Effect of Tetrabenazine on Stroop Interference in HD

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2018-01-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

Tetrabenazine has been shown to improve gating of abnormal visual stimuli and improve postural stability in Huntington disease (HD) patients as measured by computerized dynamic posturography testing. This study aims to elucidate whether partial dopaminergic depletion via low dose tetrabenazine has a similar effect on masking out of abnormal visual stimuli on the Stroop interference test.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: New York Medical College
• Treatments: Tetrabenazine

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Established diagnosis of Huntington disease by movement disorders expert

• Patients currently taking tetrabenazine.

• Patients should not have taken dopamine receptor blocking medication for at least three days

Exclusion Criteria:

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