Watch app StrivePD helps patients between doctor visits in pilot

App-based consumer technology like Rune Labs’ StrivePD may help people with Parkinson’s disease feel more confident in managing their symptoms, bridging the gap in specialty care by providing continuous monitoring, according to the results of a pilot program done in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente. Patients in the program…

Duopa Found to Quickly Ease Motor Fluctuations in Phase 3 Trial

One year of treatment with Duopa, a levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel, led to fast and sustained reductions in motor fluctuations and improved symptom control throughout the day among people with advanced Parkinson’s disease. That’s according to new analyses of data from a earlier large-scale Phase 3 clinical trial that…

Flexilev Microtablets May Help to Treat Parkinson’s for Some Patients

Flexilev microtablets containing both levodopa/carbidopa, used with an automatic dose dispenser, seemed to improve self-reported symptom control in some patients with Parkinson’s disease, according to a first report of the treatment’s real-life use. The study, “First clinical experience with levodopa/carbidopa microtablets in Parkinson’s disease,” also noted that most patients…