Levodopa-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Shows Promise in Advanced Parkinson Disease

Summary

Treatment with levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel leads to reduction in nonmotor symptoms in patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease, with significantly lower Non-Motor Symptoms Scale total scores and scores for the individual domains of sleep/fatigue, sexual function, and miscellaneous. Safety results are similar to those seen in prior studies with levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel.

  • levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel
  • Parkinson’s disease
  • nonmotor symptoms
  • NCT01736176
  • neurology clinical trials
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