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Jing S, Yuan Y, Leuratti C, Vaja V, Cattaneo C. Pharmacokinetic and Safety Study of Single and Multiple Oral Doses of Safinamide in Healthy Chinese Volunteers. Clin Pharmacol Drug Dev 2023; 12:1104-1113. [PMID: 37293981 DOI: 10.1002/cpdd.1277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 05/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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This randomized, parallel-group study evaluated the plasma pharmacokinetic profile of safinamide in 24 healthy Chinese men and women, randomly assigned to receive 50 or 100 mg of safinamide as a single dose, followed, after a 7-day washout, by multiple doses once daily for 7 days. Plasma safinamide was determined up to 96 h after the first single dose (day 1) and the last multiple dose (day 14), and up to 24 h after the first multiple dose (day 8). Following single- and multiple-dose administration, peak concentrations were achieved at a median time of 1.5-2 h. Plasma exposure increased in a dose-proportional manner. After single dose, mean half-life was 23-24 h. Area under the concentration-time curve (AUC) from time zero extrapolated to infinity was only slightly higher than AUC from time zero to the last quantifiable concentration, corresponding for the 2 parameters, respectively, to 12,380 and 11,560 ng • h/mL for the 50 mg and to 22,030 and 20,790 ng • h/mL for the 100-mg dose. AUC in the dosing interval at steady state was 13,150 and 23,100 ng • h/mL for 50 and 100 mg of safinamide. Steady state was reached in 6 days, accumulation was approximately twofold, and the pharmacokinetics were time independent. The plasma safinamide pharmacokinetic profile observed in this study is in line with the published results in both Chinese and non-Asian populations.
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- Sun Jing
- Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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Wang Y, Zhao GA, Li X, Zhang E, Tan W, Chen JQ. Establishment of a sensitive UPLC-MS/MS method to quantify safinamide in rat plasma. Front Pharmacol 2023; 14:1211383. [PMID: 37701033 PMCID: PMC10493267 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2023.1211383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Accepted: 08/03/2023] [Indexed: 09/14/2023] Open
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A fast, simple, and sensitive ultra performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (UPLC-MS/MS) method was established for the quantification of safinamide in rat plasma. Plasma samples were treated with acetonitrile for protein precipitation, and diazepam was used as an internal standard (IS). The analytes were separated on an Acquity UPLC C18 (2.1 mm × 50 mm, 1.7 μm) chromatographic column with gradient elution using a mobile phase (0.1% formic acid-acetonitrile). Then, the eluates were detected by electrospray ionization (ESI) in positive ion mode. The analytes were quantified by multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) using the transition m/z 303.3→215.0 of safinamide and m/z 285.0→154.0 of IS. Safinamide had good linearity in the concentration range of 1.0-2000 ng/mL, and the lower limit of quantitation (LLOQ) was 1.0 ng/mL. The intra- and inter-day precision and accuracy of safinamide were less than 7.63%, while the average recovery rate was 92.98%-100.29%. The method was validated to be stable and had low noise, short chromatographic run time, wide linear range, small sample volumes, low sample injection volumes, and high sensitivity. Therefore, it can be used in pharmacokinetics and preclinical and clinical studies.
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- Ying Wang
- Department of Pharmacy, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Urinary Surgery, The People’s Hospital of Lishui, Lishui, Zhejiang, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- Clinical Laboratory, The Affiliated Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo University, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China
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- The Third Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University (Gener Hospital), Chongqing, China
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- Clinical Lab, The People’s Hospital of Lishui, Lishui, Zhejiang, China
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Regensburger M, Ip CW, Kohl Z, Schrader C, Urban PP, Kassubek J, Jost WH. Clinical benefit of MAO-B and COMT inhibition in Parkinson's disease: practical considerations. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2023; 130:847-861. [PMID: 36964457 PMCID: PMC10199833 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-023-02623-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 03/26/2023]
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Inhibitors of monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) are major strategies to reduce levodopa degradation and thus to increase and prolong its effect in striatal dopaminergic neurotransmission in Parkinson's disease patients. While selegiline/rasagiline and tolcapone/entacapone have been available on the market for more than one decade, safinamide and opicapone have been approved in 2015 and 2016, respectively. Meanwhile, comprehensive data from several post-authorization studies have described the use and specific characteristics of the individual substances in clinical practice under real-life conditions. Here, we summarize current knowledge on both medication classes, with a focus on the added clinical value in Parkinson's disease. Furthermore, we outline practical considerations in the treatment of motor fluctuations and provide an outlook on ongoing studies with MAO-B and COMT inhibitors.
