Exploratory Muscle Biopsy Assessment Study in Patients With Late-Onset Pompe Disease Treated With Alglucosidase Alfa

Summary

This is an open-label, multicenter study of participants with late-onset Pompe disease naive to treatment with enzyme replacement therapy (ERT). The primary objective of this study is to evaluate glycogen clearance in muscle tissue samples collected pre and post alglucosidase alfa treatment in participants with Late-Onset Pompe disease. The secondary objectives are to characterize the disease burden in participants with late-onset Pompe disease and explore imaging, histologic, and functional assessments in these participants and to explore potential plasma or urine biomarkers relative to late-onset Pompe disease and participant's response to treatment with alglucosidase alfa (Myozyme®/Lumizyme®/GZ419829).

Timeline

Start

2011-06

Primary completion

2013-12

Completion

2013-12

Publications

• van der Ploeg A, Carlier PG, Carlier RY, Kissel JT, Schoser B, Wenninger S, Pestronk A, Barohn RJ, Dimachkie MM, Goker-Alpan O, Mozaffar T, Pena LD, Simmons Z, Straub V, Guglieri M, Young P, Boentert M, Baudin PY, Wens S, Shafi R, Bjartmar C, Thurberg BL. Prospective exploratory muscle biopsy, imaging, and functional assessment in patients with late-onset Pompe disease treated with alglucosidase alfa: The EMBASSY Study. Mol Genet Metab. 2016 Sep;119(1-2):115-23. doi: 10.1016/j.ymgme.2016.05.013. Epub 2016 May 19.

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