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ReviewJournal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996)2024

Advanced therapies in Parkinson's disease: an individualized approach to their indication.

Nils Schröter, Bastian E A Sajonz, Wolfgang H Jost, Michel Rijntjes, Volker A Coenen, Sergiu Groppa

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Review in Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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19citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Non motor Parkinson: subtypes, biomarkers, stepped care and a journal!Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2026
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  14. Advanced therapy in advanced Parkinson's disease: money's too tight to mention.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025
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  15. Pharmacogenetics in advanced Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025
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  17. The Treatment of Older Patients with Parkinson's Disease.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Nils Schröter *Department of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany. nils.schroeter@uniklinik-freiburg.de.ORCID 0000-0002-3833-9822
Bastian E A Sajonz *Department of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Wolfgang H JostParkinson-Klinik Ortenau, Wolfach, Germany.
Michel RijntjesDepartment of Neurology and Clinical Neuroscience, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Volker A CoenenDepartment of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery, Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany.
Sergiu GroppaSection of Movement Disorders and Neurostimulation, Department of Neurology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Mainz, Germany.
University of Freiburg · DEJohannes Gutenberg University Mainz · DEParkinson-Klinik Ortenau · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Device aided therapies (DAT) comprising the intrajejunal administration of levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel (LCIG) and levodopa/carbidopa/entacapone intestinal gel (LECIG), the continuous subcutaneous application of foslevodopa/foscarbidopa or apomorphine infusion (CSAI) and deep brain stimulation (DBS) are used to treat Parkinson's disease with insufficient symptom alleviation under intensified pharmacotherapy. These DAT significantly differ in their efficacy profiles, indication, invasiveness, contraindications, and potential side effects. Usually, the evaluation of all these procedures is conducted simultaneously at the same point in time. However, as disease progression and symptom burden is extremely heterogeneous, clinical experience shows that patients reach the individual milestones for a certain therapy at different points in their disease course. Therefore, advocating for an individualized therapy evaluation for each DAT, requiring an ongoing evaluation. This necessitates that, during each consultation, the current symptomatology should be analyzed, and the potential suitability for a DAT be assessed. This work represents a critical interdisciplinary appraisal of these therapies in terms of their individual profiles and compares these DAT regarding contraindications, periprocedural considerations as well as their efficacy regarding motor- and non-motor deficits, supporting a personalized approach.

Indexed as

Antiparkinson AgentsDeep Brain StimulationParkinson DiseaseCarbidopaHumansLevodopaPrecision MedicineAntiparkinson AgentsCarbidopaLevodopaCSAIDBSDevice aided therapiesLCIGParkinson’s disease

Identifiers

PMID38613674
PMCPMC11502575
OpenAlexW4394783462

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