The purpose of this study is to determine whether midodrine works against the symptoms of orthostatic hypotension caused by being on a tilt table.
The efficacy of midodrine will be assessed in those subjects who have severe symptoms of orthostatic hypotension when not taking midodrine and are controlled when taking midodrine. The study will involve approximately 4 overnight stays.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
24
dose at the subject's current dose level
single dose of matching placebo
Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center of Boca Raton
Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Advance Research Institute Inc
New Port Richey, Florida, United States
Analab Clinical Research Inc
Lenexa, Kansas, United States
Time to Onset of Syncope/Near Syncope While on Tilt Table
After a 30-minute supine period, the table was tilted from 0-90º within 30 seconds and maintained in that position for 45 minutes or until endpoint. Subjects were monitored for near-syncopal symptoms (subject felt sufficiently dizzy, lightheaded, faint, or felt like they were about to black out and requested the table to be returned to horizontal). Such a report ended the test. Alternatively, if the investigator observed that the subject was about to lose consciousness, that also constituted an endpoint.
Time frame: 1 hour post-dose
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