Adamas Pharmaceuticals publishes Phase 3 Gocovri Parkinson’s data

Adamas Pharmaceuticals announced that pooled Phase 3 data of Gocovri extended release capsules were published online in Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Results from pooled Phase 3 ADS-5102 clinical trials, concluded that dyskinesias in people with Parkinson’s disease can impact a patient’s activities of daily living, or ADLs, across multiple tasks and that treatment with Gocovri can help ameliorate the impairment. Gocovri is the first and only medicine approved by the FDA for the treatment of dyskinesia in patients with Parkinson’s disease receiving levodopa-based therapy, with or without concomitant dopaminergic medications. It is also the only drug approved by the FDA to treat dyskinesia in people with Parkinson’s disease on levodopa therapy, as well as demonstrate a secondary benefit in reducing off time in that population. In the pooled Phase 3 analysis, most adverse reactions were of mild to moderate intensity, and the most common adverse reactions were hallucination, dizziness, dry mouth, peripheral edema, constipation, falls, and orthostatic hypotension. https://thefly.com/landingPageNews.php?id=2799797