Clinical trial NCT00374075 - References

Spinal Muscular Atrophy — Study of Safety and Dosing Effect on SMN Levels of Valproic Acid (VPA) in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Citation(s)

•   American Thoracic Society/European Respiratory Society
  ATS/ERS Statement on respiratory muscle testing. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2002 Aug 15;166(4):518-624. doi: 10.1164/rccm.166.4.518. No abstract available.
•   Andreassi C, Angelozzi C, Tiziano FD, Vitali T, De Vincenzi E, Boninsegna A, Villanova M, Bertini E, Pini A, Neri G, Brahe C
  Phenylbutyrate increases SMN expression in vitro: relevance for treatment of spinal muscular atrophy. Eur J Hum Genet. 2004 Jan;12(1):59-65. doi: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201102.
•   Andreassi C, Jarecki J, Zhou J, Coovert DD, Monani UR, Chen X, Whitney M, Pollok B, Zhang M, Androphy E, Burghes AH
  Aclarubicin treatment restores SMN levels to cells derived from type I spinal muscular atrophy patients. Hum Mol Genet. 2001 Nov 15;10(24):2841-9. doi: 10.1093/hmg/10.24.2841.
•   Bohmer T, Rydning A, Solberg HE
  Carnitine levels in human serum in health and disease. Clin Chim Acta. 1974 Nov 20;57(1):55-61. doi: 10.1016/0009-8981(74)90177-6. No abstract available.
•   Brahe C, Bertini E
  Spinal muscular atrophies: recent insights and impact on molecular diagnosis. J Mol Med (Berl). 1996 Oct;74(10):555-62. doi: 10.1007/s001090050059.
•   Brichta L, Hofmann Y, Hahnen E, Siebzehnrubl FA, Raschke H, Blumcke I, Eyupoglu IY, Wirth B
  Valproic acid increases the SMN2 protein level: a well-known drug as a potential therapy for spinal muscular atrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2003 Oct 1;12(19):2481-9. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddg256. Epub 2003 Jul 29.
•   Bromberg MB, Swoboda KJ
  Motor unit number estimation in infants and children with spinal muscular atrophy. Muscle Nerve. 2002 Mar;25(3):445-7. doi: 10.1002/mus.10050.
•   Brooks H, Goldberg L, Holland R, Klein M, Sanzari N, DeFelice S
  Carnitine-induced effects on cardiac and peripheral hemodynamics. J Clin Pharmacol. 1977 Oct;17(10 Pt 1):561-8. doi: 10.1177/009127007701701003. No abstract available.
•   Campbell L, Potter A, Ignatius J, Dubowitz V, Davies K
  Genomic variation and gene conversion in spinal muscular atrophy: implications for disease process and clinical phenotype. Am J Hum Genet. 1997 Jul;61(1):40-50. doi: 10.1086/513886.
•   Chang JG, Hsieh-Li HM, Jong YJ, Wang NM, Tsai CH, Li H
  Treatment of spinal muscular atrophy by sodium butyrate. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Aug 14;98(17):9808-13. doi: 10.1073/pnas.171105098.
•   Christiansen RZ, Bremer J
  Active transport of butyrobetaine and carnitine into isolated liver cells. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1976 Nov 2;448(4):562-77. doi: 10.1016/0005-2736(76)90110-3.
•   Coulter DL
  Carnitine deficiency: a possible mechanism for valproate hepatotoxicity. Lancet. 1984 Mar 24;1(8378):689. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(84)92209-8. No abstract available.
•   Coulter DL
  Carnitine, valproate, and toxicity. J Child Neurol. 1991 Jan;6(1):7-14. doi: 10.1177/088307389100600102.
•   Crawford TO
  From enigmatic to problematic: the new molecular genetics of childhood spinal muscular atrophy. Neurology. 1996 Feb;46(2):335-40. doi: 10.1212/wnl.46.2.335. No abstract available.
•   Czeizel A, Hamula J
  A hungarian study on Werdnig-Hoffmann disease. J Med Genet. 1989 Dec;26(12):761-3. doi: 10.1136/jmg.26.12.761.
•   Emery AE
  Population frequencies of inherited neuromuscular diseases--a world survey. Neuromuscul Disord. 1991;1(1):19-29. doi: 10.1016/0960-8966(91)90039-u.
•   Evangeliou A, Vlassopoulos D
  Carnitine metabolism and deficit--when supplementation is necessary? Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2003 Jun;4(3):211-9. doi: 10.2174/1389201033489829.
•   Feldkotter M, Schwarzer V, Wirth R, Wienker TF, Wirth B
  Quantitative analyses of SMN1 and SMN2 based on real-time lightCycler PCR: fast and highly reliable carrier testing and prediction of severity of spinal muscular atrophy. Am J Hum Genet. 2002 Feb;70(2):358-68. doi: 10.1086/338627. Epub 2001 Dec 21.
•   Fischer U, Liu Q, Dreyfuss G
  The SMN-SIP1 complex has an essential role in spliceosomal snRNP biogenesis. Cell. 1997 Sep 19;90(6):1023-9. doi: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)80368-2.
•   Gilliam TC, Brzustowicz LM, Castilla LH, Lehner T, Penchaszadeh GK, Daniels RJ, Byth BC, Knowles J, Hislop JE, Shapira Y, et al
  Genetic homogeneity between acute and chronic forms of spinal muscular atrophy. Nature. 1990 Jun 28;345(6278):823-5. doi: 10.1038/345823a0.
•   Igarashi N, Sato T, Kyouya S
