Clare J Finlay, Michael J Jackson, Ria Fisher, Christoffer Bundgaard, Sarah Rose, Susan Duty
{"title":"Metabotropic Glutamate Receptor 4 (mGlu4) Positive Allosteric Modulators Lack Efficacy in Rat and Marmoset Models of L-DOPA-Induced Dyskinesia.","authors":"Clare J Finlay, Michael J Jackson, Ria Fisher, Christoffer Bundgaard, Sarah Rose, Susan Duty","doi":"10.3233/JPD-230296","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-230296","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Increased activity across corticostriatal glutamatergic synapses may contribute to L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia in Parkinson's disease. Given the weak efficacy and side-effect profile of amantadine, alternative strategies to reduce glutamate transmission are being investigated. Metabotropic glutamate receptor 4 (mGlu4) is a promising target since its activation would reduce glutamate release.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We hypothesized that two mGlu4 positive allosteric modulators, Lu AF21934 ((1 S,2 R)-N1-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)cyclohexane-1,2-dicarboxamide) and ADX88178 (5-Methyl-N-(4-methylpyrimidin-2-yl)-4-(1H-pyrazol-4-yl)thiazol-2-amine), would provide relief in rat and primate models of L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The ability of Lu AF21934 or ADX88178 to reverse pre-established dyskinesia was examined in L-DOPA-primed 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats expressing abnormal involuntary movements (AIMs) or in 1-methyl-4-phenyl,1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP)-treated common marmosets expressing L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. Additionally, the ability of Lu AF21934 to prevent the development of de novo L-DOPA-induced AIMs was explored in the 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Neither Lu AF21934 (10 or 30 mg/kg p.o.) nor ADX88178 (10 or 30 mg/kg p.o.) reduced pre-established AIMs in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats. Similarly, in L-DOPA-primed common marmosets, no reduction in established dyskinesia was observed with Lu AF21934 (3 or 10 mg/kg p.o.). Conversely, amantadine significantly reduced (>40%) the expression of dyskinesia in both models. Lu AF21934 also failed to suppress the development of AIMs in 6-hydroxydopamine-lesioned rats.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study found no benefit of mGlu4 positive allosteric modulators in tackling L-DOPA-induced dyskinesia. These findings are concordant with the recent failure of foliglurax in phase II clinical trials supporting the predictive validity of these pre-clinical dyskinesia models, while raising further doubt on the anti-dyskinetic potential of mGlu4 positive allosteric modulators.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"245-259"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10977372/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012817","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacqueline D Silva, Daniel C Jupiter, Giulio Taglialatela
{"title":"Reduced Prevalence of Parkinson's Disease in Patients Prescribed Calcineurin Inhibitors.","authors":"Jacqueline D Silva, Daniel C Jupiter, Giulio Taglialatela","doi":"10.3233/JPD-230313","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-230313","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Preclinical evidence suggests calcineurin inhibitors (CNIs) combat α-synuclein-induced neuronal dysfunction and motor impairments. However, whether CNIs prevent or treat Parkinson's disease (PD) in humans has never been investigated.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We seek to ascertain if prescription of CNIs is linked to a decreased prevalence of PD in a varied patient population and to glimpse into the mechanism(s) and target site through which CNIs might decrease PD prevalence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed electronic health records (EHRs) from patients prescribed the brain penetrant CNI tacrolimus (TAC), the peripherally restricted CNI cyclosporine (CySp), or the non-CNI sirolimus (SIR). For comparison, EHRs from a diverse population from the same network served as a general population-like control. After propensity-score matching, prevalence, odds, and hazards of PD diagnoses among these cohorts were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Patients prescribed CNIs have decreased odds of PD diagnosis compared to the general population-like control, while patients prescribed SIR do not. Notably, patients prescribed TAC have a decreased prevalence of PD compared to patients prescribed SIR or CySp.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our results suggest CNIs, especially those acting within the brain, may prevent PD. The reduced prevalence of PD in patients prescribed TAC, compared to patients prescribed SIR, suggests that mechanisms of calcineurin inhibition- other than immunosuppression, which is common to both drugs- are driving the reduction. Therefore, CNIs may provide a promising therapeutic approach for PD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"533-543"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11091574/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140012819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Guillaume Lamotte, Kathleen E McKee, Nijee S Luthra, Daniel M Corcos
