Efficacy and safety of two incobotulinumtoxinA injection intervals in cervical dystonia patients with inadequate benefit from standard injection intervals of botulinum toxin: Phase 4, open-label, randomized, noninferiority study
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Abstract
Introduction Some patients with cervical dystonia (CD) receiving long-term botulinum neurotoxin (BoNT) therapy report early waning of treatment benefit before the typical 12-week reinjection interval. This phase 4, open-label, randomized, noninferiority study (CD Flex; NCT01486264) compared 2 incobotulinumtoxinA injection schedules (Short Flex: 8 ± 2 weeks; Long Flex: 14 ± 2 weeks) in CD patients. Previous BoNT-responsive subjects who reported acceptable clinical benefit lasting < 10 weeks were recruited. Efficacy and safety were evaluated after 8 injection cycles. The primary endpoint was change in Toronto Western Spasmodic Torticollis Rating Scale (TWSTRS) severity subscale 4 weeks after the eighth injection. Secondary endpoints included TWSTRS total and subscale scores. Immunogenicity was assessed in a subset of patients. Two hundred eighty-two CD patients were randomized and treated (Short Flex, N = 142; Long Flex, N = 140), and 207 completed the study. Significant improvements in TWSTRS severity from study baseline to 4 weeks after cycle 8 were observed in both the Short Flex (4.1 points; P < 0.0001) and Long Flex (2.4 points; P = 0.002) groups; Short Flex was noninferior to Long Flex (LS mean difference = 1.4 points; 95% CI = [−2.9, 0.1] < Δ = 2.0). Key secondary endpoints favored Short Flex intervals. Adverse events (AEs) were comparable between groups. There was no secondary loss of treatment effect. Injection cycles < 10 weeks for incobotulinumtoxinA are effective (and noninferior to longer intervals) for treating CD patients with early waning of clinical benefit. Shorter injection intervals did not increase AEs or lead to loss of treatment effect.
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Teacher imitationNot calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.
Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category
| Category | Codex | Gemma |
|---|---|---|
| Metaresearch | 0.004 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (narrow) | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Meta-epidemiology (broad) | 0.003 | 0.000 |
| Bibliometrics | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Science and technology studies | 0.000 | 0.001 |
| Scholarly communication | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Open science | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Research integrity | 0.001 | 0.003 |
| Insufficient payload (model declined to judge) | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Machine scores (provisional)
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Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.
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machine, unvalidatedMachine predicted; a candidate call from one teacher head, not a consensus.
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