Long-term natural history data in Duchenne muscular dystrophy ambulant patients with mutations amenable to skip exons 44, 45, 51 and 53

Claudia Brogna, Giorgia Coratti, Marika Pane, Valeria Ricotti, Sonia Messina, Adele D'Amico, Claudio Bruno, Gianluca Vita, Angela Berardinelli, Elena Mazzone, Francesca Magri, Federica Ricci, Tiziana Mongini, Roberta Battini, Luca Bello, Elena Pegoraro, Giovanni Baranello, Stefano C Previtali, Luisa Politano, Giacomo P Comi, Valeria A Sansone, Alice Donati, Enrico Bertini, Francesco Muntoni, Nathalie Goemans, Eugenio Mercuri, on behalf on the International DMD group, Claudia Brogna, Giorgia Coratti, Marika Pane, Valeria Ricotti, Sonia Messina, Adele D'Amico, Claudio Bruno, Gianluca Vita, Angela Berardinelli, Elena Mazzone, Francesca Magri, Federica Ricci, Tiziana Mongini, Roberta Battini, Luca Bello, Elena Pegoraro, Giovanni Baranello, Stefano C Previtali, Luisa Politano, Giacomo P Comi, Valeria A Sansone, Alice Donati, Enrico Bertini, Francesco Muntoni, Nathalie Goemans, Eugenio Mercuri, on behalf on the International DMD group

Abstract

Introduction: The aim of this international collaborative effort was to report 36-month longitudinal changes using the 6MWT in ambulant patients affected by Duchenne muscular dystrophy amenable to skip exons 44, 45, 51 or 53.

Materials and methods: Of the 92 patients included in the study, 24 had deletions amenable to skip exon 44, 27 exon 45, 18 exon 51, and 28 exon 53. Five patients with a single deletion of exon 52 were counted in both subgroups skipping exon 51 and 53.

Results: The difference between subgroups amenable to skip different exons was not significant at 12 months but became significant at both 24 (p≤0.05) and 36 months (p≤0.01).

Discussion: Mutations amenable to skip exon 53 had lower baseline values and more negative changes than the other subgroups while those amenable to skip exon 44 had better results both at baseline and at follow up. Deletions amenable to skip exon 45 were associated with a more variable pattern of progression. Single exon deletions were more often associated with less drastic changes but this was not always true in individual cases.

Conclusion: Our results confirm that the progression of disease can differ between patients with different deletions, although the changes only become significant from 24 months onwards. This information is relevant because there are current clinical trials specifically targeting patients with these subgroups of mutations.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Figures

Fig 1. Mean 6MWT changes in the…
Fig 1. Mean 6MWT changes in the whole study cohort and in individual subgroups skipping exons 44, 45, 51 and 53 according to age.
Panel A: Study Cohort. Panel B:

Fig 2. Individual 6MWT changes with details…

Fig 2. Individual 6MWT changes with details of the mutations within skipping subgroups.

Panel A:…

Fig 2. Individual 6MWT changes with details of the mutations within skipping subgroups.
Panel A: Cohort skipping exon 44. Panel B: Cohort skipping exon 45. Panel C: Cohort skipping exon 51. Panel D: Cohort skipping exon 53. ✳ = TRF ≥ 6 sec, ○ = TRF not performed.
Fig 2. Individual 6MWT changes with details…
Fig 2. Individual 6MWT changes with details of the mutations within skipping subgroups.
Panel A: Cohort skipping exon 44. Panel B: Cohort skipping exon 45. Panel C: Cohort skipping exon 51. Panel D: Cohort skipping exon 53. ✳ = TRF ≥ 6 sec, ○ = TRF not performed.

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