Official Title: “A Single Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Crossover Pilot Trial Comparing the Onset of Action of Parcopa™ With Sinemet® in Subjects With Stable Parkinson's Disease”

To test whether Parcopa, a new Orally Disintegrating Tablet of Carbidopa-Levodopa, has a faster onset of action, changes in the UPDRS Motor Exam score at intervals after a single dose of Parcopa or Sinemet are being compared in 10 subjects with Parkinson's disease.

Subjects 40 years or older having idiopathic PD with Hoehn and Yahr state II or III are eligible if taking a stable dose of < 200 mg carbidopa and < 2000 mg levodopa daily. At both treatment visits, either Parcopa or Sinemet, plus a placebo of the opposite tablet (ODT or conventional) are administered. The dose is the same as the subject's prestudy regimen. The primary efficacy variable, time to onset of action, is the first postdose time when a 30% decrease (30% improvement) in the total score is achieved. All UPDRS evaluations are done by a rater blinded to the active treatment received by the subject.

Study Type: Interventional

Study Design: Randomized, Double-Blind, Dose Comparison, Crossover Assignment

Study Primary Completion Date: August 2005

See approved Package Insert for Adverse Event information.

Intervention(s) in this Clinical Trial

• Drug: Parcopa

Inclusion Criteria:

• Stable Parkinson's disease

Exclusion Criteria:

• idiopathic PD with Hoehn and Yahr state II or III

Gender Eligibility for this Clinical Trial: Both

Minimum Age for this Clinical Trial: 40 Years

Maximum Age for this Clinical Trial: N/A

Lead Sponsor: UCB

Overall Clinical Trial Officials and Contacts

Patricia Witt Study Director UCB  

Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on July 02, 2009

Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record. http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00139880

Study ID Number: SP867

ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00139880

Health Authority: United States: Institutional Review Board