Miglustat, commonly marketed under the trade name Zavesca, is a drug used to treat Gaucher disease. It inhibits the enzyme glucosylceramide synthase, an essential enzyme for the synthesis of most glycosphingolipids. It is only used for patients who cannot be treated with enzyme replacement therapy with imiglucerase. Miglustat is now the first and only approved therapy for patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C). It has recently been approved for treatment of progressive neurological symptoms in adult and pediatric patients in the European Union, Brazil, and South Korea. Miglustat was first developed as an anti-HIV agent in the 1990s. However, clinical experience with miglustat showed that therapeutic levels of the drug could not be achieved in patients without a high incidence of adverse effect.
For the treatment of adult patients with mild to moderate type 1 (nonneuropathic) Gaucher's disease for whom enzyme replacement therapy is not a therapeutic option (e.g. due to constraints such as allergy, hypersensitivity, or poor venous access). Now approved in some countries for the treatment of progressive neurological symptoms in adult and pediatric patients with Niemann-Pick disease type C (NP-C).
Ruhr-Universität Bochum im St. Josef-Hospital, Bochum, Germany
SphinCS, Institute of Clinical Science in LSD, Hochheim, Germany
Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmhH, Marburg, Germany
Texas Children Hospital, Houston, Texas, United States
University of Florida Clinical Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States
The Emory Clinic, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Duke University Early Phase Research Unit, Durham, North Carolina, United States
IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris, Pisa, PI, Italy
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, Oakland, California, United States
UF Health Shands Hospital, Gainesville, Florida, United States
University Hospital of Padova, Padova, Italy
Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary
Woodruff Memorial Research Building, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
Xin Hua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Peking University first Hospital, Beijing, China
Kashan University Of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Isfahan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Tehran University Of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, Islamic Republic of
Mashhad University Of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran, Islamic Republic of
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