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Treatment of Pendular Nystagmus With Gabapentin and Memantine in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

NCT01744444 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2025-09-03

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Summary

Different treatment trials have been published in acquired nystagmus in the last decade; gabapentin and memantine have been found to be efficient in treating pendular nystagmus in Multiple Sclerosis. The effects of treatments are measured on nystagmus velocity, amplitude, frequency and on visual acuity. None of the trials measured a functional visual score or oscillopsia score.

The aim of our study is to evaluate the effect of gabapentin and memantine on the mean velocity, amplitude and frequency of pendular nystagmus, as well as on oscillopsia, visual acuity and vision-specific health-related quality of life score, in 10 patients with multiple sclerosis. The primary object is to find out the best variable to evaluate the efficiency of nystagmus treatment and the secondary, to compare the efficiency of both gabapentin and memantine in a common population of patients.

Conditions

  • Pendular Nystagmus Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

Interventions

DRUG

Memantine

Patients will be randomly assigned to start on either memantine or gabapentin. For tolerance reasons, each treatment begins with a progressive increasing dose and stops with a progressive decreasing dose. The duration of the period of last dose (8 to 11 days) will be chosen according to the investigator's availability to organize post-tests.

DRUG

Gabapentin

Patients will be randomly assigned to start on either memantine or gabapentin. For tolerance reasons, each treatment begins with a progressive increasing dose and stops with a progressive decreasing dose. The duration of the period of last dose (8 to 11 days) will be chosen according to the investigator's availability to organize post-tests.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hospices Civils de Lyon

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Caroline Tilikete, Pr · Hospices Civils de Lyon

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2013-07-31
Completion
2013-07-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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