Observational Study for Subjects With Pompe Disease Undergoing Immune Modulation Therapies



Status:Completed
Conditions:Diabetes
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology
Healthy:No
Age Range:Any - 65
Updated:12/10/2017
Start Date:October 2008
End Date:October 2017

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Effects of Immunomodulation Therapy on Anti-rhGAA Immune Response in Subjects With Pompe Disease Receiving rhGAA Enzyme Replacement Therapy

Hypothesis: the effectiveness of treatment of Pompe Disease with rhGAA enzyme replacement
therapy (ERT) is limited at least in part because patients develop antibodies against the
provided rhGAA enzyme. Treatment with immunomodulatory drugs may dampen or eliminate the
anti-rhGAA immune response in patients receiving ERT, thereby allowing for greater ERT
efficacy. Studying the immune response to rhGAA may provide valuable insight into the role of
the immune system in the effectiveness of ERT for Pompe Disease.

The purpose of this research study is to determine the effect(s) of medications that alter
the immune system on anti-rhGAA immune response in Pompe patients receiving rhGAA enzyme
replacement therapy (ERT). The investigators would also like to determine whether treating
Pompe Disease with medications that affect the immune system has any effects on the overall
health or disease progression of Pompe.

Subjects will be patients between the ages of 0 months and 65 years who have been diagnosed
with Pompe Disease, confirmed by mutational analysis and/or GAA enzyme activity assay.

Subjects will be eligible regardless of whether they have begun enzyme replacement therapy
prior to enrollment. All Subjects will receive enzyme replacement therapy as standard of care
during the course of the Study, although they may not have begun ERT treatment at the time of
enrollment. In addition to ERT, subjects may receive an immunomodulatory regimen as part of
their standard of care; this may include rituximab, sirolimus, methotrexate, IVIg or other
immunomodulatory agents such as pharmacological chaperone N-butyldeoxynojirimycin (NB-DNJ),
alone or in combination, at the discretion of their caregiver(s).

Inclusion Criteria:

- patients between the ages of 0 months and 65 years

- diagnosed with early-onset Pompe Disease, confirmed by mutational analysis and/or GAA
enzyme assay

- eligible regardless of whether they have begun enzyme replacement therapy prior to
enrollment

- all subjects will receive ERT as standard of care during the course of the study,
although they may not have begun ERT treatment at the time of enrollment

- subjects may receive an immunomodulatory regimen as part of their standard of care;
this may include rituximab, sirolimus, methotrexate, Gamunex, Hizentra, Zavesca or
other immunomodulatory agents, alone or in combination, at the discretion of their
caregiver(s)

Exclusion Criteria:

- subject is unable to meet the study requirements

- subjects medical condition contraindicates participation or Study Investigators feel
that participation is otherwise not in the subject's best interest

- subject does not receive ERT treatment
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Gainesville, Florida 32610
(352) 392-3261
Principal Investigator: Barry J. Byrne, MD, PhD
Phone: 352-273-7573
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