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Abstract
Background: Levodopa-entacapone-carbidopa intestinal gel (LECIG) infusion was introduced to the Swedish market in 2019 for Parkinson's disease (PD) with motor fluctuations. Long-term data are lacking.
Objectives: To study long-term data on LECIG treatment.
Methods: A retrospective analysis of the first 24 patients receiving LECIG in Sweden from 2019 to 2023.
Results: Five of 24 (21%) patients discontinued LECIG because of side effects, mostly diarrhea. Eight of the 24 (33%) patients died while receiving LECIG. Eleven of 24 (46%) patients were still on LECIG. Median (range) for disease and treatment duration was 19 (9-30) and 3.6 (3.1-4.0) years, respectively, whereas health-related quality of life scales showed median (interquartile range; n) Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire 8-item summary index scores of 38 (4; n = 7), EuroQol 5D scores of 0.59 (0.17; n = 7), and EQ-5D visual analogue scale scores of 65 (10; n = 7).
Conclusions: LECIG infusion is a viable treatment option for PD patients with motor fluctuations, for up to 4 years in our cohort.
期刊介绍:
Movement Disorders Clinical Practice- is an online-only journal committed to publishing high quality peer reviewed articles related to clinical aspects of movement disorders which broadly include phenomenology (interesting case/case series/rarities), investigative (for e.g- genetics, imaging), translational (phenotype-genotype or other) and treatment aspects (clinical guidelines, diagnostic and treatment algorithms)