SCN2A-Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathies: Challenges to trial-readiness for non-seizure outcomes.

Autor: Berg AT; Division of Neurology, Epilepsy Center, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.; Department of Pediatrics, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA., Palac H; Data Solutions, REDCap Cloud, Encinitas, CA, USA., Wilkening G; Department of Neurology, Children's Hospital of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA., Zelko F; Pritzker Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.; Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA., Schust Meyer L; FamilieSCN2A Foundation, E. Longmeadow, MA, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Epilepsia [Epilepsia] 2021 Jan; Vol. 62 (1), pp. 258-268. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Nov 25.
DOI: 10.1111/epi.16750
Abstrakt: Objective: SCN2A-associated developmental and epileptic encephalopathies (DEEs) present with seizures, developmental impairments, and often both. We sought to characterize the level and pattern of development in children with SCN2A variants, and to address the sensitivity of the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS) in measuring changes over time in children with SCN2A-DEEs.
Methods: Clinical histories for participants with pathogenic SCN2A variants in the Simons SearchLight project were analyzed for descriptive purposes. VABS scores obtained at study entry and yearly thereafter were analyzed for floor and ceiling effects, change with age, and association with epilepsy through use of regression and longitudinal regression methods.
Results: Sixty-four participants (50 with epilepsy, 30 [47%] female, median age 49 months, interquartile range [IQR] 28 to 101) were included. Histories of birth complications (N = 34, 54%), neonatal neurological signs (N = 45, 74%), and other neurological symptoms (N = 31, 48%) were common and similar in epilepsy and nonepilepsy subgroups. Mean standardized VABS scores (Composite 53.5; Motor, 55.8, Communication, 54.1, Socialization, 59.4, and Daily living skills, 55.1) reflected performance ~3 standard deviations below the normative test average. In longitudinal regression analyses, standardized scores decreased between 1.3 and 2.8 points per year, suggesting regression of abilities. Raw score analyses, however, revealed several subdomains with substantial floor effects (eg, community use); other raw scores increased with increasing age. Participants with epilepsy scored 0.6 to 1 SD lower than those without epilepsy (all P's < .05).
Significance: The VABS, as standardly administered, has shortcomings for addressing growth or regression in individuals with SCN2A-DEEs. Some subdomain raw scores reflected substantial floor effects. Raw scores increased so slowly over time that standardized scores declined. Alternative measures sensitive to incremental meaningful change are required if outcomes such as adaptive behavior are to be primary outcomes in short-term clinical trials.
(© 2020 International League Against Epilepsy.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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