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Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability of Pramipexol ER Versus Pramipexol IR Versus Placebo in Early PD Patients

This study has been completed.
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00479401
First received: May 25, 2007
Last updated: May 18, 2012
Last verified: May 2012
History of Changes
Results First Received: November 20, 2009  
Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study;   Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment;   Primary Purpose: Treatment
Condition: Parkinson Disease
Interventions: Drug: Pramipexol Extended Release
Drug: Pramipexol Immediate Release
Drug: Placebo

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Reporting Groups
  Description
Pramipexole Extended Release (PPX ER) PPX ER tablets taken once in the morning
Pramipexole Immediate Release (PPX IR) PPX IR tablets taken three times a day
Placebo Placebo to PPX ER once and to PPX IR three times a day
Total Total of all reporting groups

Baseline Measures
    Pramipexole Extended Release (PPX ER)     Pramipexole Immediate Release (PPX IR)     Placebo     Total  
Number of Participants  
[units: participants]
 		  223     213     103     539  
Age  
[units: years]
Mean ± Standard Deviation 		  61.3  ± 9.8     61.7  ± 9.6     62.0  ± 9.6     61.6  ± 9.7  
Gender  
[units: participants]
 		       
Female     96     92     52     240  
Male     127     121     51     299  



  Outcome Measures
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1.  Primary:   Change From Baseline in UPDRS (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale) Parts II+III Total Score   [ Time Frame: baseline and after 33 weeks treatment ]
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2.  Secondary:   Percentage of Responders on the Clinical Global Impressions of Improvement (CGI-I) Scale   [ Time Frame: after 18 weeks of treatment compared to baseline ]
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3.  Secondary:   Percentage of Responders on the Patients Global Impressions of Improvement (PGI-I) Scale   [ Time Frame: after 18 weeks of treatment compared to baseline ]
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4.  Secondary:   UPDRS II+III Responder Rate (at Least 20% Improvement)   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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5.  Secondary:   UPDRS Part I Change From Baseline   [ Time Frame: baseline and after 33 weeks treatment ]
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6.  Secondary:   UPDRS Part II Total Score   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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7.  Secondary:   UPDRS Part III Total Score   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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8.  Secondary:   Beck's Depression Inventory Version I A   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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9.  Secondary:   Likert Scale for Pain Related to PD   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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10.  Secondary:   Parkinson's Disease Sleep Scale   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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11.  Secondary:   Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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12.  Secondary:   European Quality of Life Scale   [ Time Frame: after 33 weeks treatment ]
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13.  Secondary:   Patients Who Started to Use L-Dopa Rescue Medication   [ Time Frame: from trial start on to any time before final assessment of the patient ]
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14.  Secondary:   Number of Patients With Treatment Emergent Abnormal Behaviour as Indicated by the Modified Minnesota Impulsive Disorders Interview (mMIDI Questionnaire)   [ Time Frame: any time during the study ]
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Certain Agreements:  
Principal Investigators are NOT employed by the organization sponsoring the study.
There IS an agreement between Principal Investigators and the Sponsor (or its agents) that restricts the PI's rights to discuss or publish trial results after the trial is completed.
The agreement is:
unchecked The only disclosure restriction on the PI is that the sponsor can review results communications prior to public release and can embargo communications regarding trial results for a period that is less than or equal to 60 days. The sponsor cannot require changes to the communication and cannot extend the embargo.
unchecked The only disclosure restriction on the PI is that the sponsor can review results communications prior to public release and can embargo communications regarding trial results for a period that is more than 60 days but less than or equal to 180 days. The sponsor cannot require changes to the communication and cannot extend the embargo.


Limitations and Caveats
Limitations of the study, such as early termination leading to small numbers of participants analyzed and technical problems with measurement leading to unreliable or uninterpretable data
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Results Point of Contact:  
Name/Title: Boehringer Ingelheim Call Center
Organization: Boehringer Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals
phone: 1-800-243-0127
e-mail: clintriage.rdg@boehringer-ingelheim.com


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Responsible Party: Boehringer Ingelheim, Study Chair, Boehringer Ingelheim
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00479401     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: 248.524, Eudract No 2007-000073-39
Study First Received: May 25, 2007
Results First Received: November 20, 2009
Last Updated: May 18, 2012
Health Authority: Argentina: A.N.M.A.T. (Administracion Nacional de Medicamentos, Alimentos y Tecnologia Medica)
Austria: Federal Office for Safety in Health Care
Czech Republic: SUKL (state institute for drug control)
Finland: Finnish Medicines Agency
Germany: Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices
Hungary: National Institute of Pharmacy, H-1051 Budapest
India: Drug Control General of India
Japan: Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
Malaysia: Ministry of Health, Malaysia
Russia: Ministry of Healthcare and Social Development of Russian Federation, Moscow
Slovakia: SUKL (state institute for drug control)
Taiwan: Department of Health, Executive Yuan, Taiwan
Ukraine: Ministry of Health Care of Ukraine (MoH of Ukraine)
United States: Food and Drug Administration