Status:
COMPLETED
Fluoxetine in Multiple System Atrophy Patients
Lead Sponsor:
University Hospital, Toulouse
Collaborating Sponsors:
Clinical Research Center, Toulouse
Conditions:
Multiple System Atrophy
Eligibility:
All Genders
30-80 years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
This is a French national trial, conducted using a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomised design involving 15 centers and 88 patients of both sexes. The primary objective of the trial is to eva...
Detailed Description
Fluoxetine is first introduced in dose of 20 mg/day and after six weeks the dose is increased to 40 mg/day. If patients have side effects at the dose of 40 mg/day, the dose may be reduced at 20 mg/day...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Female or Male Patient with Multiple System Atrophy's disease diagnosed according to international consensus criteria (Gilman's criteria)
- Patient between 30 and 80 years of age
- Patient not presenting a cognitive problem that could impair the comprehension of the patient and his participation in the protocol
- Patient receiving an anti-parkinsonian treatment (if applicable) at a stable dose for at least 2 months before entering the study, and with the expectation that the treatment will remain unchanged throughout the course of the patients participation in the trial
- Patient receiving a symptomatic treatment of autonomic disorders (if applicable) at a stable dose for at least 2 months before entering the study, and with the expectation that the treatment will remain unchanged throughout the course of the patient participation in the trial
- Signed informed consent obtained
- Patient eligible for social security (specific requirement under French law)
Exclusion
- Patient presenting major swallowing problems as he will not take capsule
- Patient already receiving a selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake or other antidepressant, or patient having received one in the 3 months preceding the start of the study
- Patient with major depressive syndrome for which the investigator considers that the indication of an antidepressant seems essential
- Bedridden patient or confined to a wheelchair during the whole day
- Patient with severe hyponatremia
- Patient with another Parkinsonian's syndrome that the Multiple System Atrophy (type of atypical Parkinson's disease, progressive supra nuclear paralysis, cortico-basal degeneration)
- Patient with dementia
- Patient with a Mini-Mental State Exam score \< 24
- Patient unable to understand the protocol or another endpoint or to consider the clinical trial's process
- Patient with a chronic disease affecting the development or assessment of the patient during the trial
- Patient receiving concomitant medications which could affect the evaluation of outcome measures (e.g. neuroleptics for the assessment of parkinsonian symptoms, vasodilators for the assessment of orthostatic hypotension, sedative drugs prescribed during the day for the assessment of the daytime sleepiness, of apathy or of fatigue)
- Patient with absolute or relative contraindications of Fluoxetine (hypersensitivity to Fluoxetine, patient with a history of epilepsy, of manic state, of severe hepatic or renal impairment, of skin bleeding, of severe heart, of uncontrolled diabete, patient treated by selective or non selective IMAO)
- Person who are: wards of the state or prisoners (requirement under french law)
- Patient pregnant or at risk of same, nursing mother
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
September 1 2011
Estimated Enrollment :
87 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01146548
Start Date
May 1 2008
End Date
September 1 2011
Last Update
March 26 2015
Active Locations (14)
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1
Hospital
Nantes, France, France
2
hospital center of Aix enProvence
Aix-en-Provence, France
3
Hospital Gabriel Montpied
Clermont-Ferrand, France
4
University Hospital Henri Mondor
Créteil, France