Are patients with GBA-Parkinson disease good candidates for deep brain stimulation? A longitudinal multicentric study on a large Italian cohort

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BACKGROUND: GBA variants increase the risk of developing Parkinson disease (PD) and influence its outcome. Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a recognised therapeutic option for advanced PD. Data on DBS long-term outcome in GBA carriers are scarce.

OBJECTIVE: To elucidate the impact of GBA variants on long-term DBS outcome in a large Italian cohort.

METHODS: We retrospectively recruited a multicentric Italian DBS-PD cohort and assessed: (1) GBA prevalence; (2) pre-DBS clinical features; and (3) outcomes of motor, cognitive and other non-motor features up to 5 years post-DBS.

RESULTS: We included 365 patients with PD, of whom 73 (20%) carried GBA variants. 5-year follow-up data were available for 173 PD, including 32 mutated subjects. GBA-PD had an earlier onset and were younger at DBS than non-GBA-PD. They also had shorter disease duration, higher occurrence of dyskinesias and orthostatic hypotension symptoms.At post-DBS, both groups showed marked motor improvement, a significant reduction of fluctuations, dyskinesias and impulsive-compulsive disorders (ICD) and low occurrence of most complications. Only cognitive scores worsened significantly faster in GBA-PD after 3 years. Overt dementia was diagnosed in 11% non-GBA-PD and 25% GBA-PD at 5-year follow-up.

CONCLUSIONS: Evaluation of long-term impact of GBA variants in a large Italian DBS-PD cohort supported the role of DBS surgery as a valid therapeutic strategy in GBA-PD, with long-term benefit on motor performance and ICD. Despite the selective worsening of cognitive scores since 3 years post-DBS, the majority of GBA-PD had not developed dementia at 5-year follow-up.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:95

Enthalten in:

Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry - 95(2024), 4 vom: 13. März, Seite 309-315

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Avenali, Micol [VerfasserIn]
Zangaglia, Roberta [VerfasserIn]
Cuconato, Giada [VerfasserIn]
Palmieri, Ilaria [VerfasserIn]
Albanese, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Artusi, Carlo Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Bozzali, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Calandra-Buonaura, Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Cavallieri, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cilia, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Cocco, Antoniangela [VerfasserIn]
Cogiamanian, Filippo [VerfasserIn]
Colucci, Fabiana [VerfasserIn]
Cortelli, Pietro [VerfasserIn]
Di Fonzo, Alessio [VerfasserIn]
Eleopra, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Giannini, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Imarisio, Alberto [VerfasserIn]
Imbalzano, Gabriele [VerfasserIn]
Ledda, Claudia [VerfasserIn]
Lopiano, Leonardo [VerfasserIn]
Malaguti, Maria Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Mameli, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Minardi, Raffaella [VerfasserIn]
Mitrotti, Pierfrancesco [VerfasserIn]
Monfrini, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Spagnolo, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Tassorelli, Cristina [VerfasserIn]
Valentino, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Valzania, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Pacchetti, Claudio [VerfasserIn]
Valente, Enza Maria [VerfasserIn]
PARKNET Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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COGNITION
ELECTRICAL STIMULATION
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
NEUROGENETICS
NEUROSURGERY
PARKINSON'S DISEASE

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Date Completed 15.03.2024

Date Revised 24.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/jnnp-2023-332387

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363721061