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The use of vitamin K2 inParkinson’s Disease patients withmitochondrial dysfunction:A theranostic, proof-of-concept, placebo- controlled trial in a parallel group desig

Phase 1
Conditions
G20.00
Registration Number
DRKS00019932
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
130
Inclusion Criteria

Age =18 years; written informed consent; PD diagnosis based on MDS criteria (if applicable); stable PD medication (if applicable)

Exclusion Criteria

comorbidities that might impair informed consent;
MRI contraindications or structural brain diseases (e. g. stroke);
atypical or secondary parkinsonism;
unstable PD medication (if applicable);
known allergy/intolerance to vitamin K2;
treatment with vitamin K2 or vitamin K-antagonist one month prior to the start of this trial;
chronic GI malabsorption (e.g. celiac disease, short bowel syndrome);
ongoing malignancy;
abuse of alcohol or other euphoric drug;
women who are pregnant or breast-feeding;
total/subtotal parathyroidectomy;
treatment with recombined parathormone;
treatment with bisphosphonates (or other anti-osteoporotic drugs);
treatment with statins

Study & Design

Study Type
interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Magnetic resonance spectroscopic measurement of adenosine triphosphate and phosphocreatine (normalized for inorganic phosphate) pre- and postinterventionally after one-week treatment with vitamin K2 (1 mg/d for a total of seven days) compared with placebo<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
n. a.
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