{"title":"Treatment of spinal muscular atrophy.","authors":"Maria Carmela Pera, Eugenio Mercuri","doi":"10.1097/MOP.0000000000001403","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose of review: </strong>The aim of the review was to provide an overview of safety and efficacy of the available treatments including information from both clinical trials and real-world data. Additional information form ongoing studies using other approaches than increasing SMN protein are also reported.</p><p><strong>Recent findings: </strong>In the last 3 years, there have been over 24 studies reporting safety and the impact of the available drugs on different aspects of function, including respiratory and bulbar function. These findings, obtained in a real-world setting, are extremely important to define the spectrum of responses in individuals with different age, weight, SMN2 copies, and other variables and will be of help to the families and the clinicians to set up the right expectations at the time of starting a new treatment.</p><p><strong>Summary: </strong>The large number of studies that became available in the last few years support and expand the information on safety and efficacy provided by the clinical trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":10985,"journal":{"name":"Current opinion in pediatrics","volume":"36 6","pages":"612-618"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2000,"publicationDate":"2024-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Current opinion in pediatrics","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000001403","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/9/13 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"PEDIATRICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Purpose of review: The aim of the review was to provide an overview of safety and efficacy of the available treatments including information from both clinical trials and real-world data. Additional information form ongoing studies using other approaches than increasing SMN protein are also reported.
Recent findings: In the last 3 years, there have been over 24 studies reporting safety and the impact of the available drugs on different aspects of function, including respiratory and bulbar function. These findings, obtained in a real-world setting, are extremely important to define the spectrum of responses in individuals with different age, weight, SMN2 copies, and other variables and will be of help to the families and the clinicians to set up the right expectations at the time of starting a new treatment.
Summary: The large number of studies that became available in the last few years support and expand the information on safety and efficacy provided by the clinical trials.
期刊介绍:
Current Opinion in Pediatrics is a reader-friendly resource which allows the reader to keep up-to-date with the most important advances in the pediatric field. Each issue of Current Opinion in Pediatrics contains three main sections delivering a diverse and comprehensive cover of all key issues related to pediatrics; including genetics, therapeutics and toxicology, adolescent medicine, neonatology and perinatology, and orthopedics. Unique to Current Opinion in Pediatrics is the office pediatrics section which appears in every issue and covers popular topics such as fever, immunization and ADHD. Current Opinion in Pediatrics is an indispensable journal for the busy clinician, researcher or student.