{"title":"Advice to People with Parkinson's in My Clinic: Orthostatic Hypotension.","authors":"Guillaume Lamotte, Kathleen E McKee, Nijee S Luthra, Daniel M Corcos","doi":"10.3233/JPD-240149","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-240149","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Orthostatic hypotension (OH) is the most common manifestation of cardiovascular autonomic dysfunction in Parkinson's disease. In this viewpoint, we discuss five practical questions regarding OH in Parkinson's disease: 1) How common is the problem? 2) Why should people with Parkinson's disease and providers care about OH? 3) What are the symptoms of OH? 4) How to confirm a diagnosis of OH? And 5) How to treat OH? OH is an important non-motor symptom of Parkinson's disease for which we have available treatments to significantly mitigate morbidity and possibly positively impact the disease course.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1139-1146"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380238/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141875152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Demi Zoetewei, Pieter Ginis, Maaike Goris, Moran Gilat, Talia Herman, Marina Brozgol, Pablo Cornejo Thumm, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, Alice Nieuwboer, Nicholas D'Cruz
{"title":"Which Gait Tasks Produce Reliable Outcome Measures of Freezing of Gait in Parkinson's Disease?","authors":"Demi Zoetewei, Pieter Ginis, Maaike Goris, Moran Gilat, Talia Herman, Marina Brozgol, Pablo Cornejo Thumm, Jeffrey M Hausdorff, Alice Nieuwboer, Nicholas D'Cruz","doi":"10.3233/JPD-240134","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-240134","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Measurement of freezing of gait (FOG) relies on the sensitivity and reliability of tasks to provoke FOG. It is currently unclear which tasks provide the best outcomes and how medication state plays into this.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To establish the sensitivity and test-retest reliability of various FOG-provoking tasks for presence and severity of FOG, with (ON) and without (OFF) dopaminergic medication.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>FOG-presence and percentage time frozen (% TF) were derived from video annotations of a home-based FOG-provoking protocol performed in OFF and ON. This included: the four meter walk (4MW), Timed Up and Go (TUG) single (ST) and dual task (DT), 360° turns in ST and DT, a doorway condition, and a personalized condition. Sensitivity was tested at baseline in 63 definite freezers. Test-retest reliability was evaluated over 5 weeks in 26 freezers.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Sensitivity and test-retest reliability were highest for 360° turns and higher in OFF than ON. Test-retest intra-class correlation coefficients of % TF varied between 0.63-0.90 in OFF and 0.18-0.87 in ON, and minimal detectable changes (MDCs) were high. The optimal protocol included TUG ST, 360° turns ST, 360° turns DT and a doorway condition, provoking FOG in all freezers in OFF and 91.9% in ON and this could be done reliably in 95.8% (OFF) and 84.0% (ON) of the sample. Combining OFF and ON further improved outcomes.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The highest sensitivity and reliability was achieved with a multi-trigger protocol performed in OFF + ON. However, the high MDCs for % TF underscore the need for further optimization of FOG measurement.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1163-1174"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380302/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141909932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Gait Analysis with Wearable Sensors in Isolated REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Associated with Phenoconversion: An Explorative Study.","authors":"Shanshan Cen, Hui Zhang, Yuan Li, Zhuqin Gu, Yuan Yuan, Zheng Ruan, Yanning Cai, Jagadish K Chhetri, Shuying Liu, Wei Mao, Piu Chan","doi":"10.3233/JPD-230397","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-230397","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Gait disturbance is a vital characteristic of motor manifestation in α- synucleinopathies, especially Parkinson's disease. Subtle gait alterations are present in isolated rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (iRBD) patients before phenoconversion; it is yet unclear, if gait analysis may predict phenoconversion.