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Completed Phase 2 Interventional

Methylphenidate and Parkinson's Disease

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00359723

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Official title

Subacute Trial of Methylphenidate in Parkinson's Disease

Brief summary

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The purpose of this trial is to determine if methylphenidate (MPD), a drug marketed in the U.S. to treat hyperactivity and narcolepsy, added to levodopa, will increase the beneficial effects of levodopa without bothersome side effects in people with Parkinson's disease (PD).

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00359723
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Enrollment
13 participants

Conditions and interventions

Interventions

Drug

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
21 Years and older
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
Jun 30, 2004
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2005
Completion
Feb 28, 2006
Last update posted
Nov 28, 2018

2004 – 2006

United States locations

U.S. sites
1
U.S. states
1
U.S. cities
1
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Department of Neurology, OP-2, Oregon Health & Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road Portland Oregon 97239

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