Systematic review and meta-analysis determining the benefits of in vivo genetic therapy in spinal muscular atrophy rodent models
Autor: | Theodore C. Hirst, Evalyne W. Muiruri, Ellie M. Chilcott, Rafael J. Yáñez-Muñoz |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
Předmět: |
Oncology
medicine.medical_specialty Neuromuscular disease Rodentia Spinal muscular atrophy Publication bias Genetic Therapy Biology Oligonucleotides Antisense medicine.disease Random effects model SMA Viral vector Muscular Atrophy Spinal Disease Models Animal Mice Treatment Outcome Internal medicine Meta-analysis Genetics medicine Molecular Medicine Animals Nusinersen Molecular Biology |
Zdroj: | Gene therapy. 29(9) |
ISSN: | 1476-5462 |
Popis: | Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe childhood neuromuscular disease for which two genetic therapies, Nusinersen (Spinraza, an antisense oligonucleotide), and AVXS-101 (Zolgensma, an adeno-associated viral vector of serotype 9 AAV9), have recently been approved. We investigated the pre-clinical development of SMA genetic therapies in rodent models and whether this can predict clinical efficacy. We have performed a systematic review of relevant publications and extracted median survival and details of experimental design. A random effects meta-analysis was used to estimate and compare efficacy. We stratified by experimental design (type of genetic therapy, mouse model, route and time of administration) and sought any evidence of publication bias. 51 publications were identified containing 155 individual comparisons, comprising 2573 animals in total. Genetic therapies prolonged survival in SMA mouse models by 3.23-fold (95% CI 2.75–3.79) compared to controls. Study design characteristics accounted for significant heterogeneity between studies and greatly affected observed median survival ratios. Some evidence of publication bias was found. These data are consistent with the extended average lifespan of Spinraza- and Zolgensma-treated children in the clinic. Together, these results support that SMA has been particularly amenable to genetic therapy approaches and highlight SMA as a trailblazer for therapeutic development. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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