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Filter by:A study of patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRv) and wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis (ATTRwt) that have been enrolled in B3461028 and B3461045 studies in Spain - exposed to tafamidis 61mg for ≥12 months with polyneuropathy (PN) have kept going to their multisystemic follow-ups (neuro/ophthalmo/gastrointestinal) ≥12 months.
This study will examine the clinical effectiveness of Tafamidis in patients with Mixed Phenotype Hereditary Transthyretin Amyloidosis using data that already exist in patients' medical records.
Transthyretin amyloidosis (aTTR) initially described as a rare disease, became the most serious hereditary polyneuropathy of adult onset and family screening has made it possible to identify and follow up many asymptomatic patients and carriers of the mutation in the TTR gene. Considered as a systemic disease with involvement of target organs (the heart, the eye, the kidney and peripheral nervous system), it seems to be more complex for neurologists according to recent publications raising the issue of central nervous system involvement. Indeed, TTR amyloid deposits seem to be correlated with the duration of the disease. These deposits can cause cortical damage by different mechanisms: direct TTR toxicity or as a result of pathology related to cerebral amyloid angiopathy (intraparenchymal or subarachnoid hematomas, small infarcts, hemosiderin). A small number of mutations in the TTR gene cause a rare phenotype of systemic amyloidosis, the oculoleptomeningeal form, characterized by clinical neurological symptoms: progressive dementia, epilepsy, ataxia, spastic paraparesis, stroke-like episodes. Hypothesis of the work: the central nervous system involvement is probably underestimated on the radiological description in patients with TTR mutation.
The main purpose of this study is to determine the prevalence of ATTR Cardiomyopathy among patients admitted due to Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (LVH) >15mm of unknown etiology by using a 99mTc-tracer scintigraphy based protocol
TTR-FAP is a rare disabling inherited disorder that predominantly affects the peripheral nervous system and the heart. Due to an important phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity, the diagnosis is often delayed, preventing therefore early onset treatment. Our project is to evaluate the prevalence of TTR-FAP in a series of 130 patients with from chronic neuropathy of undetermined aetiology through a systematic screening of TTR mutations.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether Tolcapone crosses from the blood stream into the fluid around the brain and stabilizes the protein that makes leptomeningeal amyloid. Tolcapone is a commercially available generic drug that treats Parkinson's disease. The Investigator plans to evaluate Tolcapone as a treatment for ATTR (Transthyretin Amyloidosis), a rare genetic disease often causing death within 5-15 years after diagnosis. ATTR is characterized by deposition of misfolded protein known as amyloid, in one or more organ systems (including the peripheral and autonomic nervous systems, the heart, the brain and the eyes). The age at which symptoms begin to develop varies widely ranging between 20 to 70 years old. ATTR is progressive, and some variants can have a fatal outcome within a few years of presentation. Treatment options include supportive and symptomatic care that may slow or stop progressive decline in functional state but do not alter the pathological process. Liver transplant can be performed in selected patients but is limited by organ supply, requires lifelong immunosuppression, and may be complicated by progressive heart and nerve amyloid deposition. Importantly, liver transplant does not alter the natural course of central nervous system amyloid disease. To date, no treatment for ATTR penetrates the CNS. At present there is no FDA approved treatment for ATTR amyloidosis in the US. In Europe, Tafamidis has been approved for treatment of stage 1 ATTR-polyneuropathy since 2012. Tafamidis and Tolcapone bind to the thyroxine binding site of TTR (with different drug-transthyretin interactions) and in so doing stabilizes the tetrameric form of TTR, preventing dissociation and amyloid fibril formation The preclinical and clinical data from a variety of experimental systems support the therapeutic activity of TOLCAPONE in TTR mediated disease.
Familial amyloid neuropathies (FAP) are hereditary disease due to a mutation of the tranthyretin gene (TTR). These neuropathies are severe and life frightening. Asymptomatic carrier of TTR mutation are now detected in large TTR-FAP family. However, it is very hard to detect the moment where a TTR mutation carrier become symptomatic: too early diagnosis exposes the patients to side effect of the treatment and too late diagnosis exposes the patient to disease progression and clinical sequels. Neurological monitoring comprises clinical examination, electrophysiology and imaging. Sensitivity and specificity of these tools are not sufficient and we have to develop new biomarkers sensitive enough to detect modifications under treatment and the moment where a TTR mutation carrier become symptomatic Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can well evaluate neuromuscular diseases. Electrophysiological examination is also a good tool to evaluate NAF. MUNIX is a technique that permits to estimate the number of motor unit in one muscl. MUNIX is related to the disability in chronic inflammatory neuropathies and could be more sensitive than clinical scales and other electrophysiological data to detect modification of the disease in TTR-FAP. The objective of this exploratory study is to test the applicability of MUNIX and MRI as early measures for detecting the transition from asymptomatic to symptomatic TTR-FAP. In symptomatic TTR-FAP we will determine if MUNIX and MRI data are related to clinical deficiency and disability of the patients. This is a transversal exploratory study. If we manage to demonstrate that MRI and MUNIX can segregate symptomatic versus asymptomatic TTR mutation gene carriers, we will propose a longitudinal study with a follow up of more asymptomatic gene carriers.
Familial amyloid neuropathy due to transthyretin gene mutations (TTR-FAP) is a rare autosomal dominant inherited disease resulting in the abnormal multi-system deposition of amyloid proteins. These deposits produce a multi-organ disease. AP is usually fatal 10 to 15 years after onset of symptoms if untreated. The prevalence of the disease remains still poorly understood and usually the search for this pathology is done in a third line of investigation. So the average time to diagnosis is extremely long, from 12 to 24 month. Now that the investigators have etiological treatment ( famidis (Vyndaqel®) and Diflunisal (Dolobid)) of this disease, it is essential to be able to detect FAP patients as early as possible. With this study, investigator decided to test for TTR mutation all patients presented with neuropathy of unknown etiology at the first line of investigation. The goal of this study is to evaluate the prevalence of FAP-TTR among neuropathy and defined the best strategy to test this population for TTR mutations.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of revusiran (ALN-TTRSC) in adults with transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis (ATTR), whose disease has continued to worsen after liver transplantation. Dosing has been discontinued; patients are being followed-up for safety.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the safety and efficacy of revusiran (ALN-TTRSC) in patients with transthyretin (TTR) mediated Familial Amyloidotic Cardiomyopathy. Dosing has been discontinued; patients are being followed-up for safety.