A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Safinamide Mesilate as Add-on Therapy to Levodopa in Parkinson's Disease Participants With Motor Fluctuation in South Korea

Summary

The primary purpose of this study is to evaluate the change at the 18th week from baseline in daily "off" time measured by participant diary and Parkinson's Disease Questionnaire-39 (PDQ-39) in participants with Parkinson's Disease who are receiving levodopa.

Timeline

Start

2022-04-05

Primary completion

2023-05-25

Completion

2023-05-25

Publications

• Oh E, Cheon SM, Cho JW, Sung YH, Kim JS, Shin HW, Kim JM, Park MY, Kwon DY, Ma H 2nd, Park JH, Koh SB, Choi SM, Park J, Lee PH, Ahn TB, Kim SJ, Lyoo CH, Lee HW, Kim J, Lee Y, Baik JS. Efficacy and safety of safinamide in Parkinson's disease patients with motor fluctuations without levodopa dosage escalation over 18 weeks: KEEP study. J Neural Transm (Vienna). 2025 Mar;132(3):431-441. doi: 10.1007/s00702-024-02851-6. Epub 2024 Nov 14.

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