2019
Feasibility and safety of lumbar puncture in the Parkinson's disease research participants: Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI)
Prakash N, Caspell-Garcia C, Coffey C, Siderowf A, Tanner C, Kieburtz K, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Merchant K, Foroud T, Chahine L, Weintraub D, Casaceli C, Dorsey R, Wilson R, Herzog M, Daegele N, Arnedo V, Frasier M, Sherer T, Marek K, Frank S, Jennings D, Simuni T, Marek K, Siderowf A, Seibyl J, Coffey C, Tanner C, Tosun-Turgut D, Simuni T, Shaw L, Trojanowski J, Singleton A, Kieburtz K, Toga A, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Poewe W, Foroud T, Poston K, Sherer T, Chowdhury S, Frasier M, Kopil C, Arnedo V, Marek K, Daegele N, Casaceli C, Dorsey R, Wilson R, Mahes S, Seibyl J, Salerno C, Coffey C, Caspell-Garcia C, Toga A, Crawford K, Foroud T, Casalin P, Malferrari G, Weisz M, Orr-Urtreger A, Trojanowski J, Shaw L, Singleton A, Foroud T, Foroud T, Montine T, Foroud T, Russell D, Tanner C, Simuni T, Dahodwala N, Mollenhauer B, Galasko D, Poewe W, Giladi N, Factor S, Hogarth P, Standaert D, Hauser R, Jankovic J, Saint-Hilaire M, Richard I, Shprecher D, Fernandez H, Brockmann K, Rosenthal L, Barone P, Espay A, Rowe D, Marder K, Santiago A, Bressman S, Hu S, Isaacson S, Corvol J, Martinez J, Tolosa E, Tai Y, Politis M, Smejdir D, Rees L, Williams K, Kausar F, Williams K, Richardson W, Willeke D, Peacock S, Heim B, Mirelman A, Sommerfeld B, Freed A, Wakeman K, Blair C, Guthrie S, Harrell L, Hunter C, Thomas C, James R, Zimmerman G, Brown V, Mule J, Hilt E, Ribb K, Ainscough S, Wethington M, Ranola M, Santana H, Moreno J, Raymond D, Speketer K, Carvajal L, Carvalho S, Croitoru I, Garrido A, Payne L, Viswanth V, Severt L, Facheris M, Soares H, Mintun M, Cedarbaum J, Taylor P, Biglan K, Vandenbroucke E, Sheikh Z, Bingol B, Fischer T, Sardi P, Forrat R, Reith A, Egebjerg J, Hillert G, Saba B, Min C, Umek R, Mather J, De Santi S, Post A, Boess F, Taylor K, Grachev I, Avbersek A, Muglia P, Merchant K, Tauscher J. Feasibility and safety of lumbar puncture in the Parkinson's disease research participants: Parkinson's Progression Marker Initiative (PPMI). Parkinsonism & Related Disorders 2019, 62: 201-209. PMID: 30738748, PMCID: PMC8978879, DOI: 10.1016/j.parkreldis.2018.12.025.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsParkinson's Progression Markers InitiativeProgression Markers InitiativeAdverse eventsLumbar punctureParkinson's diseasePD participantsBaseline lumbar puncturePhone one weekSerial lumbar puncturesCommon adverse eventsRelated adverse eventsCerebrospinal fluid analysisEarly Parkinson's diseaseLow back painLongitudinal observation studyPPMI participantsUnderwent collectionBack painOverall incidenceDopaminergic deficiencyProgression biomarkersFemale genderSafety dataHealthy volunteersHigh incidence
2018
Finding useful biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease
Chen-Plotkin AS, Albin R, Alcalay R, Babcock D, Bajaj V, Bowman D, Buko A, Cedarbaum J, Chelsky D, Cookson MR, Dawson TM, Dewey R, Foroud T, Frasier M, German D, Gwinn K, Huang X, Kopil C, Kremer T, Lasch S, Marek K, Marto JA, Merchant K, Mollenhauer B, Naito A, Potashkin J, Reimer A, Rosenthal LS, Saunders-Pullman R, Scherzer CR, Sherer T, Singleton A, Sutherland M, Thiele I, van der Brug M, Van Keuren-Jensen K, Vaillancourt D, Walt D, West A, Zhang J. Finding useful biomarkers for Parkinson’s disease. Science Translational Medicine 2018, 10 PMID: 30111645, PMCID: PMC6097233, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aam6003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFDG PET Parkinson’s disease-related pattern as a biomarker for clinical trials in early stage disease
Matthews DC, Lerman H, Lukic A, Andrews RD, Mirelman A, Wernick MN, Giladi N, Strother SC, Evans KC, Cedarbaum JM, Even-Sapir E. FDG PET Parkinson’s disease-related pattern as a biomarker for clinical trials in early stage disease. NeuroImage Clinical 2018, 20: 572-579. PMID: 30186761, PMCID: PMC6120603, DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2018.08.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealthy controlsDisease-related patternsParkinson's diseaseYahr stagePD patientsClinical trialsParkinson's disease-related patternFluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyGender-matched healthy controlsEarly-stage Parkinson's diseaseMild PD patientsEarly-stage diseaseFDG-PET scansMotor symptom scoresPositron emission tomographyStage diseaseMotor symptomsSymptom scoresFDG-PETDisease stagePD progressionLentiform nucleusParacentral gyrusSymptom evaluationPD subjects
1998
Prognostic indicators of survival in ALS
Stambler N, Charatan M, Cedarbaum J. Prognostic indicators of survival in ALS. Neurology 1998, 50: 66-72. PMID: 9443459, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.50.1.66.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudy entrySerum chlorideMuscle strength lossBaseline demographic characteristicsLength of survivalRisk of mortalityClinical laboratory testsGreater weight lossCiliary neurotrophic factorRecombinant human ciliary neurotrophic factorHuman ciliary neurotrophic factorPlacebo groupPulmonary functionSymptom onsetPrognostic factorsMulticenter studyShorter survivalVital capacityNeurotrophic factorPrognostic indicatorRespiratory acidosisSurvival timeProbability of survivalDisease severityWeight loss
1991
"Early" initiation of levodopa treatment does not promote the development of motor response fluctuations, dyskinesias, or dementia in Parkinson's disease.
Cedarbaum JM, Gandy SE, McDowell FH. "Early" initiation of levodopa treatment does not promote the development of motor response fluctuations, dyskinesias, or dementia in Parkinson's disease. Neurology 1991, 41: 622-9. PMID: 2027475, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.41.5.622.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMotor response fluctuationsLevodopa therapyLevodopa treatmentDisease clinicResponse fluctuationsParkinson's disease clinicDevelopment of dyskinesiaHistory of patientsTiming of initiationPatient populationDisease onsetParkinson's diseaseDyskinesiaYounger ageDementiaPatientsTherapyAdverse consequencesTreatmentDiseaseGreater proportionInitiationDisease diagnosisClinicDiagnosis