Pompe disease is a rare metabolic muscle disease inherited in an autosomal recessive fashion. Pompe disease is caused by a deficiency of GAA, which is needed for the degradation of lysosomal glycogen. Pompe disease is characterized by organelle bound (lysosomal) accumulation of glycogen in many body tissues. In general, there is an inverse correlation between the amount of residual GAA activity in patients with Pompe disease and the severity of the disease.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: (1) the patient’s legal guardian(s) must provide written informed consent prior to any study-related procedures being performed; (2) the patient and his/her legal guardian(s) must have the ability to comply with the clinical protocol; and (3) the patient must have completed Protocol AGLU01602. Are the trial subjects under 18? yes Number of subjects for this age range: F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) no F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) no F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: A patient will be excluded from this study if he/she has experienced any unmanageable AE in Protocol AGLU01602 (as determined and agreed upon by the Principal Investigator and Genzyme Corporation) due to Myozyme that would preclude continuing recombinant human acid a-glucosidase (rhGAA) therapy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Main Objective: The overall objective is to evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of rhGAA treatment in patients with infantile-onset Pompe disease;Secondary Objective: ;Primary end point(s): The proportion of patients treated with Myozyme (20 mg/kg dose group, 40 mg/kg dose group, and both dose groups combined) who are alive and free of invasive ventilatory support after each 52-week Maintenance Phase Module and at the end of the study will be estimated using the Kaplan-Meier methodology. | — |
Countries
Germany, Italy