Disease Stage and Motor Fluctuation Duration Predict Drug Tolerability: A Real-Life, Prospective Italian Multicenter Study on the Use of Opicapone in Parkinson's Disease.
Drugs Real World Outcomes
; 2024 Jul 02.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Opicapone is a third-generation catechol-O-methyl-transferase inhibitor currently used for the treatment of motor fluctuations in Parkinson's disease. Its benefit and safety have been established by clinical trials; however, data about its use in a real-life context, and particularly in an Italian population of patients with Parkinson's disease, are missing.OBJECTIVES:
We aimed to gather data about the real-life tolerability/safety of opicapone when used for the treatment of Parkinson's disease-related motor fluctuations.METHODS:
We enrolled 152 consecutive patients with Parkinson's disease and followed them for 2 years after opicapone introduction. We obtained baseline clinical and demographical information, including disease duration, stage, phenotype, as well as axial and non-motor symptoms. We collected the reasons for any treatment interruption and adverse events emerging after opicapone introduction.RESULTS:
Eighty-nine (58%) patients reported adverse events and 46 (30%) patients discontinued the treatment. Adverse events occurred less frequently in "earlier" patients accordingly to the disease course and L-Dopa treatment pathway; a motor fluctuation duration ≥12 months and Hoehn and Yahr scale score ≥2.5 were the main predictors of therapy withdrawal.CONCLUSIONS:
This study confirms the good tolerability/safety profile of opicapone in a real-life setting and provides country-specific data for Italian patients with Parkinson's disease.
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Drugs Real World Outcomes
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2024
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Italia