M. Poleur , G. Parinello , E. Vrščaj , A. Dolanska , P. Nowakowski , C. Anghelescu , L. Szabo , M. Leanca , A. Mirea , S. Kodsy , A. Saleh , D. Osredkar , J. Haberlova , A. Potulska-Chromik , N. Butoianu , P. Delmar , P. Strijbos , D. Eggenspieler , L. Servais , the ActiLiège-Next study group
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Abstract
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is characterized by severe and progressive muscle weakness. Assessing investigational drug efficacy in a reasonable timeframe is challenging due to a lack of objective, reliable, and sensitive outcome measures. The wearable sensor ActiMyo/Syde was developed to assess motor function accurately and precisely at the stride level during daily life. One variable derived from these sensor data, SV95C (measuring the 5% most rapid strides), was recently qualified as primary endpoint for ambulant DMD by the European Medicines Agency. To gather 3-year longitudinal functional data using this sensor, ambulant DMD patients and controls were enrolled in the ActiLiège-Next study. Patients were asked to wear sensors at both ankles daily during the first 3-12 months and for 1 month every 3 months afterwards, and controls were asked to wear them for 1 month every 12 months. Eighty-seven ambulant DMD patients aged 4 to 14 years (median: 8.0y) and 37 controls (9.8y) were enrolled. As of Jan 2025, >95% of patients showed good adherence with sensor wear at baseline. SV95C reliability was excellent, with an intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.96 for patients and 0.87 for controls. The Spearman correlation with North Star ambulatory assessment, 6-minute walk test, 4-stair climbing test and time to rise from floor was 0.65, 0.54, -0.71 and -0.66, respectively (n=76-81; p<0.001). For patients between 4 and 8 years old, mean SV95C improved from baseline at 6 months (0.08m/s, SRM [standardized response mean]=0.55, n=37), and then declined at 12 and 18 months (-0.06m/s, SRM=ns, n=27; and -0.13m/s, SRM=-0.52, n=18, respectively). Patients ≥8 years old experienced a marked decline at 6, 12 and 18 months: -0.09m/s (SRM=-0.51, n=30), -0.15m/s (SRM=-0.99, n=24) and -0.24m/s (SRM=-2.10, n=16), respectively. These data confirm the excellent reliability, external validity and responsiveness of SV95C in ambulant DMD above 4 years old. All available 18- and 24-month data will be shared at the congress.
期刊介绍:
This international, multidisciplinary journal covers all aspects of neuromuscular disorders in childhood and adult life (including the muscular dystrophies, spinal muscular atrophies, hereditary neuropathies, congenital myopathies, myasthenias, myotonic syndromes, metabolic myopathies and inflammatory myopathies).
The Editors welcome original articles from all areas of the field:
• Clinical aspects, such as new clinical entities, case studies of interest, treatment, management and rehabilitation (including biomechanics, orthotic design and surgery).
• Basic scientific studies of relevance to the clinical syndromes, including advances in the fields of molecular biology and genetics.
• Studies of animal models relevant to the human diseases.
The journal is aimed at a wide range of clinicians, pathologists, associated paramedical professionals and clinical and basic scientists with an interest in the study of neuromuscular disorders.