Journal
TOXINS
Volume 13, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/toxins13010022
Keywords
botulinum neurotoxin; response spectrum; hypersensitivity; insensitivity; response behavior; neutralizing antibody
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- Inge-Diesbach-Stiftung
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This study demonstrates the diversity of responses to Botulinum toxin therapy in cervical dystonia patients, including hypersensitivity, poor response, lack of response, development of neutralizing antibodies, etc. These findings suggest that patient responses to therapy may be unexpected and require cautious monitoring and adjustment of treatment strategies.
Background: The response to BoNT is not uniform; a broad spectrum of responses and side-effects usually occurs. This study aimed to show special cervical dystonia cases with therapy response very different to normal treatment course which indicate the extreme ends of therapy spectrum. Patients: Clinical data and course of treatment of five long-term treated patients with cervical dystonia out of therapy response norms are presented: a patient who was supersensitive to standard dose and has required dose adjustment to lower dose of BoNT; one patient who worsened under a standard dose, but responded excellently to twice the standard dose; one insensitive patient who responded poorly for years to a dose well above the standard dose, but responded when dose was further increased; and two patients with a totally different response pattern to BoNT/A preparation 1, but the development of a neutralizing antibody induced secondary treatment failure in both cases and a totally different response after switch to BoNT/A preparation 2. Conclusions: These five patients indicate that the response of a patient to a BoNT preparation may be unexpected. Therefore, cautious onset of BoNT therapy is recommended as well as consequent dose adjustment later on and even switch to another BoNT/A preparation when a patient has already developed NABs against BoNT/A.
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