  Secondary carnitine deficiency in handicapped patients receiving valproic acid and/or elemental diet. Acta Paediatr Jpn. 1990 Apr;32(2):139-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1990.tb00799.x.
•   Lefebvre S, Burlet P, Liu Q, Bertrandy S, Clermont O, Munnich A, Dreyfuss G, Melki J
  Correlation between severity and SMN protein level in spinal muscular atrophy. Nat Genet. 1997 Jul;16(3):265-9. doi: 10.1038/ng0797-265.
•   Lindstedt S, Lindstedt G
  Distribution and Excretion of Carnitine in the Rat. Acta. Chem. Scand. 1961; 15:701-702
•   Mailman MD, Heinz JW, Papp AC, Snyder PJ, Sedra MS, Wirth B, Burghes AH, Prior TW
  Molecular analysis of spinal muscular atrophy and modification of the phenotype by SMN2. Genet Med. 2002 Jan-Feb;4(1):20-6. doi: 10.1097/00125817-200201000-00004.
•   Melegh B, Pap M, Morava E, Molnar D, Dani M, Kurucz J
  Carnitine-dependent changes of metabolic fuel consumption during long-term treatment with valproic acid. J Pediatr. 1994 Aug;125(2):317-21. doi: 10.1016/s0022-3476(94)70218-7.
•   Melki J, Lefebvre S, Burglen L, Burlet P, Clermont O, Millasseau P, Reboullet S, Benichou B, Zeviani M, Le Paslier D, et al
  De novo and inherited deletions of the 5q13 region in spinal muscular atrophies. Science. 1994 Jun 3;264(5164):1474-7. doi: 10.1126/science.7910982.
•   Merlini L, Stagni SB, Marri E, Granata C
  Epidemiology of neuromuscular disorders in the under-20 population in Bologna Province, Italy. Neuromuscul Disord. 1992;2(3):197-200. doi: 10.1016/0960-8966(92)90006-r.
•   Monani UR, Lorson CL, Parsons DW, Prior TW, Androphy EJ, Burghes AH, McPherson JD
  A single nucleotide difference that alters splicing patterns distinguishes the SMA gene SMN1 from the copy gene SMN2. Hum Mol Genet. 1999 Jul;8(7):1177-83. doi: 10.1093/hmg/8.7.1177.
•   Monani UR, Sendtner M, Coovert DD, Parsons DW, Andreassi C, Le TT, Jablonka S, Schrank B, Rossoll W, Prior TW, Morris GE, Burghes AH
  The human centromeric survival motor neuron gene (SMN2) rescues embryonic lethality in Smn(-/-) mice and results in a mouse with spinal muscular atrophy. Hum Mol Genet. 2000 Feb 12;9(3):333-9. doi: 10.1093/hmg/9.3.333. Erratum In: Hum Mol Genet. 2007 Nov 1;16(21):2648. Rossol, W [corrected to Rossoll, W].
•   Pearn J
  Classification of spinal muscular atrophies. Lancet. 1980 Apr 26;1(8174):919-22. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(80)90847-8.
•   Pearn J
  Incidence, prevalence, and gene frequency studies of chronic childhood spinal muscular atrophy. J Med Genet. 1978 Dec;15(6):409-13. doi: 10.1136/jmg.15.6.409.
•   Rebouche CJ, Engel AG
  Carnitine metabolism and deficiency syndromes. Mayo Clin Proc. 1983 Aug;58(8):533-40.
•   Rebouche CJ, Paulson DJ
  Carnitine metabolism and function in humans. Annu Rev Nutr. 1986;6:41-66. doi: 10.1146/annurev.nu.06.070186.000353.
•   Roberts DF, Chavez J, Court SD
  The genetic component in child mortality. Arch Dis Child. 1970 Feb;45(239):33-8. doi: 10.1136/adc.45.239.33.
•   Schaub J, Van Hoof F, Vis H
  Inborn Errors of Metabolism. New York:Raven Press, 1991
•   Scriver C, Beautet A, Sly W ,Valle D
  The Metabolic Basis of Inherited Disease. New York: McGraw Hill,1989
•   Standardization of Spirometry, 1994 Update
  American Thoracic Society. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 1995 Sep;152(3):1107-36. doi: 10.1164/ajrccm.152.3.7663792. No abstract available.
•   Swoboda KJ, Prior TW, Scott CB, McNaught TP, Wride MC, Reyna SP, Bromberg MB
  Natural history of denervation in SMA: relation to age, SMN2 copy number, and function. Ann Neurol. 2005 May;57(5):704-12. doi: 10.1002/ana.20473.
•   Tein I, DiMauro S, Xie ZW, De Vivo DC
  Valproic acid impairs carnitine uptake in cultured human skin fibroblasts. An in vitro model for the pathogenesis of valproic acid-associated carnitine deficiency. Pediatr Res. 1993 Sep;34(3):281-7. doi: 10.1203/00006450-199309000-00008.
•   Tein I, Xie ZW
  Reversal of valproic acid-associated impairment of carnitine uptake in cultured human skin fibroblasts. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1994 Oct 28;204(2):753-8. doi: 10.1006/bbrc.1994.2523.
•   Thurston JH, Hauhart RE
  Amelioration of adverse effects of valproic acid on ketogenesis and liver coenzyme A metabolism by cotreatment with pantothenate and carnitine in developing mice: possible clinical significance. Pediatr Res. 1992 Apr;31(4 Pt 1):419-23. doi: 10.1203/00006450-199204000-00023.
•   Van Wouwe JP
  Carnitine deficiency during valproic acid treatment. Int J Vitam Nutr Res. 1995;65(3):211-4.

In Vivo Study of Safety, Tolerability and Dosing Effect on SMN mRNA and Protein Levels of Valproic Acid in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Details for clinical trial NCT00374075