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- Title
Amantadine use in the French prospective NS-Park cohort.
- Authors
Fabbri, Margherita; Rousseau, Vanessa; Corvol, Jean-Christophe; Sommet, Agnès; Tubach, Florence; De Rycke, Yann; Bertille, Nathalie; Selvarasa, Yajiththa; Carvalho, Stephanie; Chaigneau, Véronique; Brefel-Courbon, Christine; Ory-Magne, Fabienne; Tessier, Samuel; Tir, Melissa; Bereau, Matthieu; Meissner, Wassilios G.; Thiriez, Claire; Marques, Ana; Remy, Philippe; Schneider, Vincent
- Abstract
Objective: To assess amantadine use and associated factors in the patients with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Immediate-release amantadine is approved for the treatment of PD and is largely used in clinical practice to treat "levodopa-induced dyskinesia (LIDs). Its use varies according to countries and PD stages. The prospective NS-Park cohort collects features of PD patients followed by 26 French PD Expert Centres. Methods: Variables used for the analyses included demographics, motor and non-motor PD symptoms and motor complications [motor fluctuations (MFs), LIDs)], antiparkinsonian pharmacological classes and levodopa equivalent daily dose (LEDD). We evaluated: (i) prevalence of amantadine use and compared clinical features of amantadine users vs. non-users (cross-sectional analysis); (ii) factors associated with amantadine initiation (longitudinal analysis); (iii) amantadine effect on LIDs, MFs, apathy, impulse control disorders and freezing of gait (Fog) (longitudinal analysis). Results: Amantadine use prevalence was 12.6% (1,585/12,542, median dose = 200 mg). Amantadine users were significantly younger, with longer and more severe PD symptoms, greater LEDD and more frequent use of device-aided/surgical treatment. Factors independently associated with amantadine initiation were younger age, longer PD duration, more frequent LIDs, MFs and FoG, higher LEDD and better cognitive function. 9 of the 658 patients on amantadine had stopped it at the following visit, after 12–18 months (1.3%). New users of amantadine presented a higher improvement in LIDs and MF compared to amantadine never users. Conclusions: About 12% of PD patients within the French NS-Park cohort used amantadine, mostly those with younger age and more severe PD. Amantadine initiation was associated with a subsequent reduction in LIDs and MFs.
- Subjects
AMANTADINE; IMPULSE control disorders; PARKINSON'S disease
- Publication
Journal of Neural Transmission, 2024, Vol 131, Issue 7, p799
- ISSN
0300-9564
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00702-024-02772-4