- ADL
activities of daily living
- AE
adverse event
- ANCOVA
analysis of covariance
- AUROC
area under the receiver operating characteristics
- CDR
CADTH Common Drug Review
- CEDAC
Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee
- CGI-I
Clinical Global Impression – Improvement
- CGI-S
Clinical Global Impression – Severity
- CI
confidence interval
- CISI-PD
Clinical Impression of Severity Index for Parkinson Disease
- COMT
catechol-O-methyltransferase
- DB
double-blind
- DBS
deep brain stimulation
- DPAC-FWG
Drug Policy Advisory Committee Formulary Working Group
- EPD
early Parkinson disease
- EQ-5D-3L
EuroQol 5-Dimensions 3-Levels questionnaire
- EQ VAS
EuroQol visual analogue scale
- FAS
full analysis set
- GI
gastrointestinal
- HRQoL
health-related quality of life
- HY
Hoehn and Yahr
- ICC
interclass coefficient
- IR
immediate-release
- LCIG
levodopa/carbidopa intestinal gel
- LOCF
last observation carried forward
- LS
least squares
- LSMD
least squares mean difference
- MAO-B
monoamine oxidase type B
- MCID
minimal clinically important difference
- MDS
Movement Disorder Society
- MMRM
mixed-effects models for repeated measures
- NJ
nasojejunal
- OLC
oral levodopa/carbidopa
- PAA
Parkinson Association of Alberta
- PBO
placebo
- PC
Parkinson Canada
- PD
Parkinson disease
- PDHD
Parkinson disease home diary
- PDQ-39
39-Item Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire
- PDQSI
Parkinson’s Disease Questionnaire — summary index
- PEG-J
percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy with jejunal extension
- PGI-S
Patient Global Impression – Severity
- PSBC
Parkinson Society British Columbia
- QALY
quality-adjusted life-year
- QoL
quality of life
- RCT
randomized controlled trial
- SAE
serious adverse event
- SD
standard deviation
- SE
standard error
- SES
Schwab and England Scale
- SF-36
Short Form (36) Health Survey
- TEAE
treatment-emergent adverse event
- UPDRS
Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale
- VAS
visual analogue scale
- ZBI
Zarit Burden Interview