Save Your Maximum Tolerated Dose: How to Diagnose Procedure-Related Spinal Cord Lesions After Lumbar Intrathecal Bolus Administration of Oligonucleotides in Cynomolgus Monkeys

Autor: Magdalena Wozniak, Jorge Luft, Peter Korytko, F. Runge, Serge Zander, Lars Mecklenburg, Anne von Keutz, Florian Timo Ludwig, Betina Pajaziti, Annette Romeike, Sven Korte
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: International Journal of Toxicology. 39:510-517
ISSN: 1092-874X
1091-5818
Popis: Many potential drugs for treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs), are administered via lumbar intrathecal injection, because these drugs do not cross the blood–brain barrier. Intrathecal injection is a well-established method in cynomolgus monkeys, a species that is used in preclinical safety assessment when other nonrodent species cannot be used. The authors completed intrathecal ASO administration in over 30 preclinical safety studies (>1000 animals and >4500 dose administrations) during which we observed 3 cases of procedure-related spinal cord necrosis (incidence
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