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ReviewCNS & neurological disorders drug targets2024

Rationale and Development of Tavapadon, a D1/D5-Selective Partial Dopamine Agonist for the Treatment of Parkinson's Disease.

Erwan Bezard, David Gray, Rouba Kozak, Matthew Leoni, Cari Combs, Sridhar Duvvuri

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Review in CNS & neurological disorders drug targets, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

20 citing papers in PubMed, 36 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Erwan BezardUniversité de Bordeaux, CNRS Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Bordeaux, France.
David GrayInscopix, Mountain View, CA, USA.
Rouba KozakNovartis, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Matthew LeoniCerevel Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.
Cari CombsCerevel Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.
Sridhar DuvvuriCerevel Therapeutics, Boston, MA, USA.
Cerevel Therapeutics (United States) · USInscopix (United States) · USInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives · FRNovartis (United States) · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Currently, available therapeutics for the treatment of Parkinson's disease (PD) fail to provide sustained and predictable relief from motor symptoms without significant risk of adverse events (AEs). While dopaminergic agents, particularly levodopa, may initially provide strong motor control, this efficacy can vary with disease progression. Patients may suffer from motor fluctuations, including sudden and unpredictable drop-offs in efficacy. Dopamine agonists (DAs) are often prescribed during early-stage PD with the expectation they will delay the development of levodopa-associated complications, but currently available DAs are less effective than levodopa for the treatment of motor symptoms. Furthermore, both levodopa and DAs are associated with a significant risk of AEs, many of which can be linked to strong, repeated stimulation of D2/D3 dopamine receptors. Targeting D1/D5 dopamine receptors has been hypothesized to produce strong motor benefits with a reduced risk of D2/D3-related AEs, but the development of D1-selective agonists has been previously hindered by intolerable cardiovascular AEs and poor pharmacokinetic properties. There is therefore an unmet need in PD treatment for therapeutics that provide sustained and predictable efficacy, with strong relief from motor symptoms and reduced risk of AEs. Partial agonism at D1/D5 has shown promise for providing relief from motor symptoms, potentially without the AEs associated with D2/D3-selective DAs and full D1/D5-selective DAs. Tavapadon is a novel oral partial agonist that is highly selective at D1/D5 receptors and could meet these criteria. This review summarizes currently available evidence of tavapadon's therapeutic potential for the treatment of early through advanced PD.

Indexed as

Dopamine AgonistsParkinson DiseaseAntiparkinson AgentsDopamine AgentsHumansLevodopaReceptors, Dopamine D1Receptors, Dopamine D2Antiparkinson AgentsDopamine AgentsDopamine AgonistsLevodopaReceptors, Dopamine D1Receptors, Dopamine D2D1 agonistD1/D5 partial dopamine agonistdirect pathwayDopamine receptorsindirect pathwaymotor symptomsParkinson’s diseasetavapadon.

Identifiers

PMID36999711
PMCPMC10909821
OpenAlexW4362458489

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