Johannes Krämer1,2, Malte Lenders3, Sima Canaan-Kühl4, Peter Nordbeck1, Nurcan Üçeyler1,5, Daniela Blaschke6, Thomas Duning7, Stefanie Reiermann3, Jörg Stypmann8, Stefan-Martin Brand9, Timo Gottschling10, Stefan Störk1, Christoph Wanner1, Claudia Sommer1,5, Eva Brand3, Frank Weidemann1,10. 1. Department of Internal Medicine I, Divisions of Cardiology and Nephrology, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Fabry Center for Interdisciplinary Therapy (FAZIT), University Hospital and University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. 2. Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany. 3. Internal Medicine D, Department of Nephrology, Hypertension and Rheumatology, Interdisciplinary Fabry Center Münster, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. 4. Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. 5. Department of Neurology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany. 6. Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany. 7. Department of Neurology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. 8. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. 9. Institute of Sports Medicine, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany. 10. Katharinen-Hospital Unna, Unna, Germany.
Abstract
Background: Fabry patients on reduced dose of agalsidase-beta or after switch to agalsidase-alfa show a decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and an increase of the Mainz Severity Score Index. Methods: In this prospective observational study, we assessed end-organ damage and clinical symptoms in 112 patients who had received agalsidase-beta (1.0 mg/kg) for >1 year, who were (i) non-randomly assigned to continue this treatment regime (regular-dose group, n = 37); (ii) received a reduced dose of agalsidase-beta and subsequent switch to agalsidase-alfa (0.2 mg/kg) or a direct switch to 0.2 mg/kg agalsidase-alfa (switch group, n = 38); or (iii) were re-switched to agalsidase-beta after receiving agalsidase-alfa for at least 12 months (re-switch group, n = 37) with a median follow-up of 53 (38-57) months. Results: eGFR of patients in the regular-dose group remained stable. Patients in the switch group showed an annual eGFR loss of - 4.6 ± 9.1 mL/min/1.73 m2 (P < 0.05). Patients in the re-switch group also had an eGFR loss of - 2.2 ± 4.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 after re-switch to agalsidase-beta, but to a lower degree compared with the switch group (P < 0.05). Patients in the re-switch group suffered less frequently from diarrhoea (relative risk 0.42; 95% confidence interval 0.19-0.93; P = 0.02). Lyso-Gb3 remained stable in the switch (P = 0.97) and the regular-dose (P = 0.48) groups, but decreased in the re-switch group after change of the therapy regimen (P < 0.05). Conclusions: After switch to agalsidase-alfa, Fabry patients experienced a continuous decline in eGFR, while this decline was attenuated in patients who were re-switched to agalsidase-beta. Decreasing lyso-Gb3 levels may indicate a better treatment response in the latter group.
Background: Fabry patients on reduced dose of agalsidase-beta or after switch to agalsidase-alfa show a decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) and an increase of the Mainz Severity Score Index. Methods: In this prospective observational study, we assessed end-organ damage and clinical symptoms in 112 patients who had received agalsidase-beta (1.0 mg/kg) for >1 year, who were (i) non-randomly assigned to continue this treatment regime (regular-dose group, n = 37); (ii) received a reduced dose of agalsidase-beta and subsequent switch to agalsidase-alfa (0.2 mg/kg) or a direct switch to 0.2 mg/kg agalsidase-alfa (switch group, n = 38); or (iii) were re-switched to agalsidase-beta after receiving agalsidase-alfa for at least 12 months (re-switch group, n = 37) with a median follow-up of 53 (38-57) months. Results: eGFR of patients in the regular-dose group remained stable. Patients in the switch group showed an annual eGFR loss of - 4.6 ± 9.1 mL/min/1.73 m2 (P < 0.05). Patients in the re-switch group also had an eGFR loss of - 2.2 ± 4.4 mL/min/1.73 m2 after re-switch to agalsidase-beta, but to a lower degree compared with the switch group (P < 0.05). Patients in the re-switch group suffered less frequently from diarrhoea (relative risk 0.42; 95% confidence interval 0.19-0.93; P = 0.02). Lyso-Gb3 remained stable in the switch (P = 0.97) and the regular-dose (P = 0.48) groups, but decreased in the re-switch group after change of the therapy regimen (P < 0.05). Conclusions: After switch to agalsidase-alfa, Fabry patients experienced a continuous decline in eGFR, while this decline was attenuated in patients who were re-switched to agalsidase-beta. Decreasing lyso-Gb3 levels may indicate a better treatment response in the latter group.
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