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CompletedNCT00143026

Study to Compare the Effect of Treatment With Carbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone on the Quality of Life of Patients With Parkinson's Disease. This Study is Not Recruiting in the United States

Study to Compare the Effect of Treatment With Carbidopa/Levodopa/Entacapone on the Quality of Life of Patients With Parkinson's Disease.

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
184 (actual)
Sponsor
Novartis · Industry
Sex
All
Age
30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

This study examines the effect of treatment of levodopa/entacapone on quality of life, as measured by the Parkinson's Disease-Questionnaire 8 (PDQ-8), in Parkinson's disease patients with no or minimal, non-disabling motor fluctuations.

Detailed description

This study examines the effect of treatment of levodopa/entacapone on quality of life, as measured by the Parkinson's Disease-Questionnaire 8 (PDQ-8), in Parkinson's disease patients with no or minimal, non-disabling motor fluctuations. Treatment with carbidopa/levodopa/entacapone will be compared with treatment with standard formulation levodopa/carbidopa.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGcarbidopa, levodopa, entacapone

Timeline

Start date
2005-07-01
Primary completion
2006-06-01
Completion
2006-06-01
First posted
2005-09-02
Last updated
2017-03-29

Locations

18 sites across 4 countries: Australia, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00143026. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.