title: Observational clinical study in juvenile-adult glycogenosis type 2 patients undergoing enzyme replacement therapy for up to 4 years.
abstract: The objective of this study was to describe a large Italian cohort of patients with late-onset glycogen storage disease type 2 (GSDII) at various stages of disease progression and to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of alglucosidase alpha enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). Previous studies showed in late-onset patients ERT efficacy against placebo and variable response in uncontrolled studies. Seventy-four juvenile or adult GSDII patients were treated with ERT in a multicenter open label, non-randomized study, from 12 months up to 54 months. Recombinant human alpha glucosidase (rh-GAA) was injected by intravenous route at 20 mg/kg every second week. Patients were divided into three groups according to ERT duration: Group A received treatment for 12-23 months (n = 16), Group B for 24-35 months (n = 14), and Group C for more than 36 months (n = 44). Clinical assessment included a 6-min walk test (6MWT), forced vital capacity (FVC), the Walton and Gardner-Medwin score, the number of hours of ventilation, body mass index, echocardiography and blood creatine kinase (CK). Included in our cohort were 33 males and 41 females (M:F = 0.8:1), with a mean age at first symptoms of 28.3 years (range 2-55 years) and a mean age of 43 years at study entry (range 7-72 years). Seven wheelchair bound patients, as well as 27 patients requiring ventilation support, were included. After treatment we could observe an increase in distance walked on the 6MWT in the large majority of patients (48/58; 83%), with an overall mean increase of 63 m (from 320 ± 161 to 383 ± 178 m). After treatment in the majority of patients FVC was improved or unchanged (45/69; 65%). In ventilated patients we observed an improvement in average number of hours off the ventilator (from 15.6 to 12.1 h). Six patients stopped mechanical ventilation and two others started it. The effect of therapy was not related to ERT duration. Nine of 64 patients (13%) that underwent to echocardiography showed a variable degree of cardiac hypertrophy (left ventriculum or septum), and a positive effect was observed after 36 months of ERT in one adult case. Discontinuation of treatment occurred in four patients: one drop-off case, one patient died for a sepsis after 34 months of treatment and two patients stopped ERT for worsening of general clinical condition. Mild adverse effects were observed in four cases (5%). This study represents the largest cohort of late-onset GSDII patients treated with ERT, and confirm a positive effect of treatment. These results, obtained in a large case series on therapy, indicate a favourable effect of ERT therapy, even in more advanced stage of the disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Via Giustiniani 5, 35128, Padova, Italy. corrado.angelini@unipd.it
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Angelini
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Semplicini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ravaglia
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bembi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Servidei
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pegoraro
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moggio
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Filosto
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authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sette
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Crescimanno
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tonin
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Parini
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Morandi
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Marrosu
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authors.lastname: Greco
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authors.lastname: Musumeci
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Iorio
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authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Siciliano
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Donati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carubbi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ermani
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mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D002648:Child; D015331:Cohort Studies; D004452:Echocardiography; D056947:Enzyme Replacement Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019370:Observation; D010808:Physical Examination; D012119:Respiration / Q000187:drug effects; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014797:Vital Capacity; D016138:Walking / Q000502:physiology; D055815:Young Adult; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: C509951:GAA protein, human; D000520:alpha-Glucosidases
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