Observational studyJournal of neurology2016
Quality of life in Parkinson's disease improved by apomorphine pump: the OPTIPUMP cohort study.
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- Invasive therapies for Parkinson's disease: an adapted excerpt from the guidelines of the German Society of Neurology.Journal of neurology · 2025Pooled it
- Cross-Cultural Differences in Stigma Associated with Parkinson's Disease: A Systematic Review.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Pooled it
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- Practical use of apomorphine infusion in Parkinson's disease: lessons from the TOLEDO study and clinical experience.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Trial
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- Continuous Apomorphine Infusion in Multiple System Atrophy Real-World Insights From a French Nationwide Retrospective Cohort.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Article
- A narrative review of clinical and non-clinical determinants of health-related quality of life in advanced Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026Review
- Subcutaneous Apomorphine Infusion Initiation Is Associated with Impulse Control Disorder Attenuation in Advanced Parkinson's Disease Patients: Insights from the French NS-Park Cohort.Movement disorders clinical practice · 2026Observational
- Impact of device-aided therapies on quality of life in patients with Parkinson's disease. A comparative multicenter observational study.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025Article
- Twenty-five-year experience with apomorphine pump in Parkinson's disease: A real-life long-term retrospective tolerance study.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2025Article
- Effectiveness of Continuous Dopaminergic Therapies in Parkinson's Disease: A Review of L-DOPA Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2024Review
- Personality and quality-of-life improvement after apomorphine infusion in Parkinson's disease.Brain communications · 2024Article
- Acceptability of and attitudes to the therapeutic use of cannabis and cannabidiol in people with Parkinson's disease: A French survey.Clinical parkinsonism & related disorders · 2024Article
- Feasibility and benefits of home initiation of subcutaneous apomorphine infusion for patients with Parkinson's disease: the APOKADO study.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Observational
- Current and novel infusion therapies for patients with Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2023Review
- Device-Aided Therapies in Parkinson's Disease-Results from the German Care4PD Study.Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Off-time Treatment Options for Parkinson's Disease.Neurology and therapy · 2023Review
- Infusion Therapies in the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2023Review
- Impact of Infusion Therapies on Quality of Life in Advanced Parkinson's Disease.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2023Review
- Newly Approved and Investigational Drugs for Motor Symptom Control in Parkinson's Disease.Drugs · 2022Review
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Abstract
To report on OPTIPUMP, a cohort study, investigating the impact in real-life clinical settings of continuous subcutaneous apomorphine infusion (CSAI) on the quality of life (HRQoL) of patients with Parkinson's disease. OPTIPUMP was a prospective, open-label, observational cohort study involving 30 investigational sites in France. CSAI was proposed as part of routine clinical care to patients aged ≥18 years, in absence of dementia, with a PD diagnosis and based on the presence of motor fluctuations not controlled by oral treatments. The impact of APO-pump on quality of life was evaluated as the difference in PDQ-39 scores between the initiation treatment and the follow-up visit after 6 months' treatment. All adverse events were recorded. Hyper- and hypodopaminergic behavioral tolerance was assessed on the Ardouin Scale of Behavior in Parkinson's Disease. Between September 2011 and January 2013, we enrolled 142 patients: 42 patients were withdrawn due to pump removal (33), death (4), lost of follow-up (4), no available data (1). 100 completed the study. At 6 months, their HRQoL had significantly improved (p = 0.011), as had their total UPDRS score (p < 0.001). Regarding the safety profile, Ardouin scale scores indicated that their hyperdopaminergic behaviors had not increased. CSAI had a favorable impact on HRQoL, with benefits outweighing risks. The analysis of the withdrawn patients highlights the heterogeneity of the use of the pump having an impact on its efficacy and tolerability.
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