New approaches to treatments for sleep, pain and autonomic failure in Parkinson's disease - Pharmacological therapies

Katarina Rukavina, Lucia Batzu, Valentina Leta, K Ray Chaudhuri*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

4 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Non-motor symptoms (NMSs) are highly prevalent throughout the course of Parkinson's disease (PD). Pain, autonomic dysfunction and sleep disturbances remain at the forefront of the most common NMSs; their treatment is challenging and their effect on the quality of life of both patients and caregivers detrimental. Yet, the landscape of clinical trials in PD is still dominated by therapeutic strategies seeking to ameliorate motor symptoms; subsequently, effective strategies to successfully treat NMSs remain a huge unmet need. Wider awareness among industry and researchers is thus essential to give rise to development and delivery of high-quality, large-scale clinical trials in enriched populations of patients with PD-related pain, autonomic dysfunction and sleep. In this review, we discuss recent developments in the field of pharmacological treatment strategies designed or re-purposed to target three key NMSs: pain, autonomic dysfunction and sleep disturbances. We focus on emerging evidence from recent clinical trials and outline some exciting and intriguing findings that call for further investigations.
Original languageEnglish
Article number108959
Pages (from-to)108959
JournalNeuropharmacology
Volume208
Early online date29 Jan 2022
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 May 2022

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'New approaches to treatments for sleep, pain and autonomic failure in Parkinson's disease - Pharmacological therapies'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this