Efficacy of Therapeutic Interventions for Orthostatic Hypotension in Parkinson's Disease and Multiple System Atrophy

Summary

Patients with Parkinson's Disease or Multiple System Atrophy (MSA), and symptoms of orthostatic hypotension, are eligible for the study. Each patient will have three weeks of conservative therapy, three weeks of therapy with fludrocortisone, and three weeks of therapy with domperidone. Autonomic testing, a symptom questionnaire, bedside blood pressure testing, and Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) will be performed after each intervention.

Timeline

Start

2005-01

Primary completion

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Completion

2005-09

Publications

• Veazie S, Peterson K, Ansari Y, Chung KA, Gibbons CH, Raj SR, Helfand M. Fludrocortisone for orthostatic hypotension. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2021 May 17;5(5):CD012868. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012868.pub2.

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