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.


Journal

Drugs - real world outcomes
ISSN: 2199-1154
Titre abrégé: Drugs Real World Outcomes
Pays: Switzerland
ID NLM: 101658456

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
02 Jul 2024
Historique:
accepted: 09 06 2024
medline: 2 7 2024
pubmed: 2 7 2024
entrez: 2 7 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND 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 OBJECTIVE
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 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 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 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.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38954191
doi: 10.1007/s40801-024-00442-1
pii: 10.1007/s40801-024-00442-1
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Ruggero Bacchin (R)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Emergency, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), Trento, Italy. ruggero.bacchin@apss.tn.it.
Unit of Neurology, Department of Neurosciences, Santa Chiara Hospital of Trento, Largo Medaglie d'oro, 9, 38122, Trento, Italy. ruggero.bacchin@apss.tn.it.

Marco Liccari (M)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Cattinara University Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), Trieste, Italy.

Mauro Catalan (M)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Cattinara University Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), Trieste, Italy.

Lucia Antonutti (L)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Cattinara University Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), Trieste, Italy.

Paolo Manganotti (P)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Medical, Surgical and Health Sciences, Cattinara University Hospital, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano-Isontina (ASUGI), Trieste, Italy.
Department of Medicine, Surgery and Health Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.

Maria Chiara Malaguti (MC)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Emergency, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), Trento, Italy.

Bruno Giometto (B)

Clinical Unit of Neurology, Department of Emergency, Santa Chiara Hospital, Azienda Provinciale per i Servizi Sanitari (APSS), Trento, Italy.
Interdepartmental Center of Medical Sciences, University of Trento, Trento, Italy.

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