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ACTA NEUROLOGICA BELGICA
Volume 119, Issue 1, Pages 113-116Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s13760-018-0993-x
Keywords
PSP; Progressive supranuclear palsy; Dementia; Parkinsonism; Rotigotine
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Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a severe neurodegenerative disease still lacking of alleviating treatments for either cognitive or motor disturbances. Aimed at widening the spectrum of therapeutic options, here, we describe efficacy and safety of a long-term treatment with Rotigotine, a non-ergolinic dopamine agonist, in PSP. Seven PSP drug-naive patients, presenting with Richardson's syndrome, received up to 6mg/24h transdermal patch for 42 weeks as unique therapy. Adverse effects were recorded; efficacy was measured by comparing baseline and final treatment scores of Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA), Unified Parkinson Disease Rating Scale part3, and PSP rating scale (PSP-RS). At the end of our observation, no significant adverse events occurred; the cognitive item of PSP-RS was improved and MoCA score was similar at baseline. Contrariwise, motor disturbances worsened according to disease progression. Our observation thus suggests that long-term treatment with low doses of rotigotine is well tolerated and may support cognitive functions of PSP patients.
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