Study of a Single Administration of 3 Doses of Dysport® for the Treatment of Benign Essential Blepharospasm
Blepharospasm
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Blepharospasm
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: patients with a confirmed diagnosis of bilateral benign essential blepharospasm, and having symptoms of such for at least 6 months prior to the baseline visit naïve patients to botulinum toxin type A treatment, or patients who had received a single treatment of botulinum toxin type A, or those who had demonstrated a satisfactory response, in the investigator's opinion, to the last 2 injections of botulinum toxin type A with a minimum of 12 weeks since the last injection and where a further injection at full dosage was now indicated patients with a minimum score of 8 on the BDS Exclusion Criteria: patients with either neuroleptic-induced blepharospasm, isolated levator dysfunction or apraxia previous surgical, chemical and thermal myectomy or neurectomy any condition where intramuscular injection is contraindicated ophthalmolgical infection myasthenia gravis or other disorders of the neuromuscular junction prescription of antispastic, muscle relaxants or medications affecting neuromuscular junction transmission, or medication where the dose or choice of medication has not been constant for the last 30 days
Sites / Locations
- Banner Health Research Institute
- Neurological Institute
- The Parkinson's and Movement Disorder Institute
- UCLA/Jules Stein Eye Institute
- McKnight Brain Institute
- Plastic Eye Surgery Association
- Rush Presbyterian/St Luke's Medical Center
- Kellogg Eye Center
- Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center
- Duke University Medical Center
- Ophthlamic Surgeons and Consultants of Ohio, Inc
- Wills Eye Hospital
- Parkinson's Disease Center and Movement Disorders Clinic
- Center for Facial Appearances