Nusinersen for the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy

CA Chiriboga - Expert review of neurotherapeutics, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive degenerative
neuromuscular disorder characterized by loss of spinal motor neurons leading to muscle …

[HTML][HTML] Nusinersen in adults with 5q spinal muscular atrophy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Gavriilaki, M Moschou, V Papaliagkas, K Notas… - …, 2022 - Elsevier
Evidence for nusinersen administration in adult 5q spinal muscular atrophy (5q-SMA)
patients is scarce and based on real-world observational data. The present systematic …

Nusinersen in later-onset spinal muscular atrophy: long-term results from the phase 1/2 studies

BT Darras, CA Chiriboga, ST Iannaccone… - Neurology, 2019 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To report results of intrathecal nusinersen in children with later-onset spinal
muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods Analyses included children from a phase 1b/2a study …

Nusinersen safety and effects on motor function in adult spinal muscular atrophy type 2 and 3

L Maggi, L Bello, S Bonanno, A Govoni… - Journal of Neurology …, 2020 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective To retrospectively investigate safety and efficacy of nusinersen in a large cohort of
adult Italian patients with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). Methods Inclusion criteria were:(1) …

Prospective and longitudinal natural history study of patients with Type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy: Baseline data NatHis-SMA study

A Chabanon, AM Seferian, A Daron, Y Péréon… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a monogenic disorder caused by loss of function
mutations in the survival motor neuron 1 gene, which results in a broad range of disease …

Long-term nusinersen treatment across a wide spectrum of spinal muscular atrophy severity: a real-world experience

A Łusakowska, A Wójcik, A Frączek… - Orphanet Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a
biallelic mutation in the SMN1 gene, resulting in progressive muscle weakness and atrophy …

Nusinersen improves walking distance and reduces fatigue in later‐onset spinal muscular atrophy

J Montes, S Dunaway Young, ES Mazzone… - Muscle & …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Ambulatory individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) experience muscle
weakness, gait impairments, and fatigue that affect their walking ability. Improvements have …

Nusinersen treatment significantly improves hand grip strength, hand motor function and MRC sum scores in adult patients with spinal muscular atrophy types 3 and 4

B De Wel, V Goosens, A Sobota, E Van Camp… - Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Background Nusinersen recently became available as the first treatment for Spinal Muscular
Atrophy (SMA) and data on its effectiveness and safety in adult SMA patients are still scarce …

Nusinersen for older patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a real‐world clinical setting experience

A Veerapandiyan, K Eichinger, D Guntrum… - Muscle & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Clinical trials data concerning use of nusinersen in older spinal muscular
atrophy (SMA) patients is lacking. We describe our center's experience in using intrathecal …

[HTML][HTML] Reldesemtiv in patients with spinal muscular atrophy: a phase 2 hypothesis-generating study

SA Rudnicki, JA Andrews, T Duong, BM Cockroft… - …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract This phase 2, double-blind, placebo-controlled, hypothesis-generating study
evaluated the effects of oral reldesemtiv, a fast skeletal muscle troponin activator, in patients …