| CPC A61K 31/198 (2013.01) [A61K 9/5005 (2013.01); A61P 25/16 (2018.01)] | 21 Claims |

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1. A method for treating a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease comprising:
(i) selecting a patient diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and being treated with oral immediate release levodopa tablets for a total daily levodopa dose of less than 500 mg;
(ii) determining the amount of levodopa administered to the patient with each administration of the immediate release levodopa tablets of step (i);
selecting the most frequent dose of the patient's dosing regimen of the immediate release tablets from step (ii);
(iv) discontinuing the administration of the immediate release levodopa tablets; and
(v) orally administering a controlled release levodopa dosage form twice or thrice a day to the patient, wherein the amount of levodopa administered with each administration of the controlled release levodopa dosage form is 2.8 times the amount of levodopa the patient was receiving with each administration of the most frequent dose of the immediate release levodopa tablets of step (iii),
wherein the patient after receiving treatment with the controlled release dosage form exhibits an increase of at least 5% of the patient's total post-dose “On” time or “Good On” time compared to post-dose of the oral immediate release levodopa tablets, wherein the controlled release dosage form comprises:
(a) a plurality of controlled release components comprising a core comprising levodopa and a controlled release material, and a coating comprising an enteric polymer surrounding the levodopa and controlled release material; and
(b) one or more immediate release components comprising levodopa and carbidopa; wherein the controlled release components are substantially free of carbidopa; and
wherein the controlled release dosage form when tested using a USP Type I apparatus at 37° C.±0.5° C. with a rotational speed of 75 rpm and about 900 ml of simulated gastric fluid for 2 hours and pH 6.8 phosphate buffer thereafter, about 75% to about 100% of carbidopa is released within 30 minutes; and about 15% to about 45% of levodopa is released within 30 minutes; wherein the simulated gastric fluid has a pH of from about 1 to about 4.0.
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