Anti-HMGCR myopathy may resemble limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
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- Received May 30, 2018
- Accepted in final form October 16, 2018
- First Published December 12, 2018.
Author Disclosures
- Payam Mohassel, MD*,
- Océane Landon-Cardinal, MD*,
- A. Reghan Foley, MD,
- Sandra Donkervoort, MS, CGC,
- Katherine S. Pak, MD,
- Colleen Wahl, FNP, DNP,
- Robert T. Shebert, MD,
- Amy Harper, MD,
- Pierre Fequiere, MD,
- Matthew Meriggioli, MD,
- Camilo Toro, MD,
- Daniel Drachman, MD,
- Yves Allenbach, MD, PhD,
- Olivier Benveniste, MD, PhD,
- Anthony Béhin, MD,
- Bruno Eymard, MD, PhD,
- Pascal Lafôret, MD, PhD,
- Tanya Stojkovic, MD,
- Andrew L. Mammen, MD, PhD and
- Carsten G. Bönnemann, MD
- Payam Mohassel, MD*,
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National Institutes of Health, NINDS: K22 NS104135
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- Océane Landon-Cardinal, MD*,
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O. Landon-Cardinal is the recipient of a Clinical Fellowship award from the Universit? de Montr?al Rheumatology Program - Abbvie Educational Grant.
O. Landon-Cardinal is the recipient of a Clinical Fellowship award from the Association des m?decins rhumatologues du Qu?bec - Visithan-Khy Educational Grant.
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- A. Reghan Foley, MD,
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Travel funding from a non-profit patient organization,
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I am an employee of the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
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- Sandra Donkervoort, MS, CGC,
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Government employee
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- Katherine S. Pak, MD,
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- Colleen Wahl, FNP, DNP,
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- Robert T. Shebert, MD,
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I have been, but am no longer on the Grifols speakers' bureau, unrelated to the submitted paper.
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Expert witness defending a personal injury lawsuit unrelated to any academic pursuit
- Amy Harper, MD,
10/19/18 Avexis Advisory Board Meeting
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Investigational Meeting travel for clinical research studies: TRINDS/NS Pharma, Italafarmaco, Reveragen
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Jett Foundation speaker, local family workshop, 3/24/18 no payment received. VCU Peds at the Beach speaker, 7/20/18, reimbursed for hotel stay and travel. VCU/CHOR MDA grant - reimbursement to travel to MDA conference.
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1. Revergan, Vision DMD, Vamorolone study, A Phase IIb Randomized, Double-blind, Parallel Group, Placebo- and Active-controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Vamorolone in Ambulant Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) 2.Italfarmaco Randomized, double blind, placebo controlled, multi centre study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of givinostat in ambulant patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, Role: PI 2. Marathon Pharmaceuticals 02/06/2017-9/2017 Deflazacort Expanded Access Program for Children, Adolescents and Adults with Duchenne Muscular DystrophyRole: PI 3. NS Pharma 03/2017 - present A Phase II, Dose Finding Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of NS-065/NCNP-01-201 in Boys with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, and extension NS-065/NCNP-202 Role: PI 4. Sarepta Therapuetics, Inc. 03/29/2012? 06/24/16 Open Label, Multiple-Dose, Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability Study of Eteplirsen in Patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy who Participated in Study 4658-US-202, Roles: PI, Sub-I 5. Sarepta Therapuetics, Inc. 11/14/2014 ? 06/24/16 An Open-Label, Multi-Center, 48-Week Study with a Concurrent Untreated Control Arm to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Eteplirsen in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Role: PI 6.Lilly USA 07/22/2013 ? 02/2016 A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 3 Trial of Tadalafil for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Roles: PI, Sub-I
1.NIH/NIAMS/Children?s Research Institute P50AR060836-02 09/09/2011?06/24/2016 Core C Center for Research Translation of Systemic Exon-skipping in Muscular Dystrophy, Roles: PI, Sub-I 2. 8/2018- present SPEEDI Multi-site Trial (1R01HD093624-01A1) Role: Co-I
Neuromuscular Research Network - Executive Committee Member, CINRG/TRINDS, non-funded position.
1. Children?s Hospital Foundation Research Fund 06/01/2017 Translational Project Congenital Muscular Dystrophy, Novel Gene Zebra Fish Model, Role: Co-PI
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- Pierre Fequiere, MD,
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- Matthew Meriggioli, MD,
Member of DSMB - Novartis
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Currently employed by Avexis/Novartis
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- Camilo Toro, MD,
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I'm a full time employee of the NIH. This work was supported by funding from the NIH intramural program.
