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Bovenzi R, Liguori C, Canesi M, D'Amelio M, De Pandis MF, Marini C, Monge A, Padovani A, Tessitore A, Stefani A, Zappia M. Real-world use of Safinamide in motor fluctuating Parkinson's disease patients in Italy. Neurol Sci 2024; 45:573-583. [PMID: 37684511 PMCID: PMC10791801 DOI: 10.1007/s10072-023-07001-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2023] [Accepted: 07/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Safinamide is a recent antiparkinsonian drug that modulates both dopaminergic and glutamatergic systems with positive effects on motor and nonmotor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD). Here, we aimed to describe the efficacy and safety of safinamide in the Italian PD patients in real-life conditions. METHODS We performed a sub-analysis of the Italian cohort of the SYNAPSES study, a multi-country, multi-center, retrospective-prospective cohort observational study, designed to investigate the use of safinamide in routine clinical practice. Patients received for the first time a treatment with safinamide and were followed up for 12 months. The analysis was conducted on the overall population and in subgroups of interest: i) patients > 75 years, ii) patients with relevant comorbidities and iii) patients affected by psychiatric symptoms. RESULTS Italy enrolled 616/1610 patients in 52 centers, accounting for 38% of the entire SYNAPSES cohort. Of the patients enrolled, 86.0% were evaluable at 12 months, with 23.3% being > 75 years, 42.4% with psychiatric conditions and 67.7% with relevant comorbidities. Safinamide was effective on motor symptoms and fluctuations as measured through the Unified PD rating scale III and IV scores, and on the total score, without safety issues in none of the subgroups considered. CONCLUSION The SYNAPSES data related to Italian patients confirms the good safety profile of safinamide even in special groups of patients. Motor fluctuations and motor impairment improved at the follow-up suggesting the significant role of safinamide in managing motor symptoms in PD patients.
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- Roberta Bovenzi
- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
- Parkinson's Disease Unit, University Hospital of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy.
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- Parkinson Institute, ASST Gaetano Pini CTO, Milan, Italy
- U.O.C of Neurorehabilitation, Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, Moriggia Pelascini Hospital, Gravedona ed Uniti, Como, Italy
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- Dipartimento Di Biomedicina, Neuroscienze e Diagnostica Avanzata, Università Degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Department of Human Sciences and Promotion of Quality of Life, San Raffaele University, Rome, Italy
- San Raffaele Cassino, Cassino, Italy
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- Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, Italy
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- Neurology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Medical and Surgery Sciences, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy
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- Department of Systems Medicine, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy
- Parkinson's Disease Unit, University Hospital of Rome Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
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- Department "G.F. Ingrassia", Section of Neurosciences, University of Catania, Catania, Italy
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Regensburger M, Ip CW, Kohl Z, Schrader C, Urban PP, Kassubek J, Jost WH. Clinical benefit of MAO-B and COMT inhibition in Parkinson's disease: practical considerations. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2023; 130:847-861. [PMID: 36964457 PMCID: PMC10199833 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-023-02623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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Inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are major strategies to reduce levodopa degradation and thus to increase and prolong its effect in striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission in Parkinson's disease patients. While selegiline/rasagiline and tolcapone/entacapone have been available on the market for more than one decade, safinamide and opicapone have been approved in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Meanwhile, comprehensive data from several post-authorization studies have described the use and specific characteristics of the individual substances in clinical practice under real-life conditions. Here, we summarize current knowledge on both medication classes, with a focus on the added clinical value in Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, we outline practical considerations in the treatment of motor fluctuations and provide an outlook on ongoing studies with MAO-B and COMT inhibitors.
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- Martin Regensburger
- Department of Molecular Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Grychowska K, Olejarz-Maciej A, Blicharz K, Pietruś W, Karcz T, Kurczab R, Koczurkiewicz P, Doroz-Płonka A, Latacz G, Keeri AR, Piska K, Satała G, Pęgiel J, Trybała W, Jastrzębska-Więsek M, Bojarski AJ, Lamaty F, Partyka A, Walczak M, Krawczyk M, Malikowska-Racia N, Popik P, Zajdel P. Overcoming undesirable hERG affinity by incorporating fluorine atoms: A case of MAO-B inhibitors derived from 1 H-pyrrolo-[3,2-c]quinolines. Eur J Med Chem 2022; 236:114329. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmech.2022.114329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2022] [Revised: 03/24/2022] [Accepted: 03/26/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A critical appraisal of MAO-B inhibitors in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2022; 129:723-736. [PMID: 35107654 PMCID: PMC9188534 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-022-02465-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
Abstract
Since the 1980s, the MAO-B inhibitors have gained considerable status in the therapy of the Parkinson's disease. In addition to the symptomatic effect in mono- and combination therapies, a neuroprotective effect has repeatedly been a matter of some discussion, which has unfortunately led to a good many misunderstandings. Due to potential interactions, selegiline has declined in significance in the field. For the MAO-B inhibitor safinamide, recently introduced to the market, an additional inhibition of pathological release of glutamate has been postulated. At present, rasagiline and selegiline are being administered in early therapy as well as in combination with levodopa. Safinamide has been approved only for combination therapy with levodopa when motor fluctuations have occurred. MAO-B inhibitors are a significant therapeutic option for Parkinson's disease, an option which is too often not appreciated properly.
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