Status:

COMPLETED

Study to Evaluate the Effect of Lixisenatide in Patient With Parkinson's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

University Hospital, Toulouse

Collaborating Sponsors:

Cure Parkinson's

Réseau NS-Park

Conditions:

Parkinson Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

40-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The main objective of the study is to evaluate the effect of lixisenatide (20 μg/d), versus placebo, administered as add-on therapy with the usual antiparkinsonian treatment, on the progression of mot...

Detailed Description

This study will be a French, multicenter parallel groups, 2-arm, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, proof-of-concept (POC) phase II trial evaluating the effect of lixisenatide, in patients ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients with PD according to UKPDSBB criteria (male or female).
  • Patient with a Hoehn and Yahr Stage \<3 in the ON condition.
  • Patients aged from 40 to 75 years old.
  • Early-stage PD patients: diagnosis of PD for less than 3 years, without dyskinesia and motor fluctuations.
  • Patients treated with an "optimized" stable dopaminergic medication regimen (dopamine agonist and/or L-dopa and/or MAOB inhibitor) for at least 1 month before baseline.
  • Patients expected to remain on stable doses of antiparkinsonian medications for at least the first 6 months of the study and preferably for the 12 months of follow-up.
  • Patients (or caregiver) able to self-administer lixisenatide injection.
  • Patients with health insurance.
  • Patients who signed the written informed consent form.

Exclusion

  • Patients suffering from other parkinsonian syndromes other than PD.
  • Patients expected not to be able to remain on stable doses of symptomatic antiparkinsonian medications for at least 6-month.
  • Patients with a Body Mass Index \< 18.5
  • Patients suffering from type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
  • Malnutrition as assessed clinically by the investigator or any sub-investigator and by Mini Nutritional Assessment Short Form (MNA-SF) score \<12 (the judgement of the investigator prevails over questionnaire scores).
  • Weight change of more than 5 kg in body weight during the last 3 months prior to screening.
  • Known history of drug or alcohol abuse within 6 months prior to the time of screening.
  • Patients with hyperthyroidism or uncontrolled hypothyroidism. Note: Patients diagnosed with hypothyroidism need to be on a stable thyroid replacement therapy for at least 6 weeks.
  • Patients with severe depression according to DSM criteria.
  • Patients with cognitive impairment (MoCA score \<26).
  • Severe gastrointestinal disease (e.g. gastroparesis).
  • Patients previously exposed to a GLP-1 agonist.
  • Patients with severely impaired renal function (estimated creatinine clearance \<30ml/min).
  • Patients with a medical history of active liver disease (other than non-alcoholic hepatic steatosis), including chronic active hepatitis B or C (assessed by medical history), primary biliary cirrhosis, or ongoing symptomatic gallbladder disease.
  • Patients with any clinically significant ECG abnormality.
  • Laboratory findings at the time of screening:
  • Amylase and/or lipase: \>3 times the upper limit of the normal (ULN) laboratory range ALT or AST: \>3 times ULN Total bilirubin: \>1.5 times ULN (except in case of Gilbert's syndrome) Calcitonin: \>20 pg/mL (5.9 pmol/L) Hemoglobin: \<11 g/dL (male/female) and/or neutrophils \<1,500/mm3 and/or platelets \<100,000/mm3 Triglyceride (TG): \>600 mg/dL (6.78 mmol/L). History of unexplained pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis or pancreatectomy.
  • Personal or immediate family history of medullary thyroid cancer or genetic conditions that predispose to medullary thyroid cancer (e.g. multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes).
  • Hyperlipidemia.
  • Females who are pregnant, breast feeding or of child bearing age without effective contraception.
  • Patients treated per os in the evening by drugs requiring a rapid action (at the discretion of the investigator).
  • Participants who lack the capacity to give informed consent.
  • Any medical or psychiatric condition which may compromise participation in the study or the safety, at the discretion of the investigator.
  • Known abnormality on CT or MRI brain imaging that is considered likely to compromise compliance with any aspect of the trial.
  • Prior intra-cerebral surgical intervention for PD.
  • Participant under legal guardianship or incapacitation.
  • Patients who are participating or have participated in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days prior to baseline.
  • Previous enrolment in the present trial.
  • Allergic reaction to the active substance or to any of the excipients of lixisenatide

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 13 2018

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

April 15 2021

Estimated Enrollment :

156 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT03439943

Start Date

June 13 2018

End Date

April 15 2021

Last Update

November 28 2025

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University Hospital of Amiens

Amiens, France

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University Hospital of Besancon

Besançon, France

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University Hospital of Bordeaux

Bordeaux, France

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University Hospital of Caen

Caen, France