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- Martin Regensburger
- Department of Molecular Neurology, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany.
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
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- Abt. für Neurologie, Asklepios Klinik Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Neurology, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany
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Li X, Wen J, Liu Y, Xu B, Li Y, Li Y, Zhang P, Li X. Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence of 2 Safinamide Tablets in Healthy Chinese Volunteers Under Fasting and Fed Conditions. Clin Pharmacol Drug Dev 2023; 12:70-76. [PMID: 36057952 DOI: 10.1002/cpdd.1157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/11/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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To assess the bioequivalence of a generic safinamide tablet (test) vs a brand-name safinamide tablet (reference) and effects of food on the pharmacokinetics of safinamide in healthy Chinese subjects, a single-center, single-dose, randomized, open-label, 2-preparation, 2-period study with a 15-day washout period was undertaken. A total of 56 healthy subjects were recruited in this study (fasting, n = 28; fed, n = 28). A single dose of a 100-mg test or reference safinamide tablet was administered to each subject in a randomized sequence. Blood samples were obtained at 5 minutes before drug administration and during the 120 hours after dosing. The safinamide concentration in plasma was determined by high-performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. Pharmacokinetic parameters were analyzed with noncompartmental methods. Safety was also monitored. The major pharmacokinetic parameters including maximum plasma drug concentration, area under plasma concentration-time curve (AUC) from zero to time t (AUC0-t ), and AUC from time 0 to infinity (AUC0-∞ ) were similar between the test and reference tablets under fasting and fed conditions. The 90% CIs of the test/reference ratios of log-transformed maximum plasma drug concentration, AUC from zero to time t, and AUC from time 0 to infinity all fell within the equivalence interval (80.0%-125%) whether under fasting condition or fed condition. In conclusion, the 2 formulations of safinamide tablets were bioequivalent and well tolerated under both fasting and fed conditions in healthy Chinese volunteers. High-fat food delayed the absorption of safinamide but did not affect the final bioavailability.
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- Xin Li
- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Chia Tai Tianqing Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Pharmacy, The Third Hospital of Changsha, Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
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- Nanjing Clinical Tech Laboratories Inc., Nanjing, Jiangsu, People's Republic of China
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Collective Expert Perspectives on the Use of Safinamide as Adjunctive Therapy for Parkinson’s Disease: Online-Based Delphi Survey. PARKINSON'S DISEASE 2022; 2022:3203212. [PMID: 35873701 PMCID: PMC9307399 DOI: 10.1155/2022/3203212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2022] [Accepted: 06/22/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Background. Safinamide is a selective, reversible monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor with a sodium channel inhibitory effect. Published clinical evidence supports safinamide as an effective therapy for Parkinson’s disease (PD) with wearing-off. However, to date, no consensus recommendations have been available to guide physicians in Asia on the optimal use of safinamide in clinical practice. To summarize opinions on the optimal patient profile and methods of using safinamide in common clinical scenarios, Japanese movement disorder specialists with expertise in PD investigated the perspectives of neurologists and neurosurgeons. Methods. The Delphi panel approach was used to summarize the opinions of panelists. The panel comprised doctors from Japan with extensive clinical practice experience in the use of safinamide (n = 46 at the final round). The consensus was defined as 80% or more agreement between panelists for each scenario at the final round. Results. There was a high level of agreement that patients with the following symptoms are suitable for safinamide treatment such as bradykinesia (100%), rigidity (95.7%), and/or gait disorder (89.1%) based on motor symptoms and PD-related pain (97.8%) and/or depression or apathy (93.5%) based on non-motor symptoms. Morning-off (95.7%), but not dyskinesia (71.7%), also reached consensus. The use of high-dose safinamide (100 mg/day) was recommended when the improvement in PD symptoms is insufficient and increasing the doses of other anti-PD medications is difficult (97.8%) or when the abovementioned non-motor symptoms adversely affect daily life (93.5%). Conclusions. This report provides expert perspectives on the use of safinamide for a wide range of clinical scenarios in Japan.
