2015
Effect of Oral Eliglustat on Splenomegaly in Patients With Gaucher Disease Type 1: The ENGAGE Randomized Clinical Trial
Mistry PK, Lukina E, Turkia H, Amato D, Baris H, Dasouki M, Ghosn M, Mehta A, Packman S, Pastores G, Petakov M, Assouline S, Balwani M, Danda S, Hadjiev E, Ortega A, Shankar S, Solano MH, Ross L, Angell J, Peterschmitt MJ. Effect of Oral Eliglustat on Splenomegaly in Patients With Gaucher Disease Type 1: The ENGAGE Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA 2015, 313: 695-706. PMID: 25688781, PMCID: PMC4962880, DOI: 10.1001/jama.2015.459.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGaucher disease type 1Disease type 1Efficacy end pointSpleen volumeHemoglobin levelsPlatelet countLiver volumeType 1End pointUntreated adultsOral substrate reduction therapyPrimary efficacy end pointSecondary efficacy end pointsOpen-label extension studyPercentage changeAbsolute treatment differenceEffective oral therapyMean spleen volumePlacebo-controlled trialSecondary end pointsSerious adverse eventsEnzyme replacement therapySubstrate reduction therapyBaseline splenomegalyEligible patients
2012
Genome‐wide association study of N370S homozygous Gaucher disease reveals the candidacy of CLN8 gene as a genetic modifier contributing to extreme phenotypic variation
Zhang CK, Stein PB, Liu J, Wang Z, Yang R, Cho JH, Gregersen PK, Aerts JM, Zhao H, Pastores GM, Mistry PK. Genome‐wide association study of N370S homozygous Gaucher disease reveals the candidacy of CLN8 gene as a genetic modifier contributing to extreme phenotypic variation. American Journal Of Hematology 2012, 87: 377-383. PMID: 22388998, PMCID: PMC3684025, DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23118.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllelesCells, CulturedEpistasis, GeneticFemaleFibroblastsGaucher DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenotypeGermanyGlucosylceramidaseHomozygoteHumansJewsMacrophagesMaleMembrane ProteinsMiddle AgedMutation, MissensePhenotypePolymorphism, Single NucleotidePsychosineSeverity of Illness IndexConceptsGaucher diseaseType 1 Gaucher's diseaseMild Gaucher diseaseSevere disease categoryCandidate modifier genesGlucosylceramide-laden macrophagesAshkenazi Jewish patientsRisk allele ACultured skin fibroblastsEligible patientsMild diseaseOdds ratioSevere diseaseGBA1 mutationsPatientsJewish patientsDisease severityDisease categoriesCLN8 geneRisk allelesDiseaseN370S mutationSeveritySkin fibroblastsGenetic modifiers