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| 20030312 |
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The proposed experiment will evaluate the effects of the NMDA receptor full agonist D-serine (~2g/day) on persistent symptoms of Parkinson's Disease and on antiparkinsonian drugs-induced dyskinesias.
D-serine will be used as add-on therapy to on-going medications received by Parkinson's Disease patients. The rational for this study stems from observations made in pervious clinical trials with schizophrenia patients, in which it was demonstrated that D-serine adjuvant treatment resulted in:1)improvement of parkinsonian side effects induced by antipsychotic drugs and 2) improvement of depression and negative (i.e apathy, blunted effects, anhedonia) symptoms which are similar to symptoms encountered in Parkinson's Disease.
The study will have a crossover design in accordance to which each patient will receive, in random order D-serine and placebo for a 6 weeks period each. Thus, any participant will have the opportunity to receive the experimental treatment.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| 1 | Placebo Comparator |
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| 2 | Experimental |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| D-serine (~2g/day) | Drug | Two 6 weeks treatment arms. One arm: adjuvant treatment with D-serine (~2g/day). Second arm : adjuvant treatment with placebo (~2g/day). |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| UPDRS scores | 6 weeks | |
| PANSS scores | 6 weeks |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Uriel Heresco-Levy | Ezrath Nashim - Herzog Memorial Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Ezrath Nashim - Herzog Memorial Hospital | Jerusalem | 91351 | Israel |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 21733283 | Derived | Gelfin E, Kaufman Y, Korn-Lubetzki I, Bloch B, Kremer I, Javitt DC, Heresco-Levy U. D-serine adjuvant treatment alleviates behavioural and motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. Int J Neuropsychopharmacol. 2012 May;15(4):543-9. doi: 10.1017/S1461145711001015. Epub 2011 Jul 7. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D010300 | Parkinson Disease |
| ID | Term |
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| D020734 | Parkinsonian Disorders |
| D001480 | Basal Ganglia Diseases |
| D001927 | Brain Diseases |
| D002493 | Central Nervous System Diseases |
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| D009422 | Nervous System Diseases |
| D009069 | Movement Disorders |
| D000080874 | Synucleinopathies |
| D019636 | Neurodegenerative Diseases |