UC San Diego is seeking men and women aged 45 to 80 suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease to participate in a research study evaluating the impact of the drug Azilect\u2019s potential for improving cognitive impairment caused by the condition. Sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals, the clinical trial will not only further the understanding of Parkinson\u2019s disease and a potential treatment but also provide participants with: \u2022 Clinical trial participation at no cost,
\n\u2022 Study-related care at a health care facility, and
\n\u2022 Study-related health care monitoring.
\nThe recruitment period for the drug trial will continue through March. La Jolla is one of 44 participating sites nationwide.
\nIrene Litvan, M.D., the UCSD Neuroscience and Movement Disorder Center\u2019s director of its Movement Disorders Program, is seeking volunteers in the LaJolla\/San Diego County area to participate.
\n“The study is for persons who\u2019ve had some complaints of memory difficulty and difficulty with multitasking,” said Litvan. “The study is for the use of (the) medication for the purpose of seeing whether it can improve cognitive function in this patient population.”
\nNervous tremors and stiffness are classical symptoms of Parkinson\u2019s disease. It is hoped through the Azilect study that research will shed light on brain function and nerve pathways and how that affects cognition and motor skills. Litvan said subjects chosen for the Parkinson\u2019s study will be administered either a dose of Azilect or a placebo for a period of about a month. For more information, call the national Parkinson\u2019s Support Solutions (PSS) at 866-880-8582.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
UC San Diego is seeking men and women aged 45 to 80 suffering from Parkinson\u2019s disease to participate in a research study evaluating the impact of the drug Azilect\u2019s potential for improving cognitive impairment caused by the condition. Sponsored by Teva Pharmaceuticals, the clinical trial will not only further the understanding of Parkinson\u2019s disease and […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11560","_seopress_titles_title":"Men and women 45\u201380 sought for Parkinson\u2019s study","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11560,11551,11593],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-303046","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-la-jolla-village-news","category-news","category-no-images"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303046","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303046"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303046\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303046"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303046"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303046"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}