1. A randomized clinical trial of coenzyme Q10 and GPI-1485 in early Parkinson disease
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Margaret Marie Cox, Stephanie Sendek, Margaret F. Turk, Julie H. Carter, Susan C. Fagan, Lorelei Derwent, Oksana Suchowersky, Jay S. Schneider, Linda Paul, Gwyn Vernon, Stephen Gollomp, Karl Kieburtz, Debbie Baker, I. Van Bodis-Wollner, Germaine McInnes, Marian A. Perez, G. Webster Ross, Katharine Pabst, Jorge L. Juncos, Chad W. Christine, Jessie Roth, Joseph M. Savitt, Peter A LeWitt, Hubert H. Fernandez, Matthew Brodsky, Mark F. Lew, Jay M. Gorell, Natividad R. Stover, Paulo Guimaraes, Andrew Feigin, Anita Blenke, Martha Nance, Elizabeth Hayes, Andrew Siderowf, W.R. Wayne Martin, Tammie Kelsey, Susan Bennett, Sharon McCarthy, Charles H. Adler, Beverly Olsen, Pauline LeBlanc, Richard B. Dewey, Rodger J. Elble, Richard S. Burns, Carlos Singer, Amy Parsons, John W. Taylor, Tracy Stewart, Maryan DeAngelis, Barbara C. Tilley, William J. Weiner, Brad A. Racette, Wendy R. Galpern, Michael J. Aminoff, Kapil D. Sethi, Jayaraman Rao, Robert A. Hauser, Debbie Fraser, Connie Kawai, David Coffey, Kelly E. Lyons, Kristine Wernette, Becky Dunlop, Holly Delgado, Marlene Lind, Rajesh Pahwa, Chris Weaver, Ray L. Watts, Patricia Deppen, Ryan J. Uitti, Marwan N. Sabbagh, Lynn Marlor, Joann Belden, Burton L. Scott, Theresa McClain, Roger L. Albin, John Y. Fang, Zoran Obradov, Yuko Y. Palesch, Maureen Cook, Pamela Andrews, Jeana Jaglin, Joanne Wojcieszek, Mary Louise Musante Weeks, Susan Peterson, James H. Bower, Maureen A. Leehey, Joanne Field, Lisa M. Shulman, Caroline M. Tanner, Jacob I. Sage, Jordan J. Elm, Joseph Jankovic, Patrick D. Mauldin, Aileen Shinaman, Peng Huang, G. Frederick Wooten, Alicia Brocht, Gordon H. Brown, Peggy Roberge, Dorothy Shearon, Buff Dill, Margaret F. Keller, Charlene Young, Christine Hunter, Janis M. Miyasaki, Susan Torgrimson, Cornelia Kamp, Brigid Hayward, Christopher G. Goetz, Emily Kosa, Marilyn Flewellen, David Simon, Rebecca McMurray, Sue Reichwein, Jacci Bainbridge, Robert W. Hamill, Stephanie Terashita, Kathleen M. Shannon, Frederick Wooten, Danna Jennings, Shana Krstevska, and Bernard Ravina
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Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Future studies ,Neurology ,Ubiquinone ,Coenzymes ,Disease ,Placebo ,Tacrolimus ,law.invention ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Double-Blind Method ,Randomized controlled trial ,law ,Rating scale ,Internal medicine ,Humans ,Medicine ,Aged ,Coenzyme Q10 ,business.industry ,Headache ,Nausea ,Parkinson Disease ,Middle Aged ,Clinical trial ,chemistry ,Physical therapy ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,business - Abstract
Objective: To determine if future studies of coenzyme Q10 and GPI-1485 in Parkinson disease (PD) may be warranted. Methods: We conducted a randomized, double-blind, calibrated futility clinical trial of coenzyme Q10 and GPI-1485 in early untreated PD using placebo data from the DATATOP study to establish the futility threshold. Results: The primary outcome measure (change in total Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale scores over 1 year) did not meet the prespecified criteria for futility for either agent. Secondary analyses using calibration controls and other more recent placebo data question the appropriateness of the predetermined definition of futility, and suggest that a more restrictive threshold may be needed. Conclusions: Coenzyme Q10 and GPI-1485 may warrant further study in Parkinson disease, although the data are inconsistent. Additional factors (cost, availability of other agents, more recent data on placebo outcomes, other ongoing trials) should also be considered in the selection of agents for Phase III studies. NEUROLOGY 2007;68:20-28
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- 2007