TABLE 3.
Changes in Clinical according to the fluctuator category reached at end of study.
| Score | NF-C N = 24 | F-C N = 13 | F-U N = 14 | NF-U N = 16 | DK N = 7 |
| ΔMDS-UPDRS III | 8.5 (7.4)**** | 6 (9.6)* | 1.5 (5) n.s. | 6.6 (7.5)** | 4.7 (9.5)n.s. |
| ΔMDS-UPDRS IV | 2.2 (3.1)** | 1.3 (3) n.s. | 2.8 (4.5)* | 1.5 (4) n.s. | −0.4 (4.3) n.s. |
| ΔMDS-UPDRS Total | 13.5 (11.3)**** | 9.6 (13.5)* | 4 (7) n.s. | 9.5 (11.5)** | 8.8 (15.6) n.s. |
| ΔPDQ39 | 6.6 (13.8)* | 7.3 (6.2)** | 1.2 (7.2) n.s. | 2.7 (5.7) n.s. | 1.1 (9.6) n.s. |
| ΔSENS | 2.5 (4.5)* | 0.07 (3) n.s | 1.5 (2.5)* | 0.9 (5) n.s. | −0.8 (7) n.s. |
| Δ Active BKS | 3 (2.4)**** | 2 (1.5)*** | 1.9 (2.6)** | 1.1 (3.1) n.s. | −5.5 (3.3)** |
| ΔPTB | 18.7 (17.6)**** | 17.3 (13)*** | 10.4 (12.4)** | 6.1 (11.2)* | 30.4 (15.6)** |
| ΔLEDD | −200 (278)*** | −267 (144)**** | −188 (180)** | −340 (453)** | −148 (185) n.s. |
| ΔD2 | −64.5 (82.4)*** | −26 (56) n.s. | −16 (31) n.s. | 15 (94) n.s. | −21.4 (36.6) n.s. |
Δ = value of score at first visit—score at last visit, n.s. = p > 0.05, *0.05 > p > 0.01, **0.01 > p > 0.001, ***0.001 > p > 0.0001, ****0.0001 > p > 0.00001. P-values were obtained using the Paired t-test. Values are mean and SD.