Study of the Modification of the Pharmacokinetic Profile of Levodopa by the Fiber Plantago Ovata Husk

NCT00507715 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2007-07-26

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to study the effect of the association levodopa/carbidopa with plantago ovata husk in Parkinson´s disease patients of recent diagnostic, that are being treated with levodopa/carbidopa.

Conditions

  • Parkinson's Disease, Idiopathic

Interventions

DRUG

Plantago ovata husk

5 g of effervescent powder (3.5 g pf plantago ovata husk) t.i.d. during 14 days

OTHER

hemicellulose crystalline

5g effervescent powder t.id. during 14 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Rottapharm Spain

    lead INDUSTRY

Principal Investigators

  • Sierra Matilde, Ph, phD · Departamento de Ciencias Biomédicas de la Facultad de Veterinaria de la Universidad de León, León (Spain)

  • Carriedo Demetrio, MD · Hospital de León, León (Spain)

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-09-30
Completion
2006-11-30

Countries

  • Spain

Study Locations

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