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. 2004 Oct 18;2004(4):CD004554. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD004554.pub2
UPDRS Motor section (Part III)
Study Placebo Entacapone Tolcapone (50mg) Tolcapone (100mg) Tolcapone (200mg) Tolcapone (400mg)
Entacapone
Brooks UK‐IRISH 2003 'On' state. Placebo n = 57 Entacapone n = 115; not significant        
Myllyla FILOMEN 2001 'On' state. Placebo n = 108 Entacapone n = 218; P<0.01        
Poewe CELOMEN 2002 'On' state. Placebo n = 88 Entacapone n = 172; P<0.01 (95% CI ‐5.13; ‐0.46)        
PSG SEESAW 1997 'On' state. Placebo n = 102 Entacapone n = 103; P=0.02        
Rinne NOMECOMT 1998 Placebo n = 86 Entacapone n = 85; P<0.05        
Tolcapone (all doses)
Adler TFSGIII 1998 'On' state. Placebo n=72, least‐squares mean = ‐1.2 (SD 5.9)     Tolcapone 100mg n=69, least‐squares mean = ‐2.3 (SD 5.8); not significant Tolcapone 200mg n=74 least‐squares mean = ‐2.4 (SD 6.0); not significant  
Baas 1997 'On' state. Placebo n=58, least‐squares mean = ‐2.1 (SD 1.1)     Tolcapone 100mg n=60, least‐squares mean = ‐4.2 (SD1.0); not significant Tolcapone 200mg n=59, least‐squares mean = ‐6.5 (SD 1.0); P<0.01  
Dupont TIPSII 1997 Placebo n=33, least‐squares mean = ‐1.5 (SD 7.5)       Tolcapone 200mg n=32, least‐squares mean = ‐1.0 (SD 7.4); not significant Tolcapone 400mg n=32, least squares mean = ‐1.0 (SD 7.9); not significant
Myllyla TIPS1 1997 'On' state. Placebo n=37, least‐squares mean = ‐0.3 (SD 10.3)   Tolcapone 50mg n=34, least squares mean ‐2.6 (SD 11.1); not significant   Tolcapone 200mg n=31, least‐squares mean ‐5.8 (SD 10.6); not significant Tolcapone 400mg n=31, least squares mean = ‐3.7 (SD 11.1); not significant
Rajput 1997 'On' state. Placebo n=66, mean ‐0.4 (SD 7.3)     Tolcapone 100mg n=69, mean ‐1.9 (SD 7.5); not significant Tolcapone 200mg n=67, mean ‐2.0 (SD 7.4); not significant