R(+) Pramipexole in Early Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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Official title
Futility Study of R(+) Pramipexole in Early Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Brief summary
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The hypothesis of this study is that treatment with R(+) pramipexole at 30 mg/day will alter the slope of decline in ALS functional rating scale over the course of 6 months. ALS patients at an early stage of disease will be observed for 3 months after enrollment and then treated with drug for 6 months.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00140218
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 1, Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 30 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 21 Years to 85 Years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2005
- Primary completion
- Dec 31, 2006
- Completion
- Nov 30, 2006
- Last update posted
- Jan 7, 2008
2005 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 2
- U.S. states
- 2
- U.S. cities
- 2
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Lacomis MD | Pittsburgh | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| University of Virginia | Charlottesville | Virginia | 22908 | — |
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- Last update posted Jan 7, 2008 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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