A 12-week Randomized Study to Evaluate Oral Istradefylline in Subjects With Moderate to Severe Parkinson's Disease (KW-6002)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01968031 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : October 23, 2013
Results First Posted : November 20, 2020
Last Update Posted : November 20, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Idiopathic Parkinson's Disease | Drug: Istradefylline 40 mg Drug: Istradefylline 20 mg Drug: Placebo | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 613 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 3, 12-week, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Randomized, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Oral Istradefylline 20 and 40 mg/Day as Treatment for Subjects With Moderate to Severe Parkinson's Disease |
Study Start Date : | October 2013 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 2016 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | October 2016 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Istradefylline 20 mg/day
Istradefylline 20 mg and placebo to match istradefylline 40 mg: A daily, oral, double-blind treatment dose of both tablets will be taken in the morning for 12 weeks. |
Drug: Istradefylline 20 mg
Istradefylline 20 mg and placebo
Other Name: KW-6002 Drug: Placebo Placebo |
Experimental: Istradefylline 40 mg/day
Istradefylline 40 mg and placebo to match istradefylline 20 mg: A daily, oral, double-blind treatment dose of both tablets will be taken in the morning for 12 weeks. |
Drug: Istradefylline 40 mg
Istradefylline 40 mg and placebo
Other Name: KW-6002 Drug: Placebo Placebo |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo to match istradefylline 20 mg and placebo to match istradefylline 40 mg: A daily, oral, double-blind treatment dose of both tablets will be taken in the morning for 12 weeks. |
Drug: Placebo
Placebo |
- Change From Baseline in the Total Hours of Awake Time/Day Spent in the OFF State at Week 12 [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]Based on the 24-hour ON/OFF patient diary data.
- Total Hours of ON Time Per Day Without Troublesome Dyskinesia [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]Based on Patient's ON/OFF Diary
- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Motor Examination Score (Part III); [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) evaluates various aspects of Parkinson's disease including non-motor and motor experiences of daily living and motor complications. Part III assesses the motor signs of Parkinson's Disease with a rating from 0 to 4, where 0 = normal, 1 = slight, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, and 4 = severe. The possible score range of Part III is 0 to 68. The lower the score, the more favorable the response.
- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) Activities of Daily Living (ADL) Score (Part II) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) evaluates various aspects of Parkinson's disease including non-motor and motor experiences of daily living and motor complications. Part II is a self-evaluation of the activities of daily life (ADL) including speech, swallowing, handwriting, dressing, hygiene, falling, salivating, turning in bed, walking, and cutting food with a rating from 0 to 4, where 0 = normal, 1 = slight, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, and 4 = severe. The possible score range of Part II is 0 to 52. The lower the score, the more favorable the response.
- Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS Mentation, Behaviour) and Mood (Part I) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) evaluates various aspects of Parkinson's disease including non-motor and motor experiences of daily living and motor complications. Part I is the evaluation of mentation, behavior, and mood with a rating from 0 to 4, where 0 = normal, 1 = slight, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, and 4 = severe. The possible score range of Part I is 0 to 16. The lower the score, the more favorable the response.
- Total UPDRS (Parts I + II + III); [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]The Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) evaluates various aspects of Parkinson's disease including non-motor and motor experiences of daily living and motor complications with a rating from 0 to 4, where 0 = normal, 1 = slight, 2 = mild, 3 = moderate, and 4 = severe. The total possible score range for all parts combined is 0 to 136. The lower the score, the more favorable the response.
- Patient Global Impression - Improvement (PGI-I) Scale [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10, Week 12 and 30-day FU visit ]
The "key symptom" on the PGI-I was evaluated at baseline and subsequent post-baseline visits for the subject's overall condition and the symptoms of fatigue, sleep, motivation to get things done, and each subject's key symptom. Subjects rated each on a scale of 1 to 5 for change from baseline utilizing the following scale:
- 1 = Moderate improvement (or greater)
- 2 = Mild improvement
- 3 = No change from baseline
- 4 = Mild deterioration
- 5 = Moderate deterioration (or greater)
A lower number is a better outcome. Overall condition is presented below.
- Sleep Time in Hours Per Day Based Upon 24-hour Diaries. [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]
- Percentage of Awake Time Per Day Spent in the OFF State [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]
- Percentage of ON Time Per Day Without Troublesome Dyskinesia. [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 2, Week 6, Week 10 and Week 12. ]
- Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12. ]
The Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) assesses different cognitive domains, broken down as follows:
Visuospatial and executive functioning: 5 points Animal Naming: 3 points Attention: 6 points Language: 3 points Abstraction: 2 points Delayed recall (short-term memory): 5 points Orientation: 6 points
Scores can range from 0 to 30. A score of 26 or above is considered normal.
- Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) [ Time Frame: Baseline and Week 12. ]
The Beck Depression Inventory is a 21-question test that measures the severity of depression. Subjects rated each on a scale of 0 to 3 for change from baseline utilizing the following scale:
- 0 = I do not feel sad
- 1 = I feel sad
- 2 = I am sad all the time and I can't snap out of it
- 3 = I am so sad or unhappy that I can't stand it
The test is scored for each question using the above scale to determine the severity of depression. Scoring is as shown below:
- 0 to 9: minimal depression
- 10 to 18: mild depression
- 19 to 29: moderate depression
- 30 to 63: severe depression

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 30 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- 30 years of age or older.
- UK Parkinson's Disease Society (UKPDS) brain bank criteria (Step 1 and 2) for PD
- PD Stages 2-4 in the ON state for Modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale.
- On levodopa therapy for at least 1 year with beneficial clinical response at the baseline visit
- Taking at least 400mg levodopa combination daily and on stable regimen of any other anti-Parkinsonian drugs (MAO-B, COMT, DA) for at least 2 weeks prior to randomization
- Stable dopaminergic regimen for at least 4 weeks immediately prior to randomization
- Documented end-of-dose wearing-off and levodopa-induced dyskinesia
- Have an average of two hours of OFF time per day
Exclusion Criteria:
- Subjects on apomorphine and/or dopamine receptor antagonists or direct gastrointestinal levodopa infusion.
- Subject who have had neurosurgical operation for PD
- Subjects taking A2a antagonist, potent CYP3A4 inhibitors, potent CYP34A inducers
- Subjects who smoke > 5 cigarettes/day

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT01968031

Study Chair: | Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. | Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT01968031 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
6002-014 2013-002254-70 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | October 23, 2013 Key Record Dates |
Results First Posted: | November 20, 2020 |
Last Update Posted: | November 20, 2020 |
Last Verified: | September 2020 |
Parkinson's disease Moderate to Severe Parkinson's Disease |
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