Investigating Pompe Prevalence in Neuromuscular Medicine Academic Practices

NCT02838368 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: UCI-Ipanema
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 921
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The incidence of type II glycogen-storage disease (Pompe disease) varies depending on ethnicity and geographic region. As of 2010, nine studies have been published documenting the incidence of Pompe disease. It is most common within the African American population, with an incidence of 1 in 14,000. In the U.S. more broadly speaking, the combined incidence of all three variants of the disease is 1 in 40,000. These estimates relied on the frequencies of three mutations in the gene acid alpha-glucosidase (GAA), leading to variants of the disease. Criteria for inclusion in the studies were often non-selective; in many cases, molecular genetic screening was done at birth. With such a high prevalence of Pompe disease reported, it is expected that large university medical centers specializing in neuromuscular diseases would see a higher incidence of Pompe disease among their patients. From a comparable Italian multicenter study, it appears that Pompe disease accounts for 3% of all patients presenting with proximal weakness with or without CK elevation. This study will measure the incidence of Pompe disease based on manifest laboratory abnormality, namely low GAA enzyme activity. Analysis of GAA enzyme activity will be determined through a blood sample of 4 mL. The study seeks to measure the epidemiology of Pompe disease by symptomatically screening all patients who present with symptoms of hitherto undiagnosed proximal weakness with or without elevation of the muscle enzyme, creatinine kinase (CK), or elevation of CK alone, at thirteen academic tertiary neuromuscular practices throughout the United States and Canada. Total recruitment is expected to be \~1,500 participants. It is anticipated that the number of incident Pompe cases in this cohort would be between 3-5%, i.e. 45-75 newly diagnosed cases of Pompe disease.

Conditions

Pompe Disease

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• The true incidence of Pompe disease among patients seen at neuromuscular clinics.

  Two years

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients age of 8 years and older suspected of late-onset Pompe disease.

You may qualify if:

• Age 8 years or older.
• Geographically accessible to one of the sites.
• One of these following three clinical situations: Complaint of proximal muscle weakness with or without elevation in creatinine kinase (CK); neck muscle weakness (either flexor or extensor) with or without elevation in CK; or elevation of CK in isolation.
• Capable and willing to provide informed consent or assent and follow study procedures.

You may not qualify if:

• Less than 8 years of age.
• Subjects with an alternative neuromuscular diagnosis that is responsible for subject's symptoms
• Incapable or unwilling to provide informed consent and to follow research procedures.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of California, Irvine: lead
• Genzyme, a Sanofi Company: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, California, 92868, United States

Location

Related Publications (6)

• Cupler EJ, Berger KI, Leshner RT, Wolfe GI, Han JJ, Barohn RJ, Kissel JT; AANEM Consensus Committee on Late-onset Pompe Disease. Consensus treatment recommendations for late-onset Pompe disease. Muscle Nerve. 2012 Mar;45(3):319-33. doi: 10.1002/mus.22329. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

  PMID: 22173792 BACKGROUND

• Sperry E, Leslie N, Berry L, Pena L. Pompe Disease. 2007 Aug 31 [updated 2025 Aug 21]. In: Adam MP, Bick S, Mirzaa GM, Pagon RA, Wallace SE, Amemiya A, editors. GeneReviews(R) [Internet]. Seattle (WA): University of Washington, Seattle; 1993-2026. Available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1261/

  PMID: 20301438 BACKGROUND

• Hirschhorn R, Reuser AJ. Glycogen storage disease type II: acid alpha-glucosidase (acid maltase) deficiency. In: Scriver CR, Beaudet A, Sly WS, Valle D, eds. The Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill; 2001:3389-420.

  BACKGROUND

• Martiniuk F, Chen A, Mack A, Arvanitopoulos E, Chen Y, Rom WN, Codd WJ, Hanna B, Alcabes P, Raben N, Plotz P. Carrier frequency for glycogen storage disease type II in New York and estimates of affected individuals born with the disease. Am J Med Genet. 1998 Aug 27;79(1):69-72. doi: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8628(19980827)79:13.0.co;2-k. No abstract available.

  PMID: 9738873 BACKGROUND

• Musumeci O, la Marca G, Spada M, Mondello S, Danesino C, Comi GP, Pegoraro E, Antonini G, Marrosu G, Liguori R, Morandi L, Moggio M, Massa R, Ravaglia S, Di Muzio A, Filosto M, Tonin P, Di Iorio G, Servidei S, Siciliano G, Angelini C, Mongini T, Toscano A; Italian GSD II group. LOPED study: looking for an early diagnosis in a late-onset Pompe disease high-risk population. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;87(1):5-11. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2014-310164. Epub 2015 Mar 17.

  PMID: 25783438 BACKGROUND

• Wencel M, Shaibani A, Goyal NA, Dimachkie MM, Trivedi J, Johnson NE, Gutmann L, Wicklund MP, Bandyopadhay S, Genge AL, Freimer ML, Goyal N, Pestronk A, Florence J, Karam C, Ralph JW, Rasheed Z, Hays M, Hopkins S, Mozaffar T. Investigating Late-Onset Pompe Prevalence in Neuromuscular Medicine Academic Practices: The IPaNeMA Study. Neurol Genet. 2021 Oct 18;7(6):e623. doi: 10.1212/NXG.0000000000000623. eCollection 2021 Dec.

  PMID: 36299500 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Glycogen Storage Disease Type II

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Lysosomal Storage Diseases, Nervous System; Brain Diseases, Metabolic, Inborn; Brain Diseases, Metabolic; Brain Diseases; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System Diseases; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Genetic Diseases, Inborn; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Glycogen Storage Disease; Carbohydrate Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Lysosomal Storage Diseases; Metabolic Diseases; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Study Officials

• Tahseen Mozaffar, MD

  University of California, Irvine

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 12, 2016
• First Posted: July 20, 2016
• Study Start: July 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2018
• Study Completion: December 1, 2018
• Last Updated: February 25, 2019

Record last verified: 2018-08

Locations

US (1)