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Filter by:In the first part of this study, the aim is to characterize the molecular structure of wildtype GAA and, in particular, of mutated GAA variants with and without HSAT, in order to learn how mutation impairs uptake of GAA into the cell via the M6P receptor. In the second part of the study the aim is to learn to which epitopes antibodies bind and to which not. To accomplish this the investigators will synthesize and chemically modify the epitope peptides, in order to block effectively antibodies directed against the therapeutic enzyme.
Study Objectives: 1) assess the safety and feasibility of high-dose inspiratory muscle training (IMT) delivered remotely in Late-onset Pompe Disease (LOPD) and 2) determine its effects on respiratory and patient-reported outcomes.
The primary aim of this nationwide, explorative, cross-sectional study in Germany is to characterize the prevalence, severity and quality of musculoskeletal pain in adult patients with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD). The secondary objectives are to evaluate whether muscle pain is associated with muscle function, to assess whether muscle pain is associated with alterations of muscle tissue, and whether vitamin D metabolism and polymorphisms of ACE and ACTN3 genes may contribute to an increased level of perceived musculoskeletal pain. In a second step, exome sequencing of genes associated with musculoskeletal pain will be analyzed. Results of LOPD patients will be compared to patients with neuromuscular disorders with a similar distribution of muscle weakness and/or musculoskeletal pain.
Pompe's disease is a lysosomal storage disease of autosomal recessive genetic transmission due to a deficiency in acid alpha glucosidase. This enzyme deficiency leads to glycogen overload in all cells but with a more marked expression in muscle cells. There is a great variability in the clinical manifestations and in the age of onset of symptoms depending on whether the enzyme deficiency is partial or total. The prevalence is estimated at 1 in 40,000. There is a specific treatment based on enzyme replacement therapy
In patients with Pompe disease (PD) a progressive abnormal lysosomal glycogen storage in muscle tissue leads to impaired muscle function and to degeneration of muscle fibers. Children and adults with PD present with limb-girdle muscular weakness, diaphragm weakness and impaired breathing ability. Further, patients with classic infantile PD suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. To date, the muscle pathology and the extent of the disease can be assessed using invasive techniques (e.g., muscle biopsies) or imaging (e.g., MRI). These techniques are time consuming, and especially in young patients, require anesthesia, which increases the acute risk of respiratory failure. Multispectral optoacoustic tomography (MSOT) allows the detection of specific endogenous chromophores like collagen, myoglobin or hemoglobin by using a non-invasive approach comparable to conventional ultrasound. Instead of sound waves, MSOT illuminates tissue with near-infrared light of transient energy, which is absorbed and results in thermo-elastic expansion of certain molecules. This expansion generates ultrasound waves that are detected by the same device. Multispectral illumination and unmixing then allows the precise localisation and quantification of muscle-specific subcellular structures. MSOT has already been demonstrated the potential to visualize the muscular structure and the clinical extent of muscular disease in patients with Duchenne muscle dystrophy and differentiates those patients from healthy volunteers. The aim of the study is to establish glycogen as a novel PD-specific imaging target using MSOT-imaging. It intends to identify a PD-specific muscle pathology-signature by quantification of already established targets (collagen, myoglobin, hemoglobin, glycogen if applicable). This signature will aid in differentiating PD from other muscular pathologies and healthy volunteers and will ultimately serve as a potential non-invasive monitoring biomarker.
Establish of high-risk screening criteria to earlier identify possible childhood LOPD for early treatment and better prognosis. Therefore, validation of the high-risk screening criteria for childhood LOPD will be critical for identifying children of LOPD in Taiwan.
Pompe disease is known as glycogen storage disease type II, an autosomal recessive disease that results from acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA) deficiency leading to lysosomal glycogen accumulation. Patients with classic infantile form have less than 1% of enzyme activity, which explains severe impairment before one year with rapid death without treatment, while later-onset form shows progressive symptoms later in childhood (juvenile form) or adulthood (adult form). Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) consists of periodic intravenous infusion of missing GAA produced by the recombinant method. ERT improves significantly the cardiac function and the children's survival in classic infantile form. This therapy has been approved for all patients with Pompe's disease in the United States and the European Union since 2006, but its efficacy was not clear for patients with later-onset form. Recent studies show motor improvement in adult patients, but there is little published data for the juvenile form disease. A separate analysis of juvenile form is justified as patients are still in a developmental stage and show clinical symptoms early in life, may have more severe disease and a different response to ERT. The recommendation is no treatment in the absence of clinical symptoms, but the consensus does not stratify patients into juvenile- or adult-onset form. ERT is an expensive long-term therapy, and its administration every 2 weeks in the hospital is a great limitation for patients. Therefore, an evaluation of the treatment effect in patients with the juvenile form is necessary.
The project will use carbon-13 magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess whether high glycogen levels in skeletal muscle of patients with Glycogen Storage Diseases is a prelude for muscle damage. Patients with Glycogen Storage Diseases will be examined using carbon-13 MR-spectroscopy to quantify the glycogen levels in lumbar, thigh and calf-muscles. The pattern of glycogen concentration will be compared to the pattern of muscle atrophy found in the literature.
This is a single group, treatment, Phase 3, open-label study to assess efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetic (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD) of avalglucosidase alfa in treatment-naïve male and female participants with IOPD. Study details include: - Study duration: Screening - up to 4 weeks; - Primary Analysis Period (PAP) - 52 weeks; - Extended Treatment Period (ETP) - 52 weeks; - Extended Long term Treatment Period (ELTP) - 104 weeks; 4-week follow-up period for a total study duration - up to 4.08 years. - Treatment duration: Up to 4 years - Visit frequency: every other week and potentially every week
Primary Objective: To describe the effect of routine practice with alglucosidase alfa in patients with IOPD ≤6 months of age, on invasive ventilation-free survival after 52 weeks of treatment. Secondary Objectives: - To describe the effect of routine practice with alglucosidase alfa on invasive ventilation-free survival and survival at 12 and 18 months of age, as well as on change in left ventricular mass (LVM) Z score, Alberta Infant Motor Scale (AIMS) score, body weight, body length, and head circumference Z scores, and urinary glucose tetrasaccharide (Hex4), at Week 52 of treatment. - To describe the safety, tolerability, and immunogenicity of alglucosidase alfa in the routine practice of IOPD treatment.