Head-to-head evidence
Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel vs WD-1603
Same mechanism, same race: design-graded trial evidence for both assets, with the grading rationale shown. Grades describe the quality of the evidence, never the merits of either security.
Parkinson's Disease
Shared mechanism: dopamine precursor · full Parkinson's Disease pipeline
Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel · Duopa
Marketed by AbbVie
NCT00335153 · Phase 3 · completed
This was a 354-participant, open-label, single-group study with no randomization, blinding, or comparator arm. Its primary outcomes focused on safety and device complications, and there was no formal controlled primary efficacy comparison, so the reported secondary improvements do not establish treatment efficacy.
WD-1603
Developed by Hong Kong WD Pharmaceutical Co., Limited
NCT05036473 · Phase 2 · completed
This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 trial in early Parkinson's disease enrolled only 40 patients across three dose groups and placebo. All three doses of WD-1603 produced a statistically significant improvement in combined motor and daily-living function scores versus placebo at 27 days, with the largest effect at the highest dose (p=0.0003), but the very small sample size means these results need confirmation in a larger trial.
The full competitive landscape for each asset (every same-race competitor with aligned evidence, sortable) is on the asset pages: Levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel's landscape · WD-1603's landscape