A Non-Blinded Study Demonstrating the Effectiveness and Safety of Azilect Alone or in Combination Therapy in Parkinson's Disease
- Conditions
- Parkinson's Disease
- Interventions
- Registration Number
- NCT00399477
- Lead Sponsor
- Teva Neuroscience, Inc.
- Brief Summary
Patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD) will be divided into 2 groups at each study center at their first visit based on the drugs they are taking for their PD:
* Group 1 Patients using Azilect and no other therapy.
* Group 2 Azilect in combination with other medications like Levodopa, Mirapex, or Requip.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 200
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Idiopathic Parkinson's disease. Diagnosis previously confirmed by the presence of bradykinesia and by at least one additional cardinal sign (i.e., resting tremor, rigidity), without other known or suspected cause of parkinsonism.
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Requiring therapy for PD symptom control
- Azilect monotherapy.
- Azilect as adjunct therapy..
- Patients previously exposed to Azilect
- Patients with pheochromocytoma
- Concomitant MAO inhibitors or medications contraindicated for use with MAO inhibitors are not allowed.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Rasagiline mesylate plus adjunct therapy Rasagiline mesylate with Levodopa Rasagiline mesylate with one of three adjunct therapies Rasagiline mesylate rasagiline mesylate - Rasagiline mesylate plus adjunct therapy Rasagiline mesylate plus Mirapex Rasagiline mesylate with one of three adjunct therapies Rasagiline mesylate plus adjunct therapy Rasagiline mesylate with Requip Rasagiline mesylate with one of three adjunct therapies
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To identify the earliest scheduled visit of symptomatic effect 8 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To characterize the effectiveness of Azilect in a usual community neurological 8 months