Shana E. McCormack MD, MTR, David R. Weber MD, MSCE, David R. Lynch MD, PhD
<p>We read with interest the recent open label trial (n = 20) of 0.25 mcg/24 h of oral calcitriol in individuals 16 to 65 years old with genetically confirmed Friedreich Ataxia (FRDA).<span><sup>1</sup></span></p><p>The authors performed this trial to follow up on previous in vitro studies in which supplementation with calcitriol (eg, 20 nmol/L) in dorsal root ganglion neurons produced biochemical changes, including restoration of mitochondrial membrane potential, decrease in markers of apoptosis and degeneration, and cell survival.<span><sup>2</sup></span> Of note, the highest upper limit of the physiologic reference range for peripheral blood 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (eg, Mayo Clinic, females <16 years) is 86 pg/mL or 215 pmol/L or 0.2 nmol/L, two orders of magnitude below the values achieved in vitro with calcitriol supplementation. Therefore, dose selection becomes a highly relevant consideration for this translational study. Moreover, vitamin D metabolism is cell- and tissue-specific. Thus, it challenging to extrapolate from 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D measurements made in vitro or even in vivo in peripheral blood to predict the effects of calcitriol supplementation in cardiac, musculoskeletal, or central nervous system in humans.<span><sup>3</sup></span></p><p>The dose of 0.25 mcg of calcitriol is cited as “low” by the group, but this designation is misleading, because calcitriol is most often prescribed to address hypocalcemia or secondary hyperparathyroidism in individuals with kidney disease or hypocalcemia in individuals with hypoparathyroidism. Individuals with FRDA do not have these disorders, nor is there clear evidence of overt deficiency in 1,25-OH-vitamin D in FRDA. Therefore, whereas this calcitriol dose might be considered “low” for individuals who meet typical indications, the dose is supra-physiologic for most others, including those with FRDA.</p><p>The most concerning claim of this study is that this regimen is safe. Of the 20 participants initially studied, five were withdrawn for what were indeed conservative stopping criteria for hypercalcemia; still, one quarter represents a sizeable proportion. Moreover, the study did not include additional safety assessments to support the safety claim, for example, measurement of urinary calcium excretion (a more sensitive measurement of excess 1,25-OH-vitamin D exposure depleting calcium stores from bone) or dual energy x-ray absorptiometry (to assess areal bone mineral density), which is relevant given many individuals with FRDA already have impaired bone health.<span><sup>4, 5</sup></span> Perhaps most relevant, participants were required to stop taking any supplemental calcium and/or vitamin D3 in the 30 days before enrollment. If these individuals were not consuming the typical recommended daily intake of calcium and vitamin D3, and given the established risk of vitamin D insufficiency in this population from previous studies, then such a decision is contrary to care guidelines tha
我们饶有兴趣地阅读了最近一项开放标签试验(n = 20),该试验针对 16 至 65 岁经基因确诊的弗里德里希共济失调症(FRDA)患者口服 0.25 微克/24 小时的降钙素三醇。1 作者进行这项试验是为了跟进之前的体外研究,在这些研究中,背根神经节神经元补充降钙素三醇(如 20 毫摩尔/升)可产生生化变化,包括线粒体膜电位恢复、细胞凋亡和变性标志物减少以及细胞存活。值得注意的是,外周血 1,25-二羟维生素 D 生理参考范围的最高上限(例如,梅奥诊所,女性<16 岁)为 86 pg/mL 或 215 pmol/L 或 0.2 nmol/L,比补充钙三醇在体外达到的值低两个数量级。因此,在这项转化研究中,剂量选择是一个非常重要的考虑因素。此外,维生素 D 的代谢具有细胞和组织特异性。因此,从体外甚至体内外周血中的 1,25-二羟维生素 D 测量值推断补充钙三醇对人体心脏、肌肉骨骼或中枢神经系统的影响具有挑战性。该研究小组称 0.25 微克的降钙素三醇剂量为 "低剂量",但这种说法具有误导性,因为降钙素三醇最常被用于治疗肾病患者的低钙血症或继发性甲状旁腺功能亢进症,或甲状旁腺功能减退症患者的低钙血症。FRDA 患者没有这些疾病,也没有明确证据表明 FRDA 患者明显缺乏 1,25-OH-维生素 D。因此,对于符合典型适应症的人来说,降钙素三醇的剂量可能被认为是 "低 "的,但对于包括 FRDA 患者在内的大多数其他人来说,该剂量是超生理剂量。在最初接受研究的 20 名参与者中,有 5 人因高钙血症而退出研究,这确实是保守的停药标准;尽管如此,四分之一的参与者仍占了相当大的比例。此外,该研究并未包括额外的安全性评估来支持安全性声明,例如,尿钙排泄测量(一种更灵敏的测量过量 1,25-OH- 维生素 D 暴露消耗骨骼中钙储存的方法)或双能 X 射线吸收测量法(用于评估骨矿物质密度),鉴于许多 FRDA 患者的骨骼健康已经受损,这一点非常重要4,5。如果这些人没有摄入典型的钙和维生素 D3 推荐日摄入量,并考虑到以前的研究已经确定了这一人群维生素 D 不足的风险,那么这样的决定就违背了护理指南,该指南提倡确保所有人群摄入充足的钙和维生素 D,尤其是那些有骨骼脆弱风险的人群。作者建议对更高剂量的钙三醇进行研究,但在考虑和解决上述问题之前,似乎没有必要这样做。特别是考虑到降钙素三醇的随时可用性,FRDA 社区需要明确补充降钙素三醇的安全性和有效性。SEM、DRW、DRL:撰写和编辑手稿的最终版本。
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Daniel Ciampi de Andrade MD, PhD, Veit Mylius, Santiago Perez Lloret
<p>We read with interest the OXYDOPA study by Brefel-Courbon et al,<span><sup>1</sup></span> where central pain in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) was treated by prolonged-release oxycodone, increase in levodopa, or placebo. The authors should be complimented for conducting such a complex multicenter trial on a topic that needs urgent new data and that extended itself through times of coronavirus disease pandemics. Bravo.</p><p>Pain is among the most burdensome non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and to date no effective evidence-based treatment exists for its control. Different pain types have different mechanisms of disease, which respond differently to therapeutic interventions. This means that clinicians should first assess the pain type PwP have and then proceed to a specific therapy.</p><p>To do that, three steps need to be completed. First, clinicians need to ascertain that pain is chronic (ie, being present most of the days for more than 3 months). Interestingly, several classification systems for pain in PD do not ascertain that pain is chronic. Second, since pain affects at least 20% of the general population, one needs to ascertain that chronic pain in PwP is related to PD. By ignoring this point, one risks misclassifying, for example, migraine, or previously existing fibromyalgia as PD-related pain. More than 20% of PwP have pains not related to the disease. Third, the classification should acknowledge general classification frameworks and previous knowledge generated by the field of PD and pain.