Quality of Life with 24-hour Subcutaneous Levodopa/Carbidopa Infusion (ND0612): QoL Results from a Phase 3 Randomized, Active-controlled Study
Harini Sarva1, Michele Tagliati2, Werner Poewe3, Fabrizio Stocchi4, Olivier Rascol5, Tami Yardeni6, Nelson Lopes6, Jonathan Pereira7, Alberto Espay8
1Weill Cornell Medical Center, 2Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Movement Disorder Program, 3Department of Neurology, Medical University Innsbruck, 4University San Raffaele Roma and Institute for Research and Medical Care IRCCS San Raffaele, 5University of Toulouse 3, University Hospital of Toulouse, INSERM; Clinical Investigation Center CIC1436 Departments of Neurosciences and Clinical Pharmacology and NS-Park/FCRIN network, 6NeuroDerm Ltd., 7Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma America, Inc., 8James J and Joan A Gardner Center for Parkinson’s disease and Movement, University of Cincinnati
Objective:

Evaluate quality of life (QoL) data from the phase 3 randomized, active-controlled BouNDless study.

Background:

Pivotal data from the BouNDless study (NCT04006210) showed that treatment with investigational ND0612 provided patients with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and motor fluctuations an additional 1.72h [95% CI: 1.08h, 2.36h] of ON-time without troublesome dyskinesia compared with immediate-release levodopa/carbidopa (IR-LD/CD; P<0.0001).

Design/Methods:

Patients with PD on ≥4 oral LD/CD doses/day (≥400 mg/day LD) and experiencing ≥2.5h of daily OFF-time underwent 4-6 weeks of open-label IR-LD/CD dose adjustment followed by 4-6 weeks of open-label ND0612 conversion (+ IR-LD/CD). Patients were then randomized to 12 weeks of double-blind treatment with either their optimized regimen of ND0612 or IR-LD/CD. Change from randomization to end of double-blind treatment in QoL was assessed using the PD Questionaire-39 (PDQ-39) and 5-level EuroQoL (EQ-5D-5L) and analyzed using analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) following multiple imputation and the mixed model for repeated measures (MMRM), respectively.

Results:

At the end of the double-blind phase, improvements in PDQ-39 summary index scores achieved with the ND0612 regimen in the open-label run-in phase were maintained with ND0612 treatment compared to a return to enrollment values in the IR-LD/CD group. A mean [95% CI] treatment difference of –2.69 [–4.83, –0.55] was observed at the end of the double-blind phase favoring the ND0612 regimen (nominal P=0.014). PDQ-39 domain analyses consistently favored ND0612 treatment, mainly in mobility, bodily discomfort, cognition, and stigma. EQ-5D-5L scores showed consistent changes from randomization to end of double-blind phase; at Week 12, the mean [95% CI] treatment difference was 0.06 [0.00, 0.12] (nominal P=0.0331) favoring the ND0612 regimen.

Conclusions:

ND0612 improved QoL compared to IR-LD/CD, further supporting the clinical meaningfulness of the observed reduction in motor fluctuations from the perspective of a patient with PD.

10.1212/WNL.0000000000210440
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