Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000011560 |
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Receipt number | R000013453 |
Scientific Title | Trial of varenicline (Champix) for the treatment of spinocerebellar degeneration |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2013/08/26 |
Last modified on | 2015/09/28 13:07:34 |
Trial of varenicline (Champix) for the treatment of spinocerebellar degeneration
Varenicline trial for SCD
Trial of varenicline (Champix) for the treatment of spinocerebellar degeneration
Varenicline trial for SCD
Japan |
spinocerebellar degeneration (SCD)
Neurology |
Others
YES
The objective of this open trial was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of varenicline (Champix) in patients with spinocerebellar degeneration.
Safety,Efficacy
Confirmatory
Pragmatic
Phase I,II
1) SARA (the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia)
2) Visually guided tracking test with repeated linear motion
3) Visually guided tracking test with repeated circular motion
4) Tapping test
5) Stabilometry
6) Timed Up and Go Test (TUG)
7) Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)
8) Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)
9) Clinical Global Impressions (CGI)
10) Patient Global Impressions of change (PGIC)
11) Short-Form 36 (SF-36)
Interventional
Cross-over
Randomized
Individual
Open -but assessor(s) are blinded
Dose comparison
NO
NO
Institution is not considered as adjustment factor.
YES
Central registration
2
Treatment
Medicine |
[High-dose Group]
Oral administration of varenicline
1-7 days 0.5 mg/day
8-14 days 1.0mg/day
15-21 days 1.5mg/day
22-56 days 2.0 mg/day
57-63 days 1.0 mg/day
64-70 days 0.5 mg/day
71-84 days Wash-out period
85-154 days 0.5 mg/day
[Low-dose Group]
Oral administration of varenicline
1-70 days 0.5 mg/day
71-84 days Wash-out period
85-91 days 0.5 mg/day
92-98 days 1.0mg/day
99-105 days 1.5mg/day
106-140 days 2.0 mg/day
141-147 days 1.0 mg/day
148-154 days 0.5 mg/day
20 | years-old | <= |
Not applicable |
Male and Female
1) Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA3, SCA6, SCA1, SCA2, SCA31, and CCA), adult patients
2) normal results for complete metabolic panels and complete blood counts, serum creatine kinase, and EKG taken within 6 months before screening
3) stable doses of all medications for 30 days before study entry and for the duration of the study
4) ability to ambulate with or without assistance
5) a score of 15 or lower on the Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (SARA) total score
6) and score of 4 or lower on the gait subsection of the SARA rating scale
1) any unstable illness or concomitant medical condition that precluded participation in this study, including other disorders that may affect gait or balance (stroke, arthritis, or others)
2) pregnancy or lactation
3) smoking at the time of screening or within the past 12 months
4) concurrent treatment with monoamine oxidase inhibitors, bupropion, or nicotine patches
5) dementia or other psychiatric illness (including psychosis, bipolar disorder, untreated depression (Beck Depression Inventory score 21), or history of suicide attempt) or any other illness that would have precluded a patient from giving informed consent (Mini-Mental State Examination score 24)
6) use of varenicline within the previous 30 days
7) ataxia derived from any cause other than genetically confirmed SCA and CCA (including but not limited to alcoholism, head injury, multiple sclerosis, and multiple system atrophy)
40
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Masayoshi Tada |
Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
Department of Neurology
1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata-City, Niigata 951-8585, Japan
025-227-0665
tadamasa@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Masayoshi Tada |
Brain Research Institute, Niigata University
Department of Neurology
1-757 Asahimachi-dori, Chuo-ku, Niigata-City, Niigata 951-8585, Japan
025-227-0665
tadamasa@bri.niigata-u.ac.jp
Niigata University
Niigata University
Self funding
Japan
NO
新潟大学医歯学総合病院
Niigata University Medical and Dental Hospital
2013 | Year | 08 | Month | 26 | Day |
Unpublished
Open public recruiting
2013 | Year | 03 | Month | 31 | Day |
2013 | Year | 08 | Month | 30 | Day |
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2015 | Year | 12 | Month | 31 | Day |
2016 | Year | 03 | Month | 31 | Day |
2013 | Year | 08 | Month | 22 | Day |
2015 | Year | 09 | Month | 28 | Day |
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