Status:

WITHDRAWN

Influence of Fampridine on Working Memory in Healthy Subjects

Lead Sponsor:

Prof. Dominique de Quervain, MD

Collaborating Sponsors:

Clinical Trial Unit, University Hospital Basel, Switzerland

University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland

Conditions:

Working Memory

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-30 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Proof-of-concept study on the effects of 10 mg fampridine (oral administration) on working memory in healthy participants. The hypotheses is that fampridine improves working memory performance.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • male or female
  • generally healthy
  • normotensive (BP between 90/60 mmHg and 140/90 mmHg)
  • BMI between 19 and 29,9 kg/m2
  • aged between 18 and 30 years
  • fluent German-speaking
  • Informed consent as documented by signature

Exclusion

  • contraindications to the class of drugs under study, e.g. known hypersensitivity or allergy to 4-aminopyridine
  • use of potassium channel blockers within the last 3 months
  • concomitant treatment with OCT 2 inhibitors (e.g. cimetidine, propranolol)
  • acute or chronic psychiatric disorder (e.g. major depression, psychoses, somatoform disorder, suicidal tendency)
  • acute cerebrovascular condition
  • history of seizures
  • risk of lowered seizure threshold (due to e.g. sleep deprivation, withdrawal of alcohol after alcohol abuse)
  • renal impairment
  • history of malignant cancers
  • walking problems (e.g. due to dizziness)
  • other clinically significant concomitant disease states (e.g. hepatic dysfunction, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, asthma)
  • clinically significant laboratory or ECG abnormality that could be a safety issue in the study
  • known or suspected non-compliance
  • drug or alcohol abuse
  • inability to follow the procedures of the study, e.g. due to language or psychological problems of the participant
  • participation in another study with an investigational drug within the 30 days preceding and during the present study
  • prior participation (less than two years ago) in a study investigating working memory (notably the n-back task)
  • enrolment of the investigator, his/her family members, employees and other dependent persons
  • smoking (\>3 cigarettes per day)
  • intake of psychoactive drugs (e.g. benzodiazepines, antidepressants, neuroleptics)
  • pregnancy or breast feeding

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2040

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

December 31 2041

Estimated Enrollment :

Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04516603

Start Date

January 1 2040

End Date

December 31 2041

Last Update

December 5 2024

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University of Basel, Transfaculty Research Platform

Basel, Canton of Basel-City, Switzerland, 4055