NCT03994328

An Observational Study on Safinamide, Rasagiline and Other Standard of Care in PD

An Observational, Prospective, Multinational, Multicentre Study Comparing the Effectiveness of Safinamide, Rasagiline and Other "Standard Of Care" as Add-On Therapy to Levodopa (L-Dopa) in Parkinson's Disease (Pd) Fluctuating Patients

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 1,235 (actual)
• Sponsor: Zambon SpA · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how safinamide, rasagiline and other SoC drugs are associated with the quality of life of PD patients by means of the Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ)-39 items.

Detailed description

Safinamide is an alpha-aminoamide derivative, structurally unrelated to any other drug for the treatment of PD, with a dual mechanism of action (dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic). In particular, it is a potent, selective and reversible MAO-B inhibitor, and it is a glutamate modulator through the sodium channels blockade. Safinamide has been approved in Europe for the treatment of mid- to late-stage patients with idiopathic PD and fluctuations as add-on therapy to a stable dose of levodopa (alone or in combination with other PD medications). Rasagiline is an irreversible MAO-B inhibitor, with unknown activity on other neurotransmitters. Rasagiline has been approved in Europe for the treatment of idiopathic PD as monotherapy or as add-on to levodopa in patients with end of dose fluctuations. The aim of this observational study is to evaluate the effectiveness of safinamide, rasagiline and other "standard of care" (SoC) drugs when prescribed in clinical routine as add-on to L-dopa in terms of quality of life, improvement of chronic pain, change in Anti-Parkinson treatment (modification of doses, addition or withdrawal or other Anti-Parkinson drugs, etc.), use of concomitant pain-killer medications, compliance to the PD treatment, hospitalizations and use of other healthcare resources, and number of lost working days.

Conditions

• Parkinson's Disease

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-12-03
• Primary completion: 2023-12-31
• Completion: 2023-12-31
• First posted: 2019-06-21
• Last updated: 2024-04-11

Locations

3 sites across 3 countries: Germany, Italy, Spain