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>To investigate subtle gait alterations and explore whether gait analysis using wearable sensors is associated with phenoconversion of iRBD to α-synucleinopathies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Thirty-one polysomnography-confirmed iRBD patients and 33 healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled at baseline. All participants walked for a minute while wearing 6 inertial sensors on bilateral wrists, ankles, and the trunk (sternal and lumbar region). Three conditions were tested: (i) normal walking, (ii) fast walking, and (iii) dual-task walking.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Decreased arm range of motion and increased gait variation (stride length, stride time and stride velocity) discriminate converters from HCs at baseline. After an average of 5.40 years of follow-up, 10 patients converted to neurodegenerative diseases (converters). Cox regression analysis showed higher value of stride length asymmetry under normal walking condition to be associated with an early conversion of iRBD to α- synucleinopathies (adjusted HR 4.468, 95% CI 1.088- 18.349, p = 0.038).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Stride length asymmetry is associated with progression to α- synucleinopathies in patients with iRBD. Gait analysis with wearable sensors may be useful for screening, monitoring, and risk stratification for disease-modifying therapy trials in patients with iRBD.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1027-1037"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11307006/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141288217","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Erratum to: CiteSerum Uric Acid as a Putative Biomarker in Prodromal Parkinson's Disease: Longitudinal Data from the PPMI Study.","authors":"","doi":"10.3233/JPD-249005","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-249005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1075"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11301637/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141320957","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marie-Louise Zeissler, Nikul Bakshi, Michèle Bartlett, Amit Batla, David Byrom, Rebecca Chapman, Sally Collins, Elaine Cowd, Eric Deeson, Romy Ellis-Doyle, Jodie Forbes, Cristina Gonzalez-Robles, Anna Jewell, Emma L Lane, Nancy R LaPelle, Keith Martin, Helen Matthews, Laurel Miller, Georgia Mills, Antony Morgan, Miriam Parry, Kuhan Pushparatnam, Natasha Ratcliffe, Dorothy Salathiel, Paula Scurfield, Carroll Siu, Sue Whipps, Sheila Wonnacott, Thomas Foltynie, Camille B Carroll, Kevin McFarthing
{"title":"Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement in the Development of a Platform Clinical Trial for Parkinson's Disease: An Evaluation Protocol.","authors":"Marie-Louise Zeissler, Nikul Bakshi, Michèle Bartlett, Amit Batla, David Byrom, Rebecca Chapman, Sally Collins, Elaine Cowd, Eric Deeson, Romy Ellis-Doyle, Jodie Forbes, Cristina Gonzalez-Robles, Anna Jewell, Emma L Lane, Nancy R LaPelle, Keith Martin, Helen Matthews, Laurel Miller, Georgia Mills, Antony Morgan, Miriam Parry, Kuhan Pushparatnam, Natasha Ratcliffe, Dorothy Salathiel, Paula Scurfield, Carroll Siu, Sue Whipps, Sheila Wonnacott, Thomas Foltynie, Camille B Carroll, Kevin McFarthing","doi":"10.3233/JPD-230444","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-230444","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) in the design of trials is important, as participant experience critically impacts delivery. The Edmond J Safra Accelerating Clinical Trials in PD (EJS ACT-PD) initiative is a UK consortium designing a platform trial for disease modifying therapies in PD.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The integration of PPIE in all aspects of trial design and its evaluation throughout the project.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PwP and care partners were recruited to a PPIE working group (WG) via UK Parkinson's charities, investigator patient groups and participants of a Delphi study on trial design. They are supported by charity representatives, trial delivery experts, researchers and core project team members. PPIE is fully embedded within the consortium's five other WGs and steering group. The group's terms of reference, processes for effective working and PPIE evaluation were co-developed with PPIE contributors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>11 PwP and 4 care partners have supported the PPIE WG and contributed to the development of processes for effective working. A mixed methods research-in-action study is ongoing to evaluate PPIE within the consortium. This includes the Patient Engagement in Research Scale -a quantitative PPIE quality measure; semi-structured interviews -identifying areas for improvement and overall impressions of involvement; process fidelity- recording adherence; project documentation review - identifying impact of PPIE on project outputs.