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Age and baseline values predict 12 and 24-month functional changes in type 2 SMA

  • Giorgia Coratti
  • , Maria Carmela Pera
  • , Simona Lucibello
  • , Jacqueline Montes
  • , Amy Pasternak
  • , Anna Mayhew
  • , Allan M Glanzman
  • , Sally Dunaway Young
  • , Marika Pane
  • , Mariacristina Scoto
  • , Sonia Messina
  • , Nathalie Goemans
  • , Andres Nascimiento Osorio
  • , Marina Pedemonte
  • , Valeria Sansone
  • , Enrico Bertini
  • , Darryl C. De Vivo
  • , Richard Finkel
  • , Francesco Muntoni
  • , Eugenio Maria Mercuri
  • Columbia University
  • Harvard University
  • Newcastle University
  • The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
  • Stanford University
  • University College London
  • University of Messina
  • KU Leuven
  • Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge-IDIBELL
  • IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini - Genova
  • University of Milan
  • IRCCS Ospedale pediatrico Bambino Gesù - Roma
  • UCF College of Medicine

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Abstract

The aim of this retrospective study was to establish the range of functional changes at 12 and 24-month in 267 type 2 Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) patients with multiple assessments. We included 652 Hammersmith Functional Motor Scale Expanded (HFMSE) assessments at 12 month- and 305 at 24 month- intervals. The cohort was subdivided by functional level, Survival of Motor Neuron copy number and age. Stable scores (± 2 points) were found in 68% at 12 months and in 55% at 24 months. A decrease ≥2 points was found in 21% at 12 months and in 35% at 24 months. An increase ≥2 points was found in 11% at 12 months and 9.5% at 24 months. The risk of losing ≥2 points increased with age and HFMSE score at baseline both at 12 and 24-month. For each additional HFMSE point at baseline, the relative risk of a >2 point decline at 12 months increases by 5% before age 5 years (p = 0.023), by 8% between 5 and 13 (p<0.001) and by 26% after 13 years (p = 0.003). The combination of age and HFMSE scores at baseline increased the ability to predict progression in type 2 SMA.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)756-764
Number of pages9
JournalNeuromuscular Disorders
Volume30
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Hammersmith functional motor scale expanded
  • Neuromuscular disorders
  • Outcome measures
  • Spinal muscular atrophy

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