Incidence of Adverse Events Associated With Deutetrabenazine for the Treatment of Tardive Dyskinesia and Chorea Associated With Huntington’s Disease (4416)
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Abstract
Objective: To evaluate the safety of deutetrabenazine in treating tardive dyskinesia (TD) and chorea associated with Huntington’s disease (HD).
Background: Deutetrabenazine is FDA-approved to treat TD in adults and HD chorea. In TD patients, deutetrabenazine showed significant improvements in motor function with a favorable safety profile in two 12-week pivotal trials, ARM-TD and AIM-TD, and the 3-year open-label extension (OLE) study. In HD patients, deutetrabenazine treatment significantly reduced chorea in the 12-week pivotal First-HD trial with a favorable safety profile, which continued in the long-term OLE trial, ARC-HD.
Design/Methods: Safety was assessed by comparing incidence of adverse events (AEs) with deutetrabenazine versus placebo. For TD, safety data were integrated from the 2 pivotal studies and through Week 15 of the OLE study. Data were analyzed by dose (12mg/day [n=72], 24mg/day [n=72], 36mg/day [n=72], flexible-dose [n=168], and placebo [pooled; n=130]). For HD, safety data were integrated upon first exposure to deutetrabenazine from First-HD and through Week 15 of ARC-HD for rollover patients who previously received placebo in First-HD. Safety data for deutetrabenazine (n=84) in the integrated analysis were compared with the placebo arm in First-HD (n=45).
Results: For TD, AEs with deutetrabenazine (all doses) and placebo (pooled), respectively, were: any, 44.4–59.5% and 53.8%; serious, 2.8–8.3% and 6.9%; treatment-related, 15.3–38.1% and 30.8%; and leading to withdrawal, 2.8–5.6% and 3.1%; and leading to dose reduction, 0–8.3% and 2.3%. For HD, AEs with deutetrabenazine and placebo, respectively, were: any, 64.3% and 60.0%; serious, 2.4% and 2.2%; treatment-related, 38.1% and 26.7%; leading to withdrawal, 1.2% and 2.2%; and leading to dose reduction, 7.1% and 6.7%.
Conclusions: Deutetrabenazine, the only FDA-approved vesicular monoamine transporter 2 inhibitor for multiple indications, was generally safe and well tolerated over 12–15 weeks of exposure compared to placebo in patients with TD and HD chorea.
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