Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology (Mar 2022)

Nusinersen efficacy data for 24‐month in type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy

  • Marika Pane,
  • Giorgia Coratti,
  • Maria Carmela Pera,
  • Valeria A. Sansone,
  • Sonia Messina,
  • Adele d'Amico,
  • Claudio Bruno,
  • Francesca Salmin,
  • Emilio Albamonte,
  • Roberto De Sanctis,
  • Maria Sframeli,
  • Vincenzo Di Bella,
  • Simone Morando,
  • Concetta Palermo,
  • Anna Lia Frongia,
  • Laura Antonaci,
  • Anna Capasso,
  • Michela Catteruccia,
  • Antonella Longo,
  • Martina Ricci,
  • Costanza Cutrona,
  • Alice Pirola,
  • Chiara Bravetti,
  • Marina Pedemonte,
  • Noemi Brolatti,
  • Enrico Bertini,
  • Eugenio Mercuri,
  • Italian ISMAC group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/acn3.51514
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 3
pp. 404 – 409

Abstract

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Abstract The study reports real world data in type 2 and 3 SMA patients treated for at least 2 years with nusinersen. Increase in motor function was observed after 12 months and during the second year. The magnitude of change was variable across age and functional subgroup, with the largest changes observed in young patients with higher function at baseline. When compared to natural history data, the difference between study cohort and untreated patients swas significant on both Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale and Revised Upper Limb Module both at 12 months and at 24 months.