels were individually optimized.

CADD-Legacy ambulatory infusion pump

Intervention Type DEVICE

(manufactured by Smiths Medical)

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

Intervention Type DEVICE

(PEG tube)

Jejunal extension tube

Intervention Type DEVICE

(J-tube)

Interventions

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Optimized antiparkinsonian treatment

Dose levels of prescribed antiparkinsonian medications were individually optimized to their maximum therapeutic effect.

Intervention Type DRUG

Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel (LCIG)

Dose levels were individually optimized.

Intervention Type DRUG

CADD-Legacy ambulatory infusion pump

(manufactured by Smiths Medical)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

(PEG tube)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Jejunal extension tube

(J-tube)

Intervention Type DEVICE

Other Intervention Names

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ABT-SLV187 DUOPA (carbidopa and levodopa Enteral Suspension) DUODOPA

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Participants must have a diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease (PD) according to the United Kingdom Parkinson's Disease Society (UKPDS) Brain Bank Criteria
* Participants with advanced levodopa-responsive PD and persistent motor fluctuations who have not been controlled with optimized medical treatment (OMT: the maximum therapeutic effect obtained with pharmacological antiparkinsonian therapies when no further improvement is expected with regard to any additional manipulations of levodopa and/or other antiparkinsonian medication based on the Investigator's clinical judgment)
* Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale (UDysRs) Total score ≥ 30 at Visit 3

Exclusion Criteria

* Participant(s) treated with levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) previously
* Participant's PD diagnosis is unclear or there is a suspicion that the subject has a parkinsonian syndrome such as secondary parkinsonism (e.g. caused by drugs, toxins, infectious agents, vascular disease, trauma, brain neoplasm), parkinson-plus syndrome (e.g. Multiple System Atrophy, Progressive supranuclear Palsy, Diffuse Lewy Body disease) or other neurodegenerative disease that might mimic the symptoms of PD
* Participant(s) has undergone neurosurgery for the treatment of Parkinson's disease.
* Participant(s) has contraindications to levodopa (e.g. narrow angle glaucoma, malignant melanoma)
* Participant(s) experiencing clinically significant sleep attacks or clinically significant impulsive behavior (e.g. pathological gambling, hypersexuality) at any point during the three months prior to the Screening evaluation as judged by the Principal Investigator
Minimum Eligible Age

30 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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AbbVie

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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AbbVie Inc.

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

AbbVie

Locations

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Parkinson's Disease Treatment Center of Southwest Florida /ID# 150095

Port Charlotte, Florida, United States

Site Status

Central Texas Neurology Consul /ID# 150088

Round Rock, Texas, United States

Site Status

Helsinki Univ Central Hospital /ID# 151214

Helsinki, , Finland

Site Status

Oulun yliopistollinen sairaala /ID# 150947

Oulu, , Finland

Site Status

Mediterraneo Hospital /ID# 150955

Glyfada, , Greece

Site Status

University General Hospital of Heraklion "PA.G.N.I" /ID# 150956

Heraklion, , Greece

Site Status

University Hospital of Ioannin /ID# 150954

Ioannina, , Greece

Site Status

Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem Klinikai Kozpont I. sz. Belgyogyaszati Klinika /ID# 170116

Pécs, Pecs, Hungary

Site Status

Semmelweis Egyetem /ID# 170117

Budapest, , Hungary

Site Status

Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem /ID# 170115

Szeged, , Hungary

Site Status

Policlinico Universitario Campus Bio-Medico /ID# 150846

Rome, Lazio, Italy

Site Status

A.O. Univ. Ospedali Riuniti /ID# 150853

Ancona, The Marches, Italy

Site Status

Azienda USL Toscana Centro /ID# 150770

Florence, , Italy

Site Status

Seconda Universita' di Napoli /ID# 150851

Naples, , Italy

Site Status

Policlinico Tor Vergata /ID# 151167

Rome, , Italy

Site Status

Univerzitna nemocnica L. Pasteura /ID# 150146

Košice - Západ, Košice Region, Slovakia

Site Status

Univerzitna Nemocnica Bratislava /ID# 150144

Bratislava, , Slovakia

Site Status

Univerzitna Nemocnica Bratislava /ID# 150171

Bratislava, , Slovakia

Site Status

Univerzitna nemocnica Martin /ID# 150145

Martin, Žilina Region, Slovakia

Site Status

Hospital Regional Universitari /ID# 171485

Málaga, Malaga, Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Cruces /ID# 203807

Barakaldo, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital General Univ de Elche /ID# 150154

Elche, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Univ de la Princesa /ID# 150157

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maranon /ID# 150155

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Univ Ramon y Cajal /ID# 150152

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Infanta /ID# 159696

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena /ID# 158861

Seville, , Spain

Site Status

Hospital Virgen de la Salud /ID# 166297

Toledo, , Spain

Site Status

Countries

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United States Finland Greece Hungary Italy Slovakia Spain

References

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Freire-Alvarez E, Vanni P, Kurca E, Lopez-Manzanares L, Kovacs N, Spanaki C, Gao T, Bergmann L, Sanchez-Solino O. Dyskinesia and Pain in Advanced Parkinson's Disease: Post Hoc Analysis from the Phase 3b, Open-Label, Randomized DYSCOVER Study. Neurol Ther. 2024 Apr;13(2):437-447. doi: 10.1007/s40120-024-00583-z. Epub 2024 Feb 12.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 38345741 (View on PubMed)

Freire-Alvarez E, Kurca E, Lopez Manzanares L, Pekkonen E, Spanaki C, Vanni P, Liu Y, Sanchez-Solino O, Barbato LM. Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Reduces Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease in a Randomized Trial. Mov Disord. 2021 Nov;36(11):2615-2623. doi: 10.1002/mds.28703. Epub 2021 Jul 8.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34236101 (View on PubMed)

Provided Documents

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Document Type: Study Protocol

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Document Type: Statistical Analysis Plan

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Other Identifiers

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2016-001403-23

Identifier Type: EUDRACT_NUMBER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

M15-535

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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