Treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness with Bavisant in PD Patients

  • Research type

    Research Study

  • Full title

    Dose finding phase IIb study of Bavisant to evaluate its safety and effiCacy in treAtment of exceSsive daytime sleePiness (EDS) in PARkinson's Disease (PD).

  • IRAS ID

    221138

  • Contact name

    Nicola Pavese

  • Contact email

    nicola.pavese@newcastle.ac.uk

  • Sponsor organisation

    BenevolentAI Bio

  • Eudract number

    2017-000877-35

  • Duration of Study in the UK

    1 years, 0 months, 1 days

  • Research summary

    This phase IIb randomized, double blind study will compare the efficacy and safety of three fixed doses of Bavisant (0.5, 1 and 3 mg/day) versus placebo for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in subject with Parkinson's disease over a period of 6 weeks of treatment.

  • REC name

    East Midlands - Leicester South Research Ethics Committee

  • REC reference

    17/EM/0236

  • Date of REC Opinion

    8 Aug 2017

  • REC opinion

    Further Information Favourable Opinion