Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on symptomatic effects of coenzyme Q10 in Parkinson disease
Randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial on symptomatic effects of coenzyme Q10 in Parkinson disease
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DOI:
10.1001/archneur.64.7.nct60005
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发表时间:
2007-07-01
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Reichmann, Heinz
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作者:
Storch, Alexander;Jost, Wolfgang H.;Reichmann, Heinz
Background: Major hallmarks in the pathophysiology of Parkinson disease are cellular energy depletion and oxidative stress leading to cellular dysfunction and death. Coenzyme Q(10) ( CoQ(10)) is an electron acceptor bridging mitochondrial complexes I and II/III and a potent antioxidant that consistently partially recovers the function of dopaminergic neurons.Objective: To determine whether nanoparticular CoQ(10) is safe and displays symptomatic effects in patients with midstage Parkinson disease without motor fluctuations.Design: Multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, stratified, parallel-group, single-dose trial.Setting: Academic and nonacademic movement disorder clinics.Patients: One hundred thirty-one patients with Parkinson disease without motor fluctuations and a stable antiparkinsonian treatment.Intervention: Random assignment to placebo or nanoparticular CoQ(10) ( 100 mg 3 times a day) for a treatment period of 3 months. Stratification criterion was levodopa treatment.Main Outcome Measure: The subjects underwent evaluation with the Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale ( UPDRS) at each visit on a monthly basis. The primary outcome variable was the change of the sum score of the UPDRS parts II and III between the baseline and 3-month visits.Results: One hundred thirty-one subjects were randomized according to the protocol. The mean changes of the sum UPDRS parts II/III score were -3.69 for the placebo group and -3.33 for the CoQ(10) group ( P=.82). Statistical analysis according to the stratification did not result in significant changes of the primary outcome variable. No secondary outcome measure showed a significant change between the placebo group and the CoQ(10) group. The frequency and quality of adverse events were similar in both treatment groups.Conclusions: Nanoparticular CoQ(10) at a dosage of 300 mg/d is safe and well tolerated and leads to plasma levels similar to 1200 mg/d of standard formulations. Add-on CoQ(10) does not display symptomatic effects in midstage Parkinson disease.