Dementia with Lewy bodies and Parkinson disease dementia, their diagnoses and treatment strategies

Parkinson's disease (PD), which has characteristic motor symptoms such as tremor, muscle rigidity, and akinesia, and as the disease progresses, Lewy bodies spread throughout the brain, eventually causing Parkinson disease dementia (PDD). The clinical picture of PDD is similar to Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and their pathological features are indistinguishable from each other. More than 80% of PD cases will eventually develop dementia and their prognosis are generally 3 to 4 years from the onset of dementia, regardless of disease duration or age of onset. We found that patients with severe olfactory impairment had lower cognitive function scores, more frequent onset of dementia, brain atrophy, and prominent cerebral metabolic abnormalities in a 3-year longitudinal study (Brain 135:161-169, 2012). This study demonstrated for the first time in the world that olfaction tests are useful in predicting dementia in PD, and similar results have been followed up worldwide. Based on these results, a randomized, double-blind, multicenter comparative study of donepezil in PD with severe olfactory dysfunction (DASH-PD study) was conducted and completed a 4-year follow-up period. The results were recently published showing the efficacy and safety of cholinesterase inhibitors for PD without dementia (eClinicalMedicine 51: 101571, 2022).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:159

Enthalten in:

Nihon yakurigaku zasshi. Folia pharmacologica Japonica - 159(2024), 1 vom: 02., Seite 6-11

Sprache:

Japanisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Takeda, Atsushi [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

8SSC91326P
Donepezil
English Abstract
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Randomized Controlled Trial

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Date Completed 05.01.2024

Date Revised 05.01.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1254/fpj.23064

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM366624563