A MDS Evidence-Based Review on Treatments for Huntington's Disease.

Ferreira, Joaquim J; Rodrigues, Filipe B; Duarte, Gonçalo S; Mestre, Tiago A; Bachoud-Levi, Anne-Catherine; Bentivoglio, Anna Rita; Burgunder, Jean-Marc; Cardoso, Francisco; Claassen, Daniel O; Landwehrmeyer, G Bernard; Kulisevsky, Jaime; Nirenberg, Melissa J; Rosser, Anne; Roth, Jan; Seppi, Klaus; Slawek, Jaroslaw; Furr-Stimming, Erin; Tabrizi, Sarah J; Walker, Francis O; Vandenberghe, Wim; ... (2022). A MDS Evidence-Based Review on Treatments for Huntington's Disease. Movement disorders, 37(1), pp. 25-35. Wiley-Blackwell 10.1002/mds.28855

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BACKGROUND

Huntington's disease (HD) is a rare neurodegenerative disorder with protean clinical manifestations. Its management is challenging, consisting mainly of off-label treatments.

OBJECTIVES

The International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society commissioned a task force to review and evaluate the evidence of available therapies for HD gene expansion carriers.

METHODS

We followed the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation (GRADE) approach. Eligible randomized controlled trials were identified via an electronic search of the CENTRAL, MEDLINE, and EMBASE databases. All eligible trials that evaluated one or more of 33 predetermined clinical questions were included. Risk of bias was evaluated using the Cochrane Risk of Bias tool. A framework was adapted to allow for efficacy and safety conclusions to be drawn from the balance between the GRADE level of evidence and the importance of the benefit/harm of the intervention.

RESULTS

Twenty-two eligible studies involving 17 interventions were included, providing data to address 8 clinical questions. These data supported a likely effect of deutetrabenazine on motor impairment, chorea, and dystonia and of tetrabenazine on chorea. The data did not support a disease-modifying effect for premanifest and manifest HD. There was no eligible evidence to support the use of specific treatments for depression, psychosis, irritability, apathy, or suicidality. Similarly, no evidence was eligible to support the use of physiotherapy, occupational therapy, exercise, dietary, or surgical treatments.

CONCLUSIONS

Data for therapeutic interventions in HD are limited and support only the use of VMAT2 inhibitors for specific motor symptoms. © 2021 International Parkinson and Movement Disorder Society.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Review Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Head Organs and Neurology (DKNS) > Clinic of Neurology

UniBE Contributor:

Burgunder, Jean-Marc

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

0885-3185

Publisher:

Wiley-Blackwell

Language:

English

Submitter:

Chantal Kottler

Date Deposited:

26 Jan 2022 09:31

Last Modified:

05 Dec 2022 16:00

Publisher DOI:

10.1002/mds.28855

PubMed ID:

34842303

Uncontrolled Keywords:

GRADE approach Huntington's disease drug therapy evidence-based medicine

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/163641

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/163641

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