TY - JOUR
T1 - Adult-Onset Leukoencephalopathy With Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia
T2 - Review of Clinical Manifestations as Foundations for Therapeutic Development
AU - Papapetropoulos, Spyros
AU - Pontius, Angela
AU - Finger, Elizabeth
AU - Karrenbauer, Virginija
AU - Lynch, David S.
AU - Brennan, Matthew
AU - Zappia, Samantha
AU - Koehler, Wolfgang
AU - Schoels, Ludger
AU - Hayer, Stefanie N.
AU - Konno, Takuya
AU - Ikeuchi, Takeshi
AU - Lund, Troy
AU - Orthmann-Murphy, Jennifer
AU - Eichler, Florian
AU - Wszolek, Zbigniew K.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors wish to thank Lillian Neff and Serena Hung for content suggestions and edits for this manuscript.
Funding Information:
Conflict of Interest: Unrelated to this study, EF received personal compensation for serving on a PSP Scientific Advisory or Data Safety Monitoring board for Biogen, Vigil Neuroscience, Inc., and Denali Therapeutics, as a section editor for NeuroImage Clinical and as a course director for the AAN Annual Meeting. EF has received research support paid to her institution (UWO) from CIHR and the Weston Foundation to conduct an ongoing study of oxytocin in FTD, from Alzheimer Society of Canada and the Physicians and Services Incorporated Foundation, the Ministry of Research and Innovation of Ontario for research and for site participation in clinical trials sponsored by Alector, Biogen, and TauRx. VK was funded by the Stockholm County Council. WK received consulting honoraria from Vigil Neuroscience. LS was funded by the German Research council (DFG grant SCHO754/6-2), German Ministryof Health (BMG grant ZMVI1-2520DAT94E to LeukoExpert), German Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF grant 01GM1905A to Treat HSP and grant 01GM1907A to Treat ION), European Commission (EU grant 947588 to the ERNRND registry and JPND grant 01ED16028 to ESMI). LS was a member of the European Reference Network for Rare Neurological Diseases (Project No 739510). SH was funded by the Hertie Network of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience (GHST grant P1200021). TK and TI are funded by AMED JP21dk0207045, a public grant from the Japanese government to support research on ALSP. JO-M was funded by the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, the Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics Transdisciplinary (ITMAT) and serves as a principal investigator on Vigil Neuroscience, Inc. sponsored clinical studies (VGL101-01.001; VGL101-01.002). FE is the principal investigator of Bluebird Bio and Minoryx Therapeutics clinical trials; consultant to Ionis, Alnylam, Sanofi Genzyme, Minoryx, and SwanBio Therapeutics; director of the Third Rock MGH Neuroscience Fellowship; and founder of SwanBio Therapeutics. ZW was partially supported by the NIH/NIA and NIH/NINDS (1U19AG063911, FAIN: U19AG063911), Mayo Clinic Center for Regenerative Medicine, Mayo Clinic in Florida Focused Research Team Program, gifts from the Sol Goldman Charitable Trust and Donald G. and Jodi P. Heeringa Family, the Haworth Family Professorship in Neurodegenerative Diseases fund, and the Albertson Parkinson’s Research Foundation. He serves as PI or Co-PI on Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (BHV4157-206 and BHV3241-301), Neuraly, Inc. (NLY01-PD-1), and Vigil Neuroscience, Inc. (VGL101-01.001) clinical studies. He serves as an external advisory board member for Vigil Neuroscience, Inc.
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Copyright © 2022 Papapetropoulos, Pontius, Finger, Karrenbauer, Lynch, Brennan, Zappia, Koehler, Schoels, Hayer, Konno, Ikeuchi, Lund, Orthmann-Murphy, Eichler and Wszolek.
PY - 2022/2/3
Y1 - 2022/2/3
N2 - A comprehensive review of published literature was conducted to elucidate the genetics, neuropathology, imaging findings, prevalence, clinical course, diagnosis/clinical evaluation, potential biomarkers, and current and proposed treatments for adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP), a rare, debilitating, and life-threatening neurodegenerative disorder for which disease-modifying therapies are not currently available. Details on potential efficacy endpoints for future interventional clinical trials in patients with ALSP and data related to the burden of the disease on patients and caregivers were also reviewed. The information in this position paper lays a foundation to establish an effective clinical rationale and address the clinical gaps for creation of a robust strategy to develop therapeutic agents for ALSP, as well as design future clinical trials, that have clinically meaningful and convergent endpoints.
AB - A comprehensive review of published literature was conducted to elucidate the genetics, neuropathology, imaging findings, prevalence, clinical course, diagnosis/clinical evaluation, potential biomarkers, and current and proposed treatments for adult-onset leukoencephalopathy with axonal spheroids and pigmented glia (ALSP), a rare, debilitating, and life-threatening neurodegenerative disorder for which disease-modifying therapies are not currently available. Details on potential efficacy endpoints for future interventional clinical trials in patients with ALSP and data related to the burden of the disease on patients and caregivers were also reviewed. The information in this position paper lays a foundation to establish an effective clinical rationale and address the clinical gaps for creation of a robust strategy to develop therapeutic agents for ALSP, as well as design future clinical trials, that have clinically meaningful and convergent endpoints.
KW - ALSP
KW - CSF1R
KW - HDLS
KW - adult-onset
KW - axonal spheroids
KW - leukodystrophy
KW - leukoencephalopathy
KW - pigmented glia
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U2 - 10.3389/fneur.2021.788168
DO - 10.3389/fneur.2021.788168
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85124831043
SN - 1664-2295
VL - 12
JO - Frontiers in Neurology
JF - Frontiers in Neurology
M1 - 788168
ER -