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. 2022 Mar 18;8:29. doi: 10.1038/s41531-022-00291-1

Table 1.

Baseline characteristics.

Variable mITT (N = 196) Baseline OFF ≥ 2.5 h (n = 102) Baseline OFF < 2.5 h (n = 94)
Age (years), mean ± SD 64.7 ± 9.2 62.9 ± 9.1 66.7 ± 8.8
Sex, n (%) male 109 (55.6) 54 (52.9) 55 (58.5)
Race, n (%)
 White 185 (94.4) 96 (94.1) 89 (94.7)
 Other 11 (5.6) 6 (5.9) 5 (5.3)
Duration of levodopa treatment (years), mean ± SD 7.7 ± 4.0 8.0 ± 4.0 7.3 ± 3.9
Duration of dyskinesia (years), mean ± SD 3.8 ± 2.8 4.1 ± 3.1 3.4 ± 2.6
Levodopa dose (mg), mean ± SD 782 ± 491 776 ± 476 789 ± 508
LEDD (mg), mean ± SD 1024 ± 541 1026 ± 514 1021 ± 573
Concomitant PD medications, n (%)
 Any Dopamine agonist/MAOB/COMT inhibitor1 142 (72.4) 75 (73.5) 67 (71.3)
 Dopamine agonist 106 (54.1) 60 (58.8) 46 (48.9)
 MAOB-inhibitor 86 (43.9) 39 (38.2) 47 (50.0)
 COMT inhibitor* 74 (37.8) 36 (35.3) 38 (40.4)
 Anticholinergic 7 (3.6) 3 (2.9) 4 (4.3)
OFF time (h)
 Mean ± SD 2.8 ± 2.1 4.4 ± 1.6 1.0 ± 0.8
 Median [range] 2.5 [0–9.5] 4.0 [2.5–9.5] 1.0 [0–2.3]
ON time without troublesome dyskinesia (h); mean ± SD 8.4 ± 3.1 7.3 ± 2.7 9.5 ± 3.1
ON time with troublesome dyskinesia (h); mean ± SD 4.9 ± 2.6 4.6 ± 2.2 5.2 ± 2.9
MDS-UPDRS
 Total score (Parts 1-3) 50.5 ± 18.0 51.5 ± 19.1 49.4 ± 16.7
 MDS-UPDRS Part 1 score 11.4 ± 5.4 11.5 ± 5.1 11.4 ± 5.7
 MDS-UPDRS Part 2 score 15.2 ± 6.2 15.8 ± 6.3 14.6 ± 6.2
 MDS-UPDRS Part 3 score 23.8 ± 12.2 24.2 ± 14.1 23.4 ± 9.9
 MDS-UPDRS Part 4 score 11.1 ± 2.7 11.7 ± 2.2 10.6 ± 3.1
 MDS-UPDRS Part 4 OFF items (4.3 to 4.6) 6.1 ± 2.5 6.8 ± 1.9 5.4 ± 2.9
 MDS-UPDRS Part 4 Dyskinesia items (4.1 + 4.2) 5.0 ± 1.1 4.9 ± 1.0 5.2 ± 1.1
UDysRS Total score 40.1 ± 12.1 41.2 ± 11.8 39.0 ± 12.4

1Including COMT inhibitor combinations e.g., levodopa, carbidopa, entacapone combination (Stalevo).

LEDD levodopa equivalent daily dose, MAOB monoamine oxidase B, COMT Catechol-O-Methyl-Transferase, MDS-UPDRS Movement Disorder Society - Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale; The MDS-UPDRS has four parts: Part I (non-motor experiences of daily living), Part II (motor experiences of daily living), Part III (motor examination) and Part IV (motor complications). UDysRS Unified Dyskinesia Rating Scale.