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Published on: December 20, 2017
Biochemical response to substrate reduction therapy versus enzyme replacement therapy in Gaucher disease type 1
Bouwien E Smid1, Maria J Ferraz2, Marri Verhoek3
1Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Background:
We retrospectively compared biochemical responses in type 1 Gaucher disease patients to treatment with glycosphingolipid synthesis inhibitors miglustat and eliglustat and ERT.
Methods:
Seventeen GD1 patients were included (n = 6 eliglustat, (two switched from ERT), n = 9 miglustat (seven switchers), n = 4 ERT (median dose 60U/kg/m). Plasma protein markers reflecting disease burden (chitotriosidase, CCL18) and lipids reflecting substrate accumulation (glucosylsphingosine, glucosylceramide) were determined. Also, liver and spleen volumes, hemoglobin, platelets, and fat fraction were measured.
Results:
In patients naïve to treatment, chitotriosidase, CCL18 and glucosylsphingosine decreased comparably upon eliglustat and ERT treatment, while the response to miglustat was less. After 2 years, median decrease of chitotriosidase was 89% (range 77-98), 88% (78-92) and 37% (29-46) for eliglustat, ERT and miglustat naïve patients respectively; decrease of CCL18 was 73% (63-78), 54% (43-86), and 10% (3-18); decrease of glucosylsphingosine was 86% (78-93), 78% (65-91), 48% (46-50). Plasma glucosylceramide in eliglustat treated patients (n = 4) reached values below the normal range (n = 20 healthy controls). Biochemical markers decreased or stabilized in switchers from ERT to eliglustat (n = 2), but less in miglustat switchers (n = 7). Clinical parameters responded comparably upon eliglustat and ERT treatment.
Conclusions:
Our explorative study provides evidence that biochemical markers respond comparably in patients receiving eliglustat treatment and ERT, while the corresponding response to miglustat treatment is less.
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