作者: Ana Castro Caldas , Tiago Teodoro , Joaquim J Ferreira
DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2018.1433659
关键词: Internal medicine 、 COMT inhibitor 、 Oncology 、 Clinical trial 、 Medicine 、 Tolerability 、 Safety profile 、 Parkinson's disease 、 Third generation 、 Adverse effect
摘要: ABSTRACTIntroduction: Opicapone is a novel, third generation COMT inhibitor approved for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Safety and tolerability data critical to determine benefit-harm balance anticipate therapeutic adherence.Areas covered: This review evaluates safety profile opicapone. These were extracted from all published clinical trials, including preclinical, phase I, II III studies as well postmarketing data. was safe tolerated, with frequencies treatment-emergent adverse events similar placebo.Expert opinion: have shown good profile. adds its proven efficacy convenient once-daily administration, supporting role opicapone first-line therapy motor complications in disease patients.