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Long-term effectiveness of dopamine agonists and monoamine oxidase B inhibitors compared with levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD MED): a large, open-label, pragmatic randomised trial (2014)
Journal Article
Daniels, J., Gray, R., Ives, N., Rick, C., Patel, S., Gray, A., …Clarke, C. (2014). Long-term effectiveness of dopamine agonists and monoamine oxidase B inhibitors compared with levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD MED): a large, open-label, pragmatic randomised trial. Lancet, 384(9949), 1196-1205. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2814%2960683-8

Background
Whether initial treatment for Parkinson's disease should consist of levodopa, dopamine agonists, or monoamine oxidase type B inhibitors (MAOBI) is uncertain. We aimed to establish which of these three classes of drug, as initial treatment... Read More about Long-term effectiveness of dopamine agonists and monoamine oxidase B inhibitors compared with levodopa as initial treatment for Parkinson's disease (PD MED): a large, open-label, pragmatic randomised trial.

Lee Silverman voice treatment versus standard NHS speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson's disease (PD COMM pilot): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (2014)
Journal Article

Background: Parkinson’s disease is a common movement disorder affecting approximately 127,000 people in the UK, with an estimated two thirds having speech-related problems. Currently there is no preferred approach to speech and language therapy withi... Read More about Lee Silverman voice treatment versus standard NHS speech and language therapy versus control in Parkinson's disease (PD COMM pilot): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.

PD REHAB: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease (2014)
Journal Article
Clarke, C., Patel, S., Woolley, R., Ives, N., Rick, C., Dowling, F., …Sackley, C. (in press). PD REHAB: a large pragmatic randomised controlled trial of physiotherapy and occupational therapy versus no therapy in mild to moderate Parkinson's disease. Movement Disorders, 29(Supp.1), Article s600. https://doi.org/10.1002/mds.25914