The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of opicapone in a real-world setting at centers for Parkinson's disease located in Italy.
This is a multicenter, prospective, observational cohort study of patients with Parkinson's Disease and early motor fluctuations treated with opicapone in Italy. Treatment with opicapone will be independent from participation in this observational study and must not be initiated for the purpose of participating in it. Opicapone will be administered according to the local Summary of Product Characteristics (SmPC). Data on patients will be collected in accordance with routine clinical visits and examinations starting from the date when patient consent is obtained, and for up to two years after start of treatment with opicapone. The collection of the patient-reported outcomes (PRO) and clinician-reported outcomes (ClinRO) will be dictated by the routine clinical practice at each center; thus, scales left blank will not be considered protocol deviations. Patients will be followed up for a maximum of 2 years (±2 months). Because of the observational design of the study, there are no imposed visits beyond those performed as per clinical practice. Visits are however planned closest to 6 months (±2 months), 12 months (±2 months), 18 months (±2 months), and 24 months (±2 months) after inclusion. The overall duration of the study will be of approximately 5 years, with 24 months of recruitment and 24 months (±2 months) of follow-up from the last patient in. The End of Study (EOS) is defined as the time when the last enrolled patient has completed 24 months (±2 months) of assessments (unless early termination) after enrolment. In the event that a patient discontinues opicapone, he/she will be discontinued from the study. Patients discontinued from the study will not be replaced.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
200
The recommended dose of opicapone is 50 mg. Opicapone must be taken once a day before going to bed, at least one hour before or one hour after levodopa combinations. As opicapone enhances the effects of levodopa, it could be necessary to adjust levodopa dose by extending the dosing intervals and/or reducing the amount of levodopa per dose within the first days to first weeks after initiating treatment with opicapone.
Policlinico di Bari Ospedale Giovanni XXIII, Clinica Neurologia AMADUCCI
Bari, Italy
ASST Spedali Civili di Brescia
Brescia, Italy
Patient Global Impression of Change (PGI-C) score improvement (minimally, much or very much), no change or worsening (minimally, much or very much) 12 months after start of treatment.
To evaluate the long-term effectiveness of opicapone in patients with Parkinson's disease and early motor fluctuations by means of the PGI-C at 12 months after start of treatment.
Time frame: 12 months
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