PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Laura Y. Cabrera
AU  - John Goudreau
AU  - Christos Sidiropoulos
TI  - Critical appraisal of the recent US FDA approval for earlier DBS intervention
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.0000000000005829
DP  - 2018 Jul 17
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 133--136
VI  - 91
IP  - 3
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/91/3/133.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/91/3/133.full
SO  - Neurology2018 Jul 17; 91
AB  - In November 2015, Medtronic announced the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the use of deep brain stimulation (DBS) therapy in people with Parkinson disease (PD) “of at least 4 years duration and with recent onset motor complications, or motor complications of longer-standing duration that are not adequately controlled with medication.” The approval was based on data from the EARLYSTIM clinical trial, a randomized, prospective, multicenter, parallel-group clinical trial in Germany and France involving 251 patients with PD. While others have reviewed the application of DBS earlier in the disease course and the results from EARLYSTIM, we focus on the conceptual, scientific, clinical, ethical, and policy issues that arise regarding the recent FDA approval.APS=atypical parkinsonian syndromes; BMT=best medical treatment; DBS=deep brain stimulation; FDA=Food and Drug Administration; GPi=globus pallidus interna; PD=Parkinson disease; STN=subthalamic nucleus