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Agnieszka W, Paweł P, Małgorzata K. How to Optimize the Effectiveness and Safety of Parkinson's Disease Therapy? - A Systematic Review of Drugs Interactions with Food and Dietary Supplements. Curr Neuropharmacol 2022; 20:1427-1447. [PMID: 34784871 PMCID: PMC9881082 DOI: 10.2174/1570159x19666211116142806] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 11/09/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Despite increasing worldwide incidence of Parkinson's disease, the therapy is still suboptimal due to the diversified clinical manifestations, lack of sufficient treatment, the poor adherence in advanced patients, and varied response. Proper intake of medications regarding food and managing drug-food interactions may optimize Parkinson's disease treatment. OBJECTIVES We investigated potential effects that food, beverages, and dietary supplements may have on the pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of drugs used by parkinsonian patients; identified the most probable interactions; and shaped recommendations for the optimal intake of drugs regarding food. METHODS We performed a systematic review in adherence to PRISMA guidelines, and included a total of 81 studies in the qualitative synthesis. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION We found evidence for levodopa positive interaction with coffee, fiber and vitamin C, as well as for the potential beneficial impact of low-fat and protein redistribution diet. Contrastingly, high-protein diet and ferrous sulfate supplements can negatively affect levodopa pharmacokinetics and effectiveness. For other drugs, the data of food impact are scarce. Based on the available limited evidence, all dopamine agonists (bromocriptine, cabergoline, ropinirole), tolcapone, rasagiline, selegiline in tablets, safinamide, amantadine and pimavanserin can be taken with or without a meal. Opicapone and orally disintegrating selegiline tablets should be administered on an empty stomach. Of monoamine oxidase B inhibitors, safinamide is the least susceptible for interaction with the tyramine-rich food, whereas selegiline and rasagiline may lose selectivity to monoamine oxidase B when administered in supratherapeutic doses. The level of presented evidence is low due to the poor studies design, their insufficient actuality, and missing data.
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- Wiesner Agnieszka
- Department of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Str, 30-688 Kraków, Poland;
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- Department of Food Chemistry and Nutrition, Faculty of Pharmacy, Jagiellonian University Medical College, 9 Medyczna Str, 30-688 Kraków, Poland;
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- Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 30 Dojazd Str., 60-631 Poznań, Poland,Address correspondence to this author at the Department of Toxicology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 30 Dojazd Str., 60-631 Poznań, Poland; Tel/Fax: +48618472081, +4861847072; E-mail:
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A critical appraisal of MAO-B inhibitors in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. J Neural Transm (Vienna) 2022; 129:723-736. [PMID: 35107654 PMCID: PMC9188534 DOI: 10.1007/s00702-022-02465-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2021] [Accepted: 01/15/2022] [Indexed: 10/31/2022]
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Since the 1980s, the MAO-B inhibitors have gained considerable status in the therapy of the Parkinson's disease. In addition to the symptomatic effect in mono- and combination therapies, a neuroprotective effect has repeatedly been a matter of some discussion, which has unfortunately led to a good many misunderstandings. Due to potential interactions, selegiline has declined in significance in the field. For the MAO-B inhibitor safinamide, recently introduced to the market, an additional inhibition of pathological release of glutamate has been postulated. At present, rasagiline and selegiline are being administered in early therapy as well as in combination with levodopa. Safinamide has been approved only for combination therapy with levodopa when motor fluctuations have occurred. MAO-B inhibitors are a significant therapeutic option for Parkinson's disease, an option which is too often not appreciated properly.
