Outcome of People with Parkinson’s Disease Treated with Levodopa-Entacapone-Carbidopa Intestinal Gel Who Failed Previous Subcutaneous Foslevodopa/Foscarbidopa
<b>Introduction:</b> The clinical outcome of switching to levodopa-entacapone-carbidopa intestinal gel (LECIG) after failure of subcutaneous foslevodopa/foscarbidopa (fLD/fCD) is unknown. We analyze it in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) treated in Spain. <b>Methods:</b> Retrospective analysis of PwP who had previously received fLD/fCD but dropped out for different reasons and started before this LECIG in Spain up to 30 November 2025. Non-parametric tests were applied to evaluate the changes between the pre- (Vpre) and post-treatment (Vpost) (LECIG) periods. <b>Results:</b> Data about 14 patients (57.1% males; 66.6 ± 8.6 years old) from 12 hospitals out of a total of 15 who were treated with LECIG were included. The mean time with fLD/fCD was 98.6 ± 92.3 days, with 92.9% and 57.1% experiencing side effects and lack of response, respectively. Specifically, significant subcutaneous nodules were reported in up to 64.3% of the patients. LECIG was a direct switch from fLD/fCD in 35.7% of the patients. LECIG was well tolerated, with only one dropout due to complications related to dementia. Adverse events were reported in 28.6% and 35.7% of the patients in the optimization and final follow-up evaluation (mean follow-up of 233.7 ± 157.4 days) phases, respectively. From Vpre to Vpost, "Off" time was reduced in 2.9 ± 1.9 h (<i>p</i> = 0.002) and motor symptoms burden improved significantly (<i>p</i> = 0.013), whereas a trend of significance was found for non-motor symptoms burden (<i>p</i> = 0.050) and quality of life (<i>p</i> = 0.126). <b>Conclusions:</b> LECIG could be an alternative therapeutic option in PwP who failed fLD/fCD.
Authors
- M. Alvarez Sauco
- Diego Santos-García (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3401-2662)
- A. Blanco Ollero
- I. Legarda
- Ana Rodríguez Sanz
- Iria Campos Rodríguez
- Maria Isabel Morales-Casado
- A Peral
- L. López Manzanares
- Déborah Alonso Modino
- Tamara M. González Fernández
- Nuria Caballol
- Jesús Olivares Romero
Institutions
- Hospital Universitario La Paz (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria (ES)
- Hospital General Universitario de Elche (ES)
- Hospital de Galdakao (ES)
- Hospital El Bierzo (ES)
- Hospital Juan Ramón Jiménez (ES)
- Hospital Universitario de La Princesa (ES)
- Hospital de Sant Joan Despí Moisès Broggi (ES)
- Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (ES)
- Complejo Hospitalario Torrecárdenas (ES)
- Hospital Universitario Son Espases (ES)
- Hospital Universitario San Rafael (ES)
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (ES)
- Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Toledo (ES)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Brain Sciences
- Published
- 2026-03-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci16030343
- Primary Topic
- Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00