Spinal muscular atrophy—insights and challenges in the treatment era

E Mercuri, MC Pera, M Scoto, R Finkel… - Nature Reviews …, 2020 - nature.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is an autosomal recessive motor neuron disease caused by
deletion or mutation of SMN1. Four subtypes exist, characterized by different clinical …

Advances in treatment of spinal muscular atrophy–new phenotypes, new challenges, new implications for care

DC Schorling, A Pechmann… - Journal of …, 2020 - content.iospress.com
Abstract Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) is caused by autosomal recessive mutations in
SMN1 and results in the loss of motor neurons and progressive muscle weakness. The …

New treatments in spinal muscular atrophy: positive results and new challenges

S Messina, M Sframeli - Journal of clinical medicine, 2020 - mdpi.com
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the most common autosomal recessive diseases
with progressive weakness of skeletal and respiratory muscles, leading to significant …

Gene replacement therapy with onasemnogene abeparvovec in children with spinal muscular atrophy aged 24 months or younger and bodyweight up to 15 kg: an …

C Weiß, A Ziegler, LL Becker, J Johannsen… - The Lancet Child & …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Given the novelty of gene replacement therapy with onasemnogene
abeparvovec in spinal muscular atrophy, efficacy and safety data are limited, especially for …

Clinical evidence supporting early treatment of patients with spinal muscular atrophy: current perspectives

T Dangouloff, L Servais - Therapeutics and clinical risk …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Recent advances in the treatment of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have dramatically
altered prognosis. Rather than a rapidly lethal disease, SMA type 1, the most severe form …

New treatments in spinal muscular atrophy: an overview of currently available data

S Ramdas, L Servais - Expert opinion on pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Introduction: Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is one of the most common inherited
neuromuscular disorders. It causes progressive muscle weakness and results in significant …

Nusinersen treatment of spinal muscular atrophy: current knowledge and existing gaps

T Gidaro, L Servais - Developmental Medicine & Child …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a recessive disorder caused by a mutation in the survival
motor neuron 1 gene (SMN 1); it affects 1 in 11 000 newborn infants. The most severe and …

European ad-hoc consensus statement on gene replacement therapy for spinal muscular atrophy

J Kirschner, N Butoianu, N Goemans… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) used to be one of the most common genetic causes of infant
mortality. New disease modifying treatments have changed the disease trajectories and …

Therapy development for spinal muscular atrophy: perspectives for muscular dystrophies and neurodegenerative disorders

S Jablonka, L Hennlein, M Sendtner - Neurological research and practice, 2022 - Springer
Background Major efforts have been made in the last decade to develop and improve
therapies for proximal spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). The introduction of …

An integrated safety analysis of infants and children with symptomatic spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) treated with nusinersen in seven clinical trials

BT Darras, MA Farrar, E Mercuri, RS Finkel, R Foster… - CNS drugs, 2019 - Springer
Background Treatment with nusinersen has demonstrated significant and clinically
meaningful benefits in clinical trials in infants and children with spinal muscular atrophy …