Antiparkinsonian Drug Reduction After Directional Versus Omnidirectional Bilateral Subthalamic Deep Brain Stimulation

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BACKGROUND: Several pilot trials and the Clinical Evaluation of the Infinity Deep Brain Stimulation System (PROGRESS) study have found that directional stimulation can provide a wider therapeutic window and lower therapeutic current strength than omnidirectional stimulation.

OBJECTIVE: We conducted a single-center, open-label, registry-based, comparative trial to test the hypothesis that directional stimulation can be associated with a greater reduction in the total daily dose of antiparkinsonian medications (ApMeds) than omnidirectional stimulation.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of 52 patients with directional and 57 subjects with omnidirectional bilateral subthalamic deep brain stimulation (STN-DBS) were enrolled. Preoperatively and 12 months postoperatively, the dose of different ApMeds, the number of tablets used daily, the severity of motor and nonmotor symptoms using the Movement Disorder Society-sponsored Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale, and the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) using the 39-item Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire (PDQ-39) were assessed.

RESULTS: According to the changes in the levodopa equivalent daily dose, directional STN-DBS led to a 13% greater reduction in the total daily dose of ApMed. The 10.3% greater reduction in the dose of levodopa was the main contributor to this difference. The number of different ApMed types also could be decreased in a greater manner with directional stimulation. The improvement in the severity of motor and nonmotor symptoms was comparable; however, we detected a 15.8% greater improvement in the global HRQoL among patients with directional stimulation according to the changes in the summary index of the PDQ-39. The total electrical energy delivered per second was comparable between the groups at 12-month postoperative visit, whereas the amplitude of stimulation was significantly lower and the impedance was significantly higher with directional leads.

CONCLUSIONS: Directional programming can further increase the reduction in the total daily dose of ApMed after STN-DBS. In addition, directional stimulation can have additional beneficial effects on the global HRQoL. The greater reduction of ApMed doses did not require more energy-consuming stimulation with directional stimulation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:26

Enthalten in:

Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society - 26(2023), 2 vom: 18. Feb., Seite 374-381

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pintér, Dávid [VerfasserIn]
Járdaházi, Evelyn [VerfasserIn]
Balás, István [VerfasserIn]
Harmat, Márk [VerfasserIn]
Makó, Tamás [VerfasserIn]
Juhász, Annamária [VerfasserIn]
Janszky, József [VerfasserIn]
Kovács, Norbert [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

46627O600J
Antiparkinson Agents
Clinical Trial
Deep brain stimulation
Directional stimulation
Journal Article
Levodopa
Levodopa equivalent daily dose
Parkinson disease
Therapeutic window

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Date Completed 09.02.2023

Date Revised 09.02.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.neurom.2022.01.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM337220255