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Observational studyPloS one2019

Long-term natural history data in Duchenne muscular dystrophy ambulant patients with mutations amenable to skip exons 44, 45, 51 and 53.

Claudia Brogna, Giorgia Coratti, Marika Pane, Valeria Ricotti, Sonia Messina, Adele D'Amico, Claudio Bruno, Gianluca Vita, Angela Berardinelli, Elena Mazzone and 17 more

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In one paragraph

Observational study in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. It is linked to trial NCT02255552 (An Open-Label, Multi-Center, Study With a Concurrent Untreated Control Arm to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy), which is not on this map. Cited by 44 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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NCT02255552 phase3completednot on this map

An Open-Label, Multi-Center, Study With a Concurrent Untreated Control Arm to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

TypeinterventionalSponsorSarepta Therapeutics, Inc.Ran2014 to 2019Enrolled109ConditionsDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD)Armseteplirsen
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

27 authors.

Claudia BrognaPediatric Neurology, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Child Health Area, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Giorgia CorattiPediatric Neurology, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Child Health Area, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
Marika PaneCentro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Valeria RicottiDubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Sonia MessinaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.
Adele D'AmicoDepartment of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Claudio BrunoCenter of Myology and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.
Gianluca VitaNemo SUD Clinical Centre, University Hospital "G. Martino", Messina, Italy.
Angela BerardinelliChild Neurology and Psychiatry Unit, ''Casimiro Mondino" Foundation, Pavia, Italy.
Elena MazzoneCentro Clinico Nemo, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS, Rome, Italy.
Francesca MagriFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Dino Ferrari Centre, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Federica RicciNeuromuscular Center, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Tiziana MonginiNeuromuscular Center, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Torino, Torino, Italy.
Roberta BattiniDepartment of Developmental Neuroscience, Stella Maris Institute, Pisa, Italy.
Luca BelloDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Elena PegoraroDepartment of Neurosciences, University of Padua, Padua, Italy.
Giovanni BaranelloFondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-4871-6692
Stefano C PrevitaliDivision of Neuroscience, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy.
Luisa PolitanoDipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Seconda Università di Napoli, Napoli, Italy.
Giacomo P ComiFondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Dino Ferrari Centre, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Valeria A SansoneThe NEMO Center in Milan, Neurorehabilitation Unit, University of Milan, ASST Niguarda Hospital, Milan, Italy.
Alice DonatiMetabolic Unit, A. Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy.
Enrico BertiniDepartment of Neurosciences, Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9276-4590
Francesco MuntoniDubowitz Neuromuscular Centre, UCL & Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, United Kingdom.
Nathalie GoemansDepartment of Child Neurology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Eugenio MercuriPediatric Neurology, Department of Woman and Child Health and Public Health, Child Health Area, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9851-5365
on behalf on the International DMD group

Funding

Medical Research Council
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe aim of this international collaborative effort was to report 36-month longitudinal changes using the 6MWT in ambulant patients affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy amenable to skip exons 44, 45, 51 or 53. MATERIALS AND

methodsOf the 92 patients included in the study, 24 had deletions amenable to skip exon 44, 27 exon 45, 18 exon 51, and 28 exon 53. Five patients with a single deletion of exon 52 were counted in both subgroups skipping exon 51 and 53.

resultsThe difference between subgroups amenable to skip different exons was not significant at 12 months but became significant at both 24 (p≤0.05) and 36 months (p≤0.01). DISCUSSION: Mutations amenable to skip exon 53 had lower baseline values and more negative changes than the other subgroups while those amenable to skip exon 44 had better results both at baseline and at follow up. Deletions amenable to skip exon 45 were associated with a more variable pattern of progression. Single exon deletions were more often associated with less drastic changes but this was not always true in individual cases.

conclusionOur results confirm that the progression of disease can differ between patients with different deletions, although the changes only become significant from 24 months onwards. This information is relevant because there are current clinical trials specifically targeting patients with these subgroups of mutations.

Indexed as

MutationChildChild, PreschoolCohort StudiesDisease ProgressionDystrophinExonsHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMuscular Dystrophy, DuchenneProspective StudiesSequence DeletionWalkingDMD protein, humanDystrophin

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PMID31237898
PMCPMC6592545

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