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Effect of Intravenous Amantadine on Gait Freezing in Parkinson's Disease

NCT01313845

RandomizedParallel-groupQuadruple-blindTreatment

Summary

A double-blinded randomized placebo-controlled trial of intravenous amantadine on gait freezing refractory to oral anti-parkinsonian medications in patients with Parkinson's disease. * administration of IV amantadine or normal saline for 5 days, 2 times a day while keeping current oral anti-parkinsonian medications unchanged * follow-up after administration of IV amantadine for 4 weeks * allocation ratio of amantadine:normal saline is 2:1

Timeline

Start
2011-02
Primary completion
2012-06
Completion
2012-06

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Comparator Amantadine Unknown 100 mg Intravenous

Indications