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Wasan H, Singh D, Kh R. Safinamide in neurological disorders and beyond: Evidence from preclinical and clinical studies. Brain Res Bull 2020; 168:165-177. [PMID: 33387637 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2020.12.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2020] [Revised: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The discovery and development of safinamide, an alpha-aminoamide, has been a valuable addition to the existing clinical management of Parkinson's disease (PD). The journey of safinamide dates back to the year 1983, when an alpha-aminoamide called milacemide showed a weak anticonvulsant activity. Milacemide was then structurally modified to give rise to safinamide, which in turn produced robust anticonvulsant activity. The underlying mechanism behind this action of safinamide is attributed to the inhibition of voltage gated calcium and sodium channels. Moreover, owing to the importance of ion channels in maintaining neuronal circuitry and neurotransmitter release, numerous studies explored the potential of safinamide in neurological diseases including PD, stroke, multiple sclerosis and neuromuscular disorders such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy and non-dystrophic myotonias. Nevertheless, evidence from multiple preclinical studies suggested a potent, selective and reversible inhibitory activity of safinamide against monoamine oxidase (MAO)-B enzyme which is responsible for degrading dopamine, a neurotransmitter primarily implicated in the pathophysiology of PD. Therefore, clinical studies were conducted to assess safety and efficacy of safinamide in PD. Indeed, results from various Phase 3 clinical trials suggested strong evidence of safinamide as an add-on therapy in controlling the exacerbation of PD. This review presents a thorough developmental history of safinamide in PD and provides comprehensive insight into plausible mechanisms via which safinamide can be explored in other neurological and muscular diseases.
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- Himika Wasan
- Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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- Department of Pharmacology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
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The deficiency pattern of neurotransmitters is heterogeneous in patients with Parkinson's disease. Consequence is an individual variable expression of motor and nonmotor features. They respond to agents with a broader spectrum of mode of actions, whereas dopamine substitution only targets impaired motor behavior. The pharmacological profile of safinamide includes reversible monoamine oxidase B inhibition and modulation of voltage-dependent sodium- and calcium channels with consecutive decline of glutamate release. Safinamide improves motor and nonmotor symptoms. Combination of safinamide with the catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor opicapone in one capsule is a promising future treatment alternative, which simplifies drug therapy in Parkinson's disease. Both agents complement each other in terms of application mode and efficacy on motor complications as adjuncts to levodopa therapy.
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- Thomas Müller
- Department of Neurology, St Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weißensee, Gartenstr. 1, 13088 Berlin, Germany
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Bette S, Shpiner DS, Singer C, Moore H. Safinamide in the management of patients with Parkinson's disease not stabilized on levodopa: a review of the current clinical evidence. Ther Clin Risk Manag 2018; 14:1737-1745. [PMID: 30271159 PMCID: PMC6152599 DOI: 10.2147/tcrm.s139545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Safinamide (Xadago®) is a novel medication with both dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic effects, approved first by the European Commission and more recently by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as an adjunctive treatment to carbidopa/levodopa in patients with mid- to late-stage Parkinson’s disease (PD) and motor fluctuations. It works through multiple mechanisms, namely as a reversible selective monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor and through modulation of glutamate release. Safinamide is extensively metabolized via oxidation to several inactive metabolites that are excreted primarily through the urine. Several large Phase III clinical trials of patients with advanced PD with motor fluctuations have shown that safinamide, administered orally at doses of 50–100 mg daily, increased ON time with no or non-troublesome dyskinesia, decreased daily OFF time, improved overall motor function (as measured by Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale [UPDRS] part III total score), and quality of life (as measured by Clinical Global Impression-Change and 39-item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire). In large clinical trials of patients with early PD on a single dopamine agonist, safinamide administered orally at a dose of 100 mg daily improved overall motor function as measured by UPDRS part III total score; however, some of the results reported were exploratory. Safinamide is generally well-tolerated and safe, with few to no treatment-related adverse events. Safinamide does not cause new or worsening dyskinesia and may be able to reduce this symptom in patients reporting it at baseline. Evidence suggests that safinamide is a good option for add-on therapy to carbidopa/levodopa in patients with advanced PD with motor complications, but there is still insufficient evidence to recommend it as monotherapy or add-on therapy in patients with early PD.
