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ArticleNeurology and therapy2025

Longitudinal Treatment Patterns of Chorea in North American Patients with Huntington's Disease: Data from Enroll-HD.

Erin Furr Stimming, Daniel O Claassen, Ginny P Sen, Olga Klepitskaya, Michael Serbin, Hyunwoo Kim, Sean C Hinton, Dietrich Haubenberger

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Erin Furr StimmingThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX, USA.
Daniel O ClaassenVanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, USA.
Ginny P SenHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA. gsen@neurocrine.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0004-7997-0954
Olga KlepitskayaHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
Michael SerbinHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
Hyunwoo KimHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
Sean C HintonHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.
Dietrich HaubenbergerHealth Economics and Outcomes Research, Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc., 12780 El Camino Real, San Diego, CA, 92130, USA.

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introductionChorea is the primary manifestation of Huntington's disease. Different clinicians pursue varied approaches to chorea management, and real-world evidence describing them is needed. The objective of this study was to assess the presence and severity of chorea, chorea pharmacotherapy, and treatment practice, and patterns in a large natural-history cohort with Huntington's disease.

methodsThe Enroll-HD research platform Periodic Dataset 5.0 was used to select subjects. Outcomes included demographics, disease-related baseline characteristics (Primary Analysis Set), and treatment patterns (Treatment Analysis Set).

resultsA total of 2590 manifest participants comprised the Primary Analysis Set with 1040 in the Treatment Analysis Set; 96.8% of participants had chorea. Mean Unified Huntington's Disease Rating Scale scores for Total Maximal Chorea, Total Motor Score, and Total Functional Capacity were 9.6, 39.5, and 7.8, respectively. During the observation period from June 2012 to October 2020, 906 (36.1%) participants received treatment for chorea. Among these, the most common first-line therapies were monotherapy VMAT2 inhibitors (49.9%) and antipsychotics (27.7%), while 7.8% of participants discontinued first-line therapy. Of those receiving VMAT2 inhibitors or antipsychotics as first line, 92% and 84%, respectively, remained on VMAT2 inhibitors or antipsychotics alone or in combination for the duration of the study. The most common second-line treatment was combination therapy.

conclusionsOnly 36.1% of participants with chorea were taking a medication indicated for chorea, and, while 49.9% of treated participants received VMAT2 inhibitors first-line, approximately half were prescribed off-label alternatives. It is unclear why patients with indications for treatment were untreated or why off-label alternatives were prescribed. Future research should elaborate on these observations.

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AntipsychoticsChoreaHuntington’s diseaseVMAT2 inhibitors

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