Abstract | Importance:
Tetrabenazine is efficacious for chorea control; however, tolerability concerns exist. Deutetrabenazine, a novel molecule that reduces chorea, was well tolerated in a double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Objectives: Design, Setting, and Participants: In this ongoing, open-label, single-arm study that started on December 21, 2013, 37 patients at 13 Huntington Study Group sites in the United States and Australia who were taking stable doses of tetrabenazine that provided a therapeutic benefit were switched overnight to deutetrabenazine therapy. After week 1, the deutetrabenazine dose was titrated on a weekly basis for optimal chorea control. Interventions:
Deutetrabenazine administration at a dosage thought to provide comparable systemic exposure to the active metabolites of the prior, stable tetrabenazine regimen. Main Outcomes and Measures: Safety measures included adverse events (AEs), clinical laboratory tests, vital signs, electrocardiograms, and validated scales. Changes in the Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale total maximal chorea score and total motor score were efficacy end points. Results: Of the 53 patients with HD screened for the study, 37 ambulatory patients with manifest HD (mean [SD] age, 52.4 [11.5] years; 22 [59%] male and 15 [41%] female; 36 white [97.3%]) were enrolled. Deutetrabenazine was generally well tolerated, with low rates of neuropsychiatric AEs. Safety scales did not reveal subclinical toxicity with deutetrabenazine treatment. Rates of dose reduction or suspension attributable to AEs were also low. Chorea control, as measured by the total maximal chorea score, was maintained at week 1 and significantly improved at week 8 (mean [SD] change from baseline, 2.1 [3.2]; P < .001). Conclusions and Relevance:
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Authors | Samuel Frank, David Stamler, Elise Kayson, Daniel O Claassen, Amy Colcher, Charles Davis, Andrew Duker, Shirley Eberly, Lawrence Elmer, Erin Furr-Stimming, Mark Gudesblatt, Christine Hunter, Joseph Jankovic, Sandra K Kostyk, Rajeev Kumar, Clement Loy, William Mallonee, David Oakes, Burton L Scott, Victor Sung, Jody Goldstein, Christina Vaughan, Claudia M Testa, Huntington Study Group/Alternatives for Reducing Chorea in Huntington Disease Investigators |
Journal | JAMA neurology
(JAMA Neurol)
Vol. 74
Issue 8
Pg. 977-982
(08 01 2017)
ISSN: 2168-6157 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 28692723
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Multicenter Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
- deutetrabenazine
- Tetrabenazine
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Topics |
- Adrenergic Uptake Inhibitors
(therapeutic use)
- Australia
- Chorea
(drug therapy)
- Drug Substitution
(methods)
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Severity of Illness Index
- Tetrabenazine
(analogs & derivatives, therapeutic use)
- Treatment Outcome
- United States
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