A New Medicine to Treat Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (NAION)

NCT01975324 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE4 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 20

Last updated 2016-01-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Determine whether dalfampridine (Ampyra) can improve visual function in patients who have had nonarteritic ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) with stable visual impairment.

Conditions

  • Non Arteritic Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

Interventions

DRUG

dalfampridine

dalfampridine 10 mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks, wash out period of two weeks, dalfampridine 10mgs or placebo twice a day for two weeks

DRUG

Placebo

placebo (sugar pill) twice a day for two weeks

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Acorda Therapeutics

    collaborator INDUSTRY
  • Neuro-Ophthalmologic Associates, PC

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Mark L Moster, MD · Neuro-Ophthalmologic Associates, PC

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-12-31
Completion
2015-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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