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Koeks Z, Bladen CL, Salgado D, van Zwet E, Pogoryelova O, McMacken G, Monges S, Foncuberta ME, Kekou K, Kosma K, Dawkins H, Lamont L, Bellgard MI, Roy AJ, Chamova T, Guergueltcheva V, Chan S, Korngut L, Campbell C, Dai Y, Wang J, Barišić N, Brabec P, Lähdetie J, Walter MC, Schreiber-Katz O, Karcagi V, Garami M, Herczegfalvi A, Viswanathan V, Bayat F, Buccella F, Ferlini A, Kimura E, van den Bergen JC, Rodrigues M, Roxburgh R, Lusakowska A, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Santos R, Neagu E, Artemieva S, Rasic VM, Vojinovic D, Posada M, Bloetzer C, Klein A, Díaz-Manera J, Gallardo E, Karaduman AA, Oznur T, Topaloğlu H, El Sherif R, Stringer A, Shatillo AV, Martin AS, Peay HL, Kirschner J, Flanigan KM, Straub V, Bushby K, Béroud C, Verschuuren JJ, Lochmüller H. Clinical Outcomes in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy: A Study of 5345 Patients from the TREAT-NMD DMD Global Database. J Neuromuscul Dis 2019; 4:293-306. [PMID: 29125504 PMCID: PMC5701764 DOI: 10.3233/jnd-170280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 102] [Impact Index Per Article: 20.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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BACKGROUND Recent short-term clinical trials in patients with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) have indicated greater disease variability in terms of progression than expected. In addition, as average life-expectancy increases, reliable data is required on clinical progression in the older DMD population. OBJECTIVE To determine the effects of corticosteroids on major clinical outcomes of DMD in a large multinational cohort of genetically confirmed DMD patients. METHODS In this cross-sectional study we analysed clinical data from 5345 genetically confirmed DMD patients from 31 countries held within the TREAT-NMD global DMD database. For analysis patients were categorised by corticosteroid background and further stratified by age. RESULTS Loss of ambulation in non-steroid treated patients was 10 years and in corticosteroid treated patients 13 years old (p = 0.0001). Corticosteroid treated patients were less likely to need scoliosis surgery (p < 0.001) or ventilatory support (p < 0.001) and there was a mild cardioprotective effect of corticosteroids in the patient population aged 20 years and older (p = 0.0035). Patients with a single deletion of exon 45 showed an increased survival in contrast to other single exon deletions. CONCLUSIONS This study provides data on clinical outcomes of DMD across many healthcare settings and including a sizeable cohort of older patients. Our data confirm the benefits of corticosteroid treatment on ambulation, need for scoliosis surgery, ventilation and, to a lesser extent, cardiomyopathy. This study underlines the importance of data collection via patient registries and the critical role of multi-centre collaboration in the rare disease field.
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- Zaïda Koeks
- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- AP-HM, Hôpital d’Enfants de la Timone, Département de Génétique Médicale et de Biologie Cellulaire, Marseille, France
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Medical Statistics, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- Hospital de Pediatría J. P. Garrahan, Pichincha, Argentina
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical School, University of Athens, Choremio Research Laboratory, St. Sophia’s Children’s Hospital Thinon and Levadia Goudi, Athens, Greece
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- Department of Medical Genetics, Medical School, University of Athens, Choremio Research Laboratory, St. Sophia’s Children’s Hospital Thinon and Levadia Goudi, Athens, Greece
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- Office of Population Health Genomics, Department of Health, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Office of Population Health Genomics, Department of Health, Perth, WA, Australia
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University-Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Clinical Neurosciences and Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary, South Health Campus, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Paediatrics, Clinical Neurological Sciences & Epidemiology, Western University, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Neurology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China
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- China DMD Care and Support Association c/o China Dolls, Xicheng district, China
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- Division of Paediatric Neurology, University Hospital Centre Zagreb (KBC Zagreb) University of Zagreb Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia
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- Institute for Biostatistic and Analyses, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic
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- Department of Child Neurology, Turku University Central Hospital, Turku, Finland
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Friedrich-Baur-Institute, Department of Neurology, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- NIEH, Department of Molecular Genetics and Diagnostics, Budapest, Hungary
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- NIEH, Department of Molecular Genetics and Diagnostics, Budapest, Hungary
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- Semmelweis Medical University, II. Department of Paediatric Neurology, Budapest, Hungary
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- Pasteur Institute of Iran, Karaj complex, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Reproduction and Growth, Department of Medical Sciences, OSPFE, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy
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- 214-1-1 Ogawa-Higashi, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Neurology, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Centro de Genética Médica Jacinto Magalhães, Porto, Portugal
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- National Institute of Legal Medicine “Mina Minovici” – Genetics Laboratory, Bucharest, Romania
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- Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Clinic for Neurology and Psychiatry for Children and Youth, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
- Department of Epidemiology, Erasmus University, Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institute of Rare Diseases Research, SpainRDR and CIBERER, Institute of Health Carlos III, Madrid, Spain
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- Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
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- Paediatric Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Unitat de Malalties Neuromusculars, Servei de Neurologia, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Paediatric Neurology and Neurorehabilitation Unit, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Altindağ, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Altindağ, Ankara, Turkey
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- Hacettepe University Faculty of Health Sciences Department of