The Role of Motor Unit Number Estimation (MUNE) in Adults With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA)
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 67
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- MUNE
研究概览
简要总结
The primary objective of this research protocol is to study and follow the course of motor neuron loss in individuals with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using the electrophysiological technique of motor unit number estimation (MUNE). This study is based on the hypothesis that the electrophysiological technique of motor unit number estimation (MUNE) and compound muscle action potential (CMAP) provide sensitive indicators to assess the severity and progression of disease in adults with SMA.
详细描述
This is a prospective pilot study to determine MUNE and CMAP values in a population of adults with SMA, assess how these electrophysiologic parameters change over time, and explore how well these parameters correlates with other outcome measures in SMA, including functional scales (SMAFRS and SF-36) and muscle strength (by MMT, MVICT, 6 minute walk test, time to climb 4 stairs and handheld myometry). The study was started in 2006 with 4 visits. It was initially intended to measure baseline and variability of values at baseline, 6 months, 10-14 months, and 20-24 months to better characterize the disease and to validate measurements as suitable outcome measures to be used in future therapeutic trials on adults. Individuals who do not take nusinersen would continue on this visit plan.
With the addition of the FDA approved drug nusinersen for SMA we would like to follow people who are receiving that treatment more frequently. The visits will fall in relationship to their treatment doses. Those patients who are receiving nusinersen will come in at a baseline visit that will be1 to 6 weeks prior to first treatment. Then they would follow-up one to 2.5 weeks after each treatment dosing that happens quarterly after the initial loading dose. There will be 10 visits over 3 years. The visits will occur at baseline, 2, 6, 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, 30, and 34 months. These additional visits will allow for better uniform monitoring of the response to treatment and resubmission to insurance providers. Additional long term data will be collected from interested/available patients every 2-3 years up to a max of fifteen years. Being followed long term would add 4-6 visits over 12 years. If subjects completed the study course in the past and are now starting nusinersen (SPINRAZA), those individuals are able to enroll again.
A total of 100 people with SMA will be enrolled in this trial. This will allow for two cohorts of people with SMA; those receiving treatment and those not receiving treatment.
Control participants will only come to a baseline visit and the only tests that will be completed are the EMG Measures (MUNE, CMAP, decomposition EMG) and EIM. There will be no further testing for those participants. This visit will take approximately 30-60 minutes. A total of 40 control participants are being recruited for this study.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Case Control
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 17 Years 至 70 Years（Child, Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •1. Adults age 17 to 70 with SMA type 2 or
- •The diagnosis of SMA must be documented by the homozygous deletion of both SMN1 genes on standard genetic tests for the disorder, and the determination of type 2 SMA by history of ability to maintain a sitting position when placed, or type 3 by the ability to stand and walk independently. Wheelchair mobile patients will not be excluded from the study.
- •2. Interest in participating and the ability to travel to the study site on an agreed upon date on four occasions over a total interval of twenty-four months.
- •3. Be in good health with the exception of SMA. Assessments will be rescheduled for a later date in the event of any intercurrent illness that might affect performance on the assessment.
- •Inclusion criteria for control subjects:
- •Healthy adults age 17 to 70
- •Interest in participating and the ability to travel to the study site
排除标准
- •- Patients unable to tolerate the assessment by virtue of associated medical conditions, respiratory failure with ventilator dependence, or an obligatory need for orthotics that cannot be removed during the evaluation.
- •2. Patients who are, in the investigator's opinion, mentally or legally incapacitated, preventing informed consent, or is unable to read and understand written material including the consent
- •Patients with a pacemaker or cardiac device
- •Exclusion criteria for control subjects:
- •Subjects with any neurological disorder
- •Subjects with chronic medical illness that will interfere with their ability to tolerate the study
- •Subjects who are, in the investigator's opinion, mentally or legally incapacitated, preventing informed consent, or is unable to read and understand written material including the consent.
研究组 & 干预措施
SMA cohort
Individuals who have a diagnosis of SMA who are NOT receiving Spinraza (nusinersen).
SMA Spinraza cohort
Individuals who have a diagnosis of SMA who are receiving Spinraza (nusinersen).
Control cohort
Control participants will only come to a baseline visit and the only tests that will be completed are the EMG Measures (MUNE, CMAP, decomposition EMG) and EIM. There will be no further testing for those participants. This visit will take approximately 30-60 minutes. A total of 40 control participants are being recruited for this study.
结局指标
主要结局
MUNE
时间窗: up to 15 years
The primary objective of this proposal is to study and follow the course of motor neuron loss in adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using the electrophysiological technique of motor unit number estimation (MUNE). This study is based on the hypothesis that the electrophysiological technique of motor unit number estimation (MUNE) can provide sensitive indicator data to assess the severity and progression of disease in adults with SMA.
CMAP
时间窗: up to 15 years
The primary objective of this proposal is to study and follow the course of motor neuron loss in adults with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) using the electrophysiological technique of compound muscle action potential (CMAP). This study is based on the hypothesis that the electrophysiological technique of compound muscle action potential (CMAP) can provide sensitive indicator data to assess the severity and progression of disease in adults with SMA.
次要结局
- Treatment insurance approval and safety(up to 15 years)
- EIM(up to 15 years)
- Nusinersen(up to 15 years)
研究者
Bakri Elsheikh
Professor
Ohio State University