Dextromethorphan for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease and Similar Conditions of the Nervous System

Launched by NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) · Dec 9, 2002

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ClinConnect Summary

The ability of the putative excitatory amino acid receptor antagonist, dextromethorphan, to modify psychomotor function safely in patients with neurodegenerative disease will be evaluated using a modified double-blind placebo-controlled design. Therapeutic activity will be rated at various doses by means of standard motor and cognitive performance scales. Safety will be assessed at frequent intervals by clinical observation and laboratory tests.

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Eligibility criteria

• • Parkinson's disease or other neurodegenerative disorders in which excessive stimulation of central glutamatergic pathways is hypothesized.
• • Patients must be in good general health and have no history or clinical evidence of significant cardiac (including dysrhythmias), pulmonary, gastrointestinal, renal, hepatic, endocrine, hematological or psychiatric disease.
• • Patient must not evidence any disorder which in the opinion of the investigator imposes an unnecessary risk to the patient or compromises the scientific interpretation of the data.
• • Individuals of child bearing potential must practice appropriate methods of birth control.