Onasemnogene-abeparvovec administration to premature infants with spinal muscular atrophy

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[Brown SM] Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. [Ajjarapu AS] Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA. [Ramachandra D] Department of Genetics, Advocate Children’s Hospital, Oak Lawn, Illinois, USA. [Blasco-Pérez L, Costa-Roger M, Tizzano EF] Grup de Recerca de Medicina Genètica, Vall d’Hebron Institut de Recerca (VHIR), Barcelona, Spain. Àrea de Genètica Clínica i Molecular, Vall d’Hebron Hospital Universitari, Barcelona, Spain

Vall d'Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus

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2024-11-25T08:03:45Z

2024-11-25T08:03:45Z

2024-11



Abstract

Premature; Spinal muscular atrophy


Prematurs; Atròfia muscular espinal


Prematuros; Atrofia muscular espinal


Twin girls born at 30 weeks' gestation with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) received onsasemnogene-abeparvovec (OA) at 3.5 weeks of life. They had no treatment-related adverse events, normal acquisition of motor milestones, and normal neurological examination at 19 months. Genotyping revealed 0 copies of SMN1 and a single, hybrid SMN2 gene containing the positive genetic modifier c.835-44A>G. This was associated with full-length SMN2 blood mRNA expression levels similar to a 2 copy SMA infant. The observed favorable outcomes are likely due to the genetic modifier combined with early drug administration enabled by prematurity.


This work was supported in part by a Senator Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Specialized Research Center grant from the NINDS of the National Institutes of Health P50NS053672 (KDM, ASA) and NINDS R35 NS122306 (CJS).

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English

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Wiley

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