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ReviewNeurology. Clinical practice2025

Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy Scientific Workshop: A Multistakeholder Discussion Focused on Charting the Path Forward for Drug Development.

Matthew P Wicklund, Lindsay N Alfano, Nicholas E Johnson, Peter B Kang, Peter Marks, Katherine D Mathews, Jerry R Mendell, Louise Rodino-Klapac, Douglas Sproule, Nicole Verdun and 1 more

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Review in Neurology. Clinical practice, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Matthew P WicklundDepartment of Neurology, UT Health San Antonio.
Lindsay N AlfanoNationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2263-7569
Nicholas E JohnsonDepartment of Neurology Virginia Commonwealth University, Rishmond.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3917-4257
Peter B KangGreg Marzolf Jr. Muscular Dystrophy Center, Department of Neurology, and Institute for Translational Neuroscience, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4270-7325
Peter MarksCenter for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, MD.
Katherine D MathewsUniversity of Iowa Health Care, Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4160-0435
Jerry R MendellNationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, OH.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-3966-6303
Louise Rodino-KlapacSarepta Therapeutics, Cambridge, MA.
Douglas SprouleML Bio Solutions Inc., a BridgeBio company, Palo Alto, CA; and.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0002-7414-4333
Nicole VerdunCenter for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Silver Spring, MD.
Kathryn BryantThe Speak Foundation, Tallahassee, FL.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7975-781X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) refers to a group of muscular dystrophies that generally result in weakness and loss of limb-girdle muscles, leading to severe disability and early mortality due to cardiac and respiratory complications. Heterogeneity across and within individual LGMD subtypes in addition to variability in progression rates presents significant challenges to traditional drug development approaches for these diseases. In an effort to discuss these challenges, as well as opportunities in support of advancing drug development for LGMD, on February 8, 2024, The Speak Foundation assembled a multistakeholder group consisting of academic medical experts, patients and caregivers, patient advocacy organizations, senior leaders from the US Food and Drug Administration, and commercial drug developers. This review will provide an overview of the broad range of topics discussed at the workshop, including LGMD pathophysiology, natural history studies, clinical outcomes, patient-focused drug development, surrogate end points, the Accelerated Approval pathway, and future directions for LGMD drug development.

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PMID40756520
PMCPMC12314789

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