INTEREST IN CD2, a global patient-centred study of long-term cervical dystonia treatment with botulinum toxin.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Longitudinal cohort studies provide important information about the clinical effectiveness of an intervention in the routine clinical setting, and are an opportunity to understand how a population presents for treatment and is managed.

Methods

INTEREST IN CD2 (NCT01753349) is a prospective, international, 3-year, longitudinal, observational study following the course of adult idiopathic cervical dystonia (CD) treated with botulinum neurotoxin type A (BoNT-A). The primary objective is to document long-term patient satisfaction with BoNT-A treatment. Here we report baseline data.

Results

This analysis includes 1036 subjects (67.4% of subjects were female; mean age was 54.7 years old; mean TWSTRS Total score was 31.7). BoNT-A injections were usually given in l

SUBMITTER: Misra VP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5808090 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature