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The effectiveness of opicapone treatment compared to entacapone in Parkinson's disease using electronic primary healthcare records and linked secondary care data

Safe People

Organisation name

Pharmatelligence Ltd

Organisation sector

Commercial

Applicant name(s)

Craig Currie - Chief Investigator - Pharmatelligence LimitedEllen Berni - Corresponding Applicant - Pharmatelligence LimitedDavid Heaton - Collaborator - OPEN VIE ( Harvey Walsh Ltd )Francesca Morgante - Collaborator - St George'sUniversity of LondonK Ray Chaudhuri - Collaborator - King's College LondonMatthew O'Connell - Collaborator - OPEN VIE ( Harvey Walsh Ltd )Myriam Alexander - Collaborator - OPEN VIE ( Harvey Walsh Ltd )Rhiannon Thomason - Collaborator - OPEN VIE ( Harvey Walsh Ltd )Stoyan Minchev - Collaborator - Bial Phama UK LtdValentina Di Foggia - Collaborator - Bial Phama UK Ltd

Safe Projects

Project ID

CPRD462

Lay summary

Opicapone is a treatment for Parkinson’s disease patients which is added to other therapies when symptoms are not controlled (known as end of dose on-off phenomena). Although Parkinson’s disease is diagnosed by its motor symptoms, non-motor symptoms such as sleep disturbances are also prevalent and can be more disabling than the motor symptoms.

Technical summary

Parkinson’s disease is associated with disabling motor and non-motor symptoms (including sleep disturbances). Opicapone is a catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitor indicated in Parkinson’s disease as an adjunct to levodopa and dopa-decarboxylase inhibitors in patients with end-of-dose motor fluctuations. This study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of opicapone in Parkinson’s disease in routine practice.

Latest approval date

24/03/2021

Safe Data

Dataset(s) name

HES Accident and Emergency

HES Admitted Patient Care

HES Outpatient

Safe Setting

Access type

Release