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We provide a practical example of PPIE in complex projects. Evaluating feasibility, experiences and impact of PPIE involvement in EJS ACT-PD will inform similar programs on effective strategies. This will help enable future patient-centered research.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"809-821"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11191543/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140863381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Katarzyna Smilowska, Raja Mehanna, Jori E Fleisher, Roy N Alcalay, Kishore Raj Kumar, Connie Marras, Annelien M Oosterbaan, Bart Post, Owen A Ross, Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte, Valerie Fraix, Elena Moro, Eng King Tan, Rodolfo Savica
{"title":"Unmet Need in Early-Onset Parkinson's Disease: Deep Brain Stimulation and Pregnancy.","authors":"Katarzyna Smilowska, Raja Mehanna, Jori E Fleisher, Roy N Alcalay, Kishore Raj Kumar, Connie Marras, Annelien M Oosterbaan, Bart Post, Owen A Ross, Maria Elisa Pimentel Piemonte, Valerie Fraix, Elena Moro, Eng King Tan, Rodolfo Savica","doi":"10.3233/JPD-240088","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-240088","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pregnancy in women with early-onset Parkinson's disease (PD) is likely to have a higher frequency given the trend toward increasing maternal age, thus resulting in a greater overlap time between childbearing age and PD risk. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy is nowadays offered to PD patients at earlier stage of the disease, when women can still be pre-menopausal. However, few data are available about DBS safety during pregnancy. From a review of the available literature, only one article was published on this topic so far. Therefore, we have developed a clinical consensus on the safety of DBS during pregnancy in PD patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"1277-1282"},"PeriodicalIF":4.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11380313/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141600240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Camille Carroll, Carl E Clarke, Donald Grosset, Arshad Rather, Biju Mohamed, Miriam Parry, Prashanth Reddy, Robin Fackrell, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri
{"title":"Addressing Comorbidities in People with Parkinson's Disease: Considerations From An Expert Panel.","authors":"Camille Carroll, Carl E Clarke, Donald Grosset, Arshad Rather, Biju Mohamed, Miriam Parry, Prashanth Reddy, Robin Fackrell, Kallol Ray Chaudhuri","doi":"10.3233/JPD-230168","DOIUrl":"10.3233/JPD-230168","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In the UK, guidance exists to aid clinicians and patients deciding when treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD) should be initiated and which therapies to consider. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidance recommends that before starting PD treatment clinicians should discuss the following: the patient's individual clinical circumstances; lifestyle; preferences; needs and goals; as well as the potential benefits and harms of the different drug classes. Individualization of medicines and management in PD significantly improves patients' outcomes and quality of life. This article aims to provide simple and practical guidance to help clinicians address common, but often overlooked, co-morbidities. A multi-disciplinary group of PD experts discussed areas where clinical care can be improved by addressing commonly found co-morbidities in people with Parkinson's (PwP) based on clinical experience and existing literature, in a roundtable meeting organized and funded by Bial Pharma UK Ltd. The experts identified four core areas (bone health, cardiovascular risk, anticholinergic burden, and sleep quality) that, if further standardized may improve treatment outcomes for PwP patients. Focusing on anticholinergic burden, cardiac risk, sleep, and bone health could offer a significant contribution to personalizing regimes for PwP and improving overall patient outcomes. Within this opinion-based paper, the experts offer a list of guiding factors to help practitioners in the management of PwP.</p>","PeriodicalId":16660,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Parkinson's disease","volume":" ","pages":"53-63"},"PeriodicalIF":5.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10836549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139466071","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}