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- Sagari Bette
- Department of Neurology, Division of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA,
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA,
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA,
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- Department of Neurology, Division of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders, University of Miami - Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA,
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Heterogeneous expression of neurotransmitter deficits results from onset and progression of Parkinson's disease. Intervals, characterized by reappearance of motor and associated certain nonmotor symptoms, determine the end of good tolerability and efficacy of oral levodopa therapy. These "OFF" states result from levodopa pharmacokinetics and disease progression-related deterioration of the central buffering capacity for fluctuations of dopamine levels. This review discusses safinamide as an add-on therapeutic agent in orally levodopa-treated patients with "OFF" phenomena. Safinamide provided beneficial effects on "OFF" symptoms in pivotal trials with doses of 50 or 100 mg once daily. Safinamide reversibly inhibits mono-amine oxidase B and declines abnormal glutamate release by modulation of potassium- and sodium ion channels. An ideal candidate for combination with safinamide is opicapone. This inhibitor of peripheral catechol-O-methyltransferase supports continuous brain delivery of levodopa and, thus, the continuous dopaminergic stimulation concept. Both compounds with their once-daily application and good tolerability may complement each other by reduction of necessary oral levodopa intakes and "OFF" times. Thus, a promising, future option will be combination of safinamide and opicapone in one formulation. It will reduce adherence issues and may complement levodopa treatment. It will probably cause less nausea and edema than a dopamine agonist/levodopa regimen.
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- Thomas Müller
- Department of Neurology, St. Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
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- Washington State University, Yakima, USA
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Müller T. Pharmacokinetic drug evaluation of safinamide mesylate for the treatment of mid-to-late stage Parkinson’s disease. Expert Opin Drug Metab Toxicol 2017; 13:693-699. [DOI: 10.1080/17425255.2017.1329418] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Thomas Müller
- Department of Neurology, St. Joseph Hospital Berlin-Weißensee, Berlin, Germany
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deSouza RM, Schapira A. Safinamide for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease. Expert Opin Pharmacother 2017; 18:937-943. [DOI: 10.1080/14656566.2017.1329819] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- Ruth Mary deSouza
- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Neurology, University College London, London, UK
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Safinamide (Xadago®) is an orally active, selective, reversible monoamine oxidase-B inhibitor with both dopaminergic and non-dopaminergic (glutamatergic) properties. In the EU, safinamide is approved for the treatment of mid- to late-stage fluctuating Parkinson's disease (PD) as add-on therapy to a stable dose of levodopa alone or in combination with other PD medications. Safinamide 50-100 mg/day administered as a fixed or flexible dose significantly increased daily 'on' time without dyskinesia (primary endpoint) in patients with mid- to late-stage PD with motor fluctuations in 24-week, placebo-controlled clinical trials. Other outcomes, including motor function, overall clinical status and health-related quality of life, were also generally improved with safinamide. Furthermore, in an 18-month extension of one study, although dyskinesia (primary endpoint) was not significantly improved with safinamide relative to placebo, treatment benefits in other outcomes were generally sustained over 24 months of treatment. Safinamide was generally well tolerated in clinical trials; dyskinesia was the most common adverse event. Although further studies are needed, including comparative and long-term studies, current evidence indicates that safinamide extends the treatment options available for use as add-on therapy to levodopa and other PD medications in patients with mid- to late-stage PD experiencing motor fluctuations.
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- Hannah A Blair
- Springer, Private Bag 65901, Mairangi Bay, 0754, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Springer, Private Bag 65901, Mairangi Bay, 0754, Auckland, New Zealand
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Marquet A, Kupas K, Johne A, Astruc B, Patat A, Krösser S, Kovar A. The Effect of Safinamide, a Novel Drug for Parkinson's Disease, on Pressor Response to Oral Tyramine: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Clinical Trial. Clin Pharmacol Ther 2012; 92:450-7. [DOI: 10.1038/clpt.2012.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Malek NM, Grosset DG. Investigational agents in the treatment of Parkinson's disease: focus on safinamide. J Exp Pharmacol 2012; 4:85-90. [PMID: 27186120 PMCID: PMC4863549 DOI: 10.2147/jep.s34343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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The authors review management issues in Parkinson's disease (PD) and provide an overview of the current pharmacological management strategies, with a specific focus on safinamide. Current therapeutic management of PD largely involves strategies to optimize the replacement of deficient dopamine, using levodopa, dopamine agonists, and inhibitors of dopamine-metabolizing enzymes. Currently under investigation for use in the treatment of PD, safinamide has multiple modes of action including monoamine oxidase B inhibition. It is well absorbed orally, has a long plasma half-life, and does not have liver enzyme-inducing or liver enzyme-inhibiting activity. Peak plasma concentration occurs 2-4 hours after single oral doses. Safinamide as monotherapy and as an adjunct to dopamine agonists improves Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores. One randomized, placebo-controlled trial involving 168 patients given a median safinamide dose of 70 mg/day (range 40-90 mg/day) significantly increased the proportion of responders - defined as patients improving their Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale motor scores by 30% or more from baseline - after 3 months (37.5% for safinamide versus 21.4% for placebo; P < 0.05). Safinamide increased "on" time with no or minor dyskinesia compared with the placebo in another trial, but dyskinesia severity was not reduced. Safinamide was well tolerated, with an adverse effect profile similar to that of the placebo. Further Phase III trial data for safinamide efficacy is awaited, and will be of interest in a comparison with other developments in PD therapeutics: modified formulations of available compounds, new drug classes such as adenosine receptor antagonists, and gene-based therapies.
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- Naveed M Malek
- Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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- Department of Neurology, Institute of Neurological Sciences, Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, UK
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Di Stefano AFD, Radicioni MM, Rusca A. Pressor response to oral tyramine and monoamine oxidase inhibition during treatment with ralfinamide (NW-1029). Neurotox Res 2012; 23:315-26. [PMID: 22872464 DOI: 10.1007/s12640-012-9344-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2012] [Revised: 07/18/2012] [Accepted: 07/20/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
Abstract
Ralfinamide, an original Na(+) channel blocker developed for the treatment of chronic pain, inhibits monoamineoxidase-B with no apparent effect on monoamineoxidase-A. To evaluate the pressor response to oral tyramine under fasting conditions during treatment with ralfinamide in healthy normotensive subjects. Ten women and 10 men aged 52.9 ± 5.5, sensitive to the oral tyramine pressor effect in the dose range 200-400 mg, received ralfinamide 320 mg daily during 7 days of confinement. Starting on day 5, ascending doses of tyramine 50, 100 and 200 mg were daily administered to subjects, who had responded to 200 mg at screening, and 100, 200 and 400 mg to the 400 mg responders. Vital parameters were monitored. The systolic blood pressure peak (ΔSBP), the time to achieve the peak (Δt) and the area under the pressure curve (over baseline) were calculated. ΔSBP ≥ 30 mmHg were measured for one subject with tyramine 200 mg and for 11 subjects with 400 mg, whilst ΔSBP was <30 mmHg for eight subjects at all the tested doses. ΔSBP, Δt and AUC after co-treatment with ralfinamide and tyramine were not significantly different from those measured after tyramine alone. Ralfinamide did not potentiate the pressor response to single oral doses of tyramine from 50 to 400 mg. These preliminary results give an evidence for the specificity of ralfinamide for MAO-B in comparison with MAO-A, analogously to the observations previously done for safinamide. Dietary tyramine restrictions may not be necessary in neuropathic pain patients receiving ralfinamide as a therapy.
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