TY - JOUR
T1 - Prognostic factors for tube feeding in type I SMA patients treated with disease-modifying therapies: a cohort study
AU - Pane, Marika
AU - Stanca, Giulia
AU - Coratti, Giorgia
AU - D’ Amico, Adele
AU - Sansone, Valeria Ada
AU - Berti, Beatrice
AU - Fanelli, Lavinia
AU - Albamonte, Emilio
AU - Ausili Cefaro, Carolina
AU - Cerchiari, Antonella
AU - Catteruccia, Michela
AU - De Sanctis, Roberto
AU - Leone, Daniela
AU - Palermo, Concetta
AU - Buchignani, Bianca
AU - Onesimo, Roberta
AU - Kuczynska, Eliza Maria
AU - Tosi, Michele
AU - Pera, Maria Carmela
AU - Bravetti, Chiara
AU - Tiziano, Francesco Danilo
AU - Bertini, Enrico
AU - Mercuri, Eugenio Maria
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - The aim of this study was to assess the need for tube feeding in a cohort of treated infants with type I SMA and to identify predictive factors. All patients were classified at baseline, when treatment started, and at follow-up according to their functional level and the need for tube feeding. Fisher’s exact test was used to examine the associations between the outcome at the last follow-up and SMA type, SMN2 copy number, and baseline nutritional status. ANOVA was performed to compare CHOP INTEND scores and age at treatment initiation with outcomes. The cohort includes 75 type I SMA infants treated between 0.1 and 5 years of age. At the last follow-up, 34 had no need for tube feeding, 9 had tube feeding but were also able to be fed by mouth, and 32 had tube feeding and were unable to be fed by mouth. Thirty of the 41 infants with tube feeding at follow-up already had feeding difficulties when treatment was started. The need for tube feeding at follow-up was associated with the level of feeding involvement at baseline and with CHOP INTEND scores [p < 0.001] but not with SMN2 copy number, SMA type 1 subtypes or age at treatment. The results of this study suggest that the need for tube feeding is not frequent in treated infants with type I SMA and, when occurring, can be predicted by the level of feeding involvement and low CHOP INTEND scores at baseline. (Table presented.)
AB - The aim of this study was to assess the need for tube feeding in a cohort of treated infants with type I SMA and to identify predictive factors. All patients were classified at baseline, when treatment started, and at follow-up according to their functional level and the need for tube feeding. Fisher’s exact test was used to examine the associations between the outcome at the last follow-up and SMA type, SMN2 copy number, and baseline nutritional status. ANOVA was performed to compare CHOP INTEND scores and age at treatment initiation with outcomes. The cohort includes 75 type I SMA infants treated between 0.1 and 5 years of age. At the last follow-up, 34 had no need for tube feeding, 9 had tube feeding but were also able to be fed by mouth, and 32 had tube feeding and were unable to be fed by mouth. Thirty of the 41 infants with tube feeding at follow-up already had feeding difficulties when treatment was started. The need for tube feeding at follow-up was associated with the level of feeding involvement at baseline and with CHOP INTEND scores [p < 0.001] but not with SMN2 copy number, SMA type 1 subtypes or age at treatment. The results of this study suggest that the need for tube feeding is not frequent in treated infants with type I SMA and, when occurring, can be predicted by the level of feeding involvement and low CHOP INTEND scores at baseline. (Table presented.)
KW - Disease-modifying therapies
KW - Swallowing
KW - Spinal muscular atrophy
KW - Oro-bulbar
KW - Disease-modifying therapies
KW - Swallowing
KW - Spinal muscular atrophy
KW - Oro-bulbar
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10807/296197
U2 - 10.1007/s00431-024-05735-9
DO - 10.1007/s00431-024-05735-9
M3 - Article
SN - 0340-6199
SP - 4735
EP - 4745
JO - European Journal of Pediatrics
JF - European Journal of Pediatrics
ER -