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Randomized Clinical Trial of Donepezil for the Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease

Phase 2
Not yet recruiting
Conditions
Parkinson Disease
Mild Cognitive Impairment
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05709301
Lead Sponsor
Fundació Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau
Brief Summary

Phase II, multi-centric, randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled, parallel design clinical trial to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of Donepezil in patients with Mild Cognitive Impairment in Parkinson's Disease (PD-MCI). A total of 120 patients with PD-MCI will be randomized to 12 months of oral Donepezil 10mg or matching placebo (1:1).

Primary and co-primary efficacy endpoints are cognitive and functional cognitive scales: PD-CRS and PD-CFRS. Secondary efficacy endpoints include: cognitive tests evaluating attention, executive functions, language, memory and visuospatial domain; mood, anxiety, and apathy scales; questionnaires to evaluate quality of life; and subjective impression scales. Serum Neurofilament light chain, genetic screening of GBA, ApoE and MAPT, and Magnetic Resonance Imaging will be performed in a subset of these patients.

The study will be conducted in 20 different centers around Spain. The Movement Disorders Unit of the Neurology Department at Sant Pau Hospital (Barcelona, Spain) will be the coordinating center.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
120
Inclusion Criteria
  • Age 50-80
  • PD diagnosis according to MDS criteria
  • Hoehn and Yahr stage I-III
  • Persistent subjective cognitive complaints for at least 6 months
  • MDS PD-MCI Level I and Level II criteria
  • Persistent PD-MCI for at least 3 months
  • Stable dopaminergic treatment for at least 1 month
Exclusion Criteria
  • PD dementia criteria
  • Severe motor complications
  • DBS or any brain condition that may be contributing to cognitive impairment
  • Active psychosis, major hallucinations, HADS ≥11, active impulse control disorder, or other active severe behavioral disorders.
  • Treatment under anticholinergics, cholinergic enhancers, or neuroleptics.
  • History of symptomatic arterial hypotension.
  • Hypersensitivity or intolerance to donepezil or any of the excipients
  • Pregnancy
  • Unstable medical or surgical condition
  • Any other significant observation that, in the investigator's opinion, would contraindicate participation in the study.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
PlaceboPlacebo-
DonepezilDonepezil Hydrochloride-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Parkinson's Disease-Cognitive Rating Scale (PD-CRS)12 months

Global cognition

Parkinson's Disease-Cognitive Functional Rating Scale (PD-CFRS)12 months

Cognitive functional performance

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
TMT-B12 months

Executive functions

Rey-Osterrieth complex figure test (ROCF)12 months

Visuospatial

Trail Making Test A (TMT-A)12 months

Attention

Boston Naming Test12 months

Language

Free and cued selective reminding test12 months

Memory

CGI-Global improvement12 months

Subjective clinical change

Judgment of Line Orientation12 months

Visuspatial

recall of ROCF12 months

Memory

Phonemic Fluency12 months

Executive functions

direct Digit Span12 months

Attention

Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale12 months

Depression and Anxiety

Clinical Global Impressions-Severity of illness12 months

Subjective clinical change

8-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire12 months

Quality of life

Starkstein Apathy scale12 months

Apathy

Neuropsychiatric Inventory12 months

Hallucinations

Patient Global Impression of Change12 months

Subjective clinical change

Category fluency12 months

Language

Schwab & England scale12 months

Quality of life

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