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Treatment of Fabry’s Disease with the Pharmacologic Chaperone Migalastat

Germain, DP; Hughes, DA; Nicholls, K; Bichet, DG; Giugliani, R; Wilcox, WR; Feliciani, C; ... Schiffmann, R; + view all (2016) Treatment of Fabry’s Disease with the Pharmacologic Chaperone Migalastat. New England Journal of Medicine , 375 (6) pp. 545-555. 10.1056/NEJMoa1510198. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Fabry’s disease, an X-linked disorder of lysosomal α-galactosidase deficiency, leads to substrate accumulation in multiple organs. Migalastat, an oral pharmacologic chaperone, stabilizes specific mutant forms of α-galactosidase, increasing enzyme trafficking to lysosomes. METHODS: The initial assay of mutant α-galactosidase forms that we used to categorize 67 patients with Fabry’s disease for randomization to 6 months of double-blind migalastat or placebo (stage 1), followed by open-label migalastat from 6 to 12 months (stage 2) plus an additional year, had certain limitations. Before unblinding, a new, validated assay showed that 50 of the 67 participants had mutant α-galactosidase forms suitable for targeting by migalastat. The primary end point was the percentage of patients who had a response (≥50% reduction in the number of globotriaosylceramide inclusions per kidney interstitial capillary) at 6 months. We assessed safety along with disease substrates and renal, cardiovascular, and patient-reported outcomes. RESULTS: The primary end-point analysis, involving patients with mutant α-galactosidase forms that were suitable or not suitable for migalastat therapy, did not show a significant treatment effect: 13 of 32 patients (41%) who received migalastat and 9 of 32 patients (28%) who received placebo had a response at 6 months (P=0.30). Among patients with suitable mutant α-galactosidase who received migalastat for up to 24 months, the annualized changes from baseline in the estimated glomerular filtration rate (GFR) and measured GFR were –0.30±0.66 and −1.51±1.33 ml per minute per 1.73 m2 of body-surface area, respectively. The left-ventricular-mass index decreased significantly from baseline (−7.7 g per square meter; 95% confidence interval [CI], −15.4 to –0.01), particularly when left ventricular hypertrophy was present (−18.6 g per square meter; 95% CI, −38.2 to 1.0). The severity of diarrhea, reflux, and indigestion decreased. CONCLUSIONS: Among all randomly assigned patients (with mutant α-galactosidase forms that were suitable or not suitable for migalastat therapy), the percentage of patients who had a response at 6 months did not differ significantly between the migalastat group and the placebo group.

Type: Article
Title: Treatment of Fabry’s Disease with the Pharmacologic Chaperone Migalastat
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa1510198
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMoa1510198
Language: English
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UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Cancer Institute > Research Department of Haematology
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1556523
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