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Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging detects subclinical changes over 1 year in skeletal muscle of GNE myopathy

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Abstract

Background and objective

To identify the most responsive and sensitive clinical outcome measures in GNE myopathy.

Methods

ClinBio-GNE is a natural history study in GNE myopathy. Patients were assessed prospectively by clinical, functional and quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (qNMRI) evaluations. Strength and functional tests included Myogrip, Myopinch, MoviPlate and Brooke assessments for upper limb and the 6-min walk distance for lower limb. qNMRI was performed for determining the degree of fatty infiltration and trophicity in leg, thigh, forearm and hand skeletal muscles. Ten GNE myopathy patients were included. Three patients were non-ambulant. Age and gender-matched healthy subjects were used as controls.

Results

Fatty infiltration and contractile cross-sectional area changed inversely and significantly in lower distal limbs and in proximal lower and distal upper limbs over 1 year. qNMRI indices and functional assessment results were strongly correlated.

Conclusions

Even in a limited number of patients, qNMRI could detect a significant change over a 1-year period in GNE myopathy, which suggests that qNMRI could constitute a surrogate endpoint in this slowly progressive disease. Quantitative NMRI outcome measures can monitor intramuscular fat accumulation with high responsiveness. Longer follow-up should improve our understanding of GNE myopathy evolution and also lead to the identification of non-invasive outcome measures with the highest discriminant power for upcoming clinical trials.

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Acknowledgements

The authors thank the patients and their families for participating in the study. We acknowledge the dedicated work of Dominique Duchêne, Aurelie Chabanon and Gwenn Ollivier for help with data collection and protocol organization.

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  1. I-Motion-Pediatric Clinical Trials Department, Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Bâtiment Lemariey-Porte 20 * 2ème étage, 26 Avenue du Dr Arnold Netter, 75012, Paris, France

    Teresa Gidaro, Ferial Toumi, Melanie Villeret, Melanie Annoussamy & Laurent Servais

  2. NMR Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France

    Harmen Reyngoudt, Julien Le Louër, Ericky C. A. Araujo, Benjamin Marty & Pierre G. Carlier

  3. NMR Laboratory, CEA, DRF, IBFJ, MIRCen, Paris, France

    Harmen Reyngoudt, Julien Le Louër, Ericky C. A. Araujo, Benjamin Marty & Pierre G. Carlier

  4. Neuromuscular Reference Center, Institute of Myology, Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital (AP-HP), Paris, France

    Anthony Behin

  5. Consultants for Research in Imaging and Spectroscopy (C.R.I.S.), Tournai, Belgium

    Pierre-Yves Baudin

  6. Neuromuscular Physiology Laboratory, Neuromuscular Investigation Center, Institute of Myology, Paris, France

    Jean-Yves Hogrel

  7. Centre de référence Des Maladies Neuromusculaires, CHU de Liège, Liège, Belgium

    Laurent Servais

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Conception and design of the study: TG, PC, LS. NMR data acquisition, processing and analysis: HR, JLL, EA, PYB, BM. Clinical evaluation and follow-up of patients: TG, AB, FT, MV. Data interpretation: TG, HR, MA, J-YH, PC, LS. Statistical analysis: TG. Drafting the manuscript: TG, HR, LS. Study Supervision: JYH, PC, LS. Revising and approving the manuscript: all authors.

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T. Gidaro and A. Behin have served on scientific advisory boards for Ultragenyx. J-Y Hogrel is co-inventor of the MyoGrip, MyoPinch and MoviPlate. L. Servais is co-inventor of the MoviPlate. H. Reyngoudt, J. Le Louër, F. Toumi, E. Villeret M., Araujo, P-Y. Baudin, B. Marty, M. Annoussamy and P. Carlier report no disclosures relevant to the manuscript.

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Gidaro, T., Reyngoudt, H., Le Louër, J. et al. Quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance imaging detects subclinical changes over 1 year in skeletal muscle of GNE myopathy. J Neurol 267, 228–238 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-019-09569-6

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