<span><sup>2</sup></span></p><p>The present study aimed at chronic pain in PwP, therefore, fulfilling the first step. However, it classified PD-related pain using a classification system that has not yet been validated. There was no reference to the relationship between patient's pain and PD. Therefore, the study sample may have included PwP with different pain mechanisms.</p><p>What is more problematic is the use of “central neuropathic pain.” Central neuropathic pain because of PD does not stand with any current classification of central neuropathic pain (see Table 1).<span><sup>3</sup></span> There is no doubt that the clinical phenotype described as being of central neuropathic pain exists in PwP, but it is rare.<span><sup>4</sup></span></p><p>The authors also mixed the concept of “central neuropathic pain” with “central parkinsonian pain.” The problematic definition of the pain type under study makes the results of this study difficult to apply to the clinical practice.</p><p>“Central parkinsonian pain” fits the definition of nociplastic pain (as suggested in the very same paper used for pain classification in the present study)<span><sup>5</sup></span> (Table 1). The classification of PD-related pains according to its mechanistic descriptors (nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic) has been validated clinically, has shown to provide different profiles of somatosensory and cortical excitability changes in PwP,<span><su
{"title":"What Is In A Name?","authors":"Daniel Ciampi de Andrade MD, PhD, Veit Mylius, Santiago Perez Lloret","doi":"10.1002/mds.29943","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mds.29943","url":null,"abstract":"<p>We read with interest the OXYDOPA study by Brefel-Courbon et al,<span><sup>1</sup></span> where central pain in people with Parkinson's disease (PwP) was treated by prolonged-release oxycodone, increase in levodopa, or placebo. The authors should be complimented for conducting such a complex multicenter trial on a topic that needs urgent new data and that extended itself through times of coronavirus disease pandemics. Bravo.</p><p>Pain is among the most burdensome non-motor symptoms of Parkinson's disease (PD) and to date no effective evidence-based treatment exists for its control. Different pain types have different mechanisms of disease, which respond differently to therapeutic interventions. This means that clinicians should first assess the pain type PwP have and then proceed to a specific therapy.</p><p>To do that, three steps need to be completed. First, clinicians need to ascertain that pain is chronic (ie, being present most of the days for more than 3 months). Interestingly, several classification systems for pain in PD do not ascertain that pain is chronic. Second, since pain affects at least 20% of the general population, one needs to ascertain that chronic pain in PwP is related to PD. By ignoring this point, one risks misclassifying, for example, migraine, or previously existing fibromyalgia as PD-related pain. More than 20% of PwP have pains not related to the disease. Third, the classification should acknowledge general classification frameworks and previous knowledge generated by the field of PD and pain.<span><sup>2</sup></span></p><p>The present study aimed at chronic pain in PwP, therefore, fulfilling the first step. However, it classified PD-related pain using a classification system that has not yet been validated. There was no reference to the relationship between patient's pain and PD. Therefore, the study sample may have included PwP with different pain mechanisms.</p><p>What is more problematic is the use of “central neuropathic pain.” Central neuropathic pain because of PD does not stand with any current classification of central neuropathic pain (see Table 1).<span><sup>3</sup></span> There is no doubt that the clinical phenotype described as being of central neuropathic pain exists in PwP, but it is rare.<span><sup>4</sup></span></p><p>The authors also mixed the concept of “central neuropathic pain” with “central parkinsonian pain.” The problematic definition of the pain type under study makes the results of this study difficult to apply to the clinical practice.</p><p>“Central parkinsonian pain” fits the definition of nociplastic pain (as suggested in the very same paper used for pain classification in the present study)<span><sup>5</sup></span> (Table 1). The classification of PD-related pains according to its mechanistic descriptors (nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic) has been validated clinically, has shown to provide different profiles of somatosensory and cortical excitability changes in PwP,<span><su","PeriodicalId":213,"journal":{"name":"Movement Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/mds.29943","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142236610","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CAG Repeat Expansion in THAP11 Is Not Detected in a Cohort with Spinocerebellar Ataxia from Hokkaido, the Northernmost Island of Japan","authors":"Shinichi Shirai MD, PhD, Keiichi Mizushima MD, Yuka Shibata MPH, PhD, Masaaki Matsushima MD, PhD, Ikuko Iwata MD, PhD, Hiroaki Yaguchi MD, PhD, Ichiro Yabe MD, PhD","doi":"10.1002/mds.29975","DOIUrl":"10.1002/mds.29975","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":213,"journal":{"name":"Movement Disorders","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":7.4,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142236212","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}