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- Daniel Drachman, MD,
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- Yves Allenbach, MD, PhD,
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- Olivier Benveniste, MD, PhD,
Csl Behring Novartis LFB
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(1) CSL Behring: funding for travel at the ACR 2014 conference (2) LFB: funding for travel at the ICNMD 2014 conference, ACR 2017
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(1) Novartis (2) CSL Behring (3) Neovacs
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(1) LFB,(2) Novartis, (3) Shire, (4) CSL Behring, (5) Neovacs
(1) DGOS/INSERM, (2) PHRC
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(1) AFM, (2) The Myositis Association
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- Anthony Béhin, MD,
(1) Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical; (2) Genzyme
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(1) Ultragenyx pharmaceutical - JNLF 2017, Toulouse
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- Bruno Eymard, MD, PhD,
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conferences for LFB, Biogen and BioMarin companies
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(1) Sarepta Pharmaceutics, commercial, consultancy honoraria
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(1) AFM-Telethon (Association Fran?aise contre les myopathies, research grant
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- Pascal Lafôret, MD, PhD,
I am member of Genzyme-Sanofi Pompe advisory board
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I received funding for travel and speaker honoraria from Genzyme-Sanofi and Sparks therapeutics
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I received research supports from Genzyme-Sanofi for the French Pompe Registry, and from Valerion Therapeutics to support the Glycogenosis type III registry
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I received fundings from French Glycogenosis Association
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- Tanya Stojkovic, MD,
Ultragenyx Biogen
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I received honororia from the laboratory
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- Andrew L. Mammen, MD, PhD and
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Experimental Neurology, Editorial Board, 2013- Arthritis and Rheumatism, Editorial Board, 2014-
I am a patent holder on a commercial test for anti-HMGCR antibodies that is licensed to INOVA diagnostics; I receive no financial compensation for this since moving to the NIH in 2014.
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Andrew Mammen: (1) NIAMS/NIH, 1-ZIA-AR041203, Principle Investigator, 2014-present Jennifer Mammen (wife of Andrew Mammen): (1) NIDDK/NIH, 5-K23-DK095954, Principle Investigator, 2014-present
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I am a patent holder on a commercial test for anti-HMGCR antibodies that is licensed to INOVA diagnostics; I received financial compensation for this only prior to joining the NIH in 2014.
I am a patent holder on a commercial test for anti-HMGCR antibodies that is licensed to INOVA diagnostics; I received financial compensation for this only prior to joining the NIH in 2014.
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- Carsten G. Bönnemann, MD
Scientific Advisory Board(1) Cure CMD, non-profit entity(2) RYR1 Foundation, non-profit entity(3) Audentes Therapeutics (no compensation)(4) DSMB for 2 Abeona Therapeutics gene therapy trials (no compensation)(5) DSMB for WAVE Therapeutics oligo therapy trial (no compensation)(6) Advisor to DSMB for Solid Therapeutics gene therapy trials (no compensation)
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Has received travel expenses for lectures or educational activities not funded by industry
Co-Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Neuromuscular DiseaseEditorial Board: Matrix BiologyEditorial Board: Annals of NeurologyEditorial Board: Journal Muscle Research and Cell Motility
Listed on NINDS held patent: Diagnosing COL6-related Disorders and Methods for treating same Diagnosis and exon skipping technology for a deep intronic pseudo exon mutation in COL6A1
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Principal investigator of the CALLISTO trial sponsored by Santhera PharmaceuticalsPrincipal investigator of the INCEPTUS and ASPIRO trials sponsored by Audentes Therapeutics
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I am an employee of the NIH and all my research funding is from intramural NIH resources
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- From the National Institutes of Health (P.M., A.R.F., S.D., C.G.B.), NINDS, NNDCS, Bethesda, MD; Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology (O.L.-C., Y.A., O.B.), Sorbonne Universités, University Pierre et Marie et Curie, APHP, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris, France; National Institutes of Health (K.P., A.L.M.), NIAMS; National Institutes of Health (C.W., C.T.), NHGRI, UDP, Bethesda, MD; Department of Neurology (R.T.S.), University of Miami, Miami, FL; Department of Neurology (A.H.), Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA; Division of Pediatric Neurology (P.F.), Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama, Birmingham; Department of Neurological Sciences (M.M.), Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL; Department of Neurology (D.D., A.L.M.), Department of Medicine (A.L.M.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; AP-HP (A.B., B.E., T.S.), G-H Pitié-Salpêtrière, Institut de Myologie, Paris; and Neurology Department (P.L.), Raymond Poincaré Hospital, Garches, APHP and INSERM U1179, END-ICAP, Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France.
- Correspondence
Dr. Bönnemann carsten.bonnemann{at}nih.gov
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