Journal
NEUROMUSCULAR DISORDERS
Volume 25, Issue 3, Pages 238-246Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2014.11.010
Keywords
Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy; Outcome measures; Mobility impairment; Time-to-event analysis; Natural history
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- Muscular Dystrophy Association Clinical Research Training Grant [260590]
- NIH/NCRR/NCATS (University of New Mexico Clinical and Translational Science Center) [8UL1TR000041]
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Oculopharyngeal muscular dystrophy (OPMD) is a rare myopathy for which validated outcome measures are lacking, posing a barrier to clinical trials. Our goal was to identify factors associated with impaired mobility in OPMD in order to guide development of surrogate endpoints in future clinical trials. One hundred forty-four individuals with OPMD were included in this retrospective, single-center study. We made novel use of parametric time-to-event analysis to model age at initial use of assistive device for ambulation. We hypothesized that limb weakness and other. markers of disease severity are associated with earlier use of assistive devices. 23.6% of individuals (34/144) progressed to use of assistive devices (mean age 66.0 +/- 0 9.6 y). Earlier age at assistive device was associated with hip flexion Medical Research Council grade <= 3 (p < 0.0001), earlier disease onset (p < 0.0001), and lack of blepharoptosis surgery (p = 0.011). Markers of dysphagia severity were not associated with earlier progression to assistive devices. Our study is the first to show a statistical association between hip flexion weakness and impaired mobility in OPMD, indicating that hip flexion strength could be explored as a surrogate endpoint for use in clinical trials. Since severity of disease features may be discordant within individuals, composite outcome measures are warranted. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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