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TerminatedNCT00865579Updated Sep 18, 2017

Open-Label Trial to Determine the Long-Term Safety of Safinamide in Parkinson's Disease Patients

A Phase 3 interventional study of Safinamide in Parkinson's Disease, sponsored by Newron Pharmaceuticals SPA. Terminated at 1 site in Romania. Open to participants aged 30 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-09-18.

Sponsored by Newron Pharmaceuticals SPA · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

Why this study was terminated
study terminated early due to change in Sponsorship
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
964
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
30 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Parkinson's Disease (PD) is a major neurodegenerative disorder in which there is a progressive loss of dopamine-containing neurons. The understanding that PD is a syndrome of dopamine (DA) deficiency led to the introduction in the clinical practice of L-dopa, a precursor of DA that crosses the blood brain barrier, and also to the use of selective inhibitors of MAO-B, the major DA metabolising enzyme in humans.

Safinamide is an inhibitor of MAO-B. This study is to evaluate the long term safety and tolerability of safinamide in PD patients, that have already completed a previous clinical study with Safinamide. The physical and neurological conditions as well as other safety parameters will get compared from baseline to subsequent visits.

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Conditions studied

  • Parkinson's Disease

Keywords

  • MAO inhibitors
  • motor fluctuations
  • dyskinesia
  • Parkinson's Disease
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In context

Parkinson Disease

4,573 studies on the registry are indexed under Parkinson Disease; 1,086 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 964 is above the median of 40 across 3,353 interventional studies indexed under Parkinson Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Newron Pharmaceuticals SPA is the lead sponsor of 22 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
30 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. the subject has completed a previous clinical study with Safinamide in PD
  2. the subject successfully completed all trial requirements of the antecedent trial
  3. if female, they must be either for at least 2 years, surgically sterilized or have undergone hysterectomy or, if of child bearing potential, they must be willing to avoid pregnancy by using an adequate method of for four weeks prior to, during and four weeks after the last dose of study medication. For the purpose of this trial women of child bearing potential are defined of all female subjects after puberty unless they are postmenopausal for at least two years, are surgically sterile or are sexually inactive
  4. subjects must be willing and able to participate in the trial and provide written

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. the subject experienced a adverse effect to attributable to Medicinal Product (IMP) during a previous trial that could put the subject at risk for further treatment with Safinamide
  2. if female, the subject is pregnant or lactating
  3. any medical issues, which have emerged since the initial clinical trial, that in the opinion of the investigator precludes a subject's ability to participate in this open-label trial
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

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Investigational drug or device

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
964 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    1

    All subjects to receive first 50mg/d Safinamide with an increase of target dose of 100mg/d after 14 days of taper period until end of treatment visit. In case of any intolerance the daily dose of 100mg might be decreased to 50mg/d. Patients permanently discontinuing treatment will enter a 7day taper phase before treatment discontinuation at a dose of 50mg/day. Subjects already taking 50mg/d may stop Safinamide immediately.

    Drug: Safinamide

Interventions

  • The Investigational Medicinal Product will be provided by the Sponsor in the form of tablets at dosage strengths of safinamide 50 mg (small - 7 mm) or safinamide 100 mg (large - 9 mm). Trial Medication is to be taken once daily, in the morning.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in Physical Exams

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  2. Change from baseline in Neurologic Exams

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  3. Change from baseline in Vital Signs

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  4. Change from baseline in Laboratory Evaluations

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  5. Change from baseline in Electrocardiograms

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  6. Summary of Participants who had Adverse Experiences

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  7. Change from baseline in Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS)

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  8. Change from baseline in Dermatologic Exams

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  9. Change from baseline in Ophthalmologic Exams

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in Health Resource Utilisation

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  2. Change from baseline in EuroQol Group EQ-5D™ Quality of Life Scale

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

  3. Change from baseline in Parkinson Disease Questionnaire 39 (PDQ-39)

    Time frame: Anticipated time frame up to 3 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • Research Site
    Timis, Romania
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No — No efficacy endpoints were analyzed in this trial.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Apr 2009 to primary completion in Jun 2012, 38 months.

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Registered
Mar 10, 2009
First posted
Mar 19, 2009
StartActual
Apr 2009
Primary completionActual
Jun 2012
CompletionActual
Jun 2012
Last update
Sep 18, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 18, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT00865579
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Mar 19, 2009
Start date
Apr 2009
Primary completion
Jun 2012
Completion
Jun 2012
Last update
Sep 18, 2017

Study contacts

Jonathan Willmer, MD
study director · EMD Serono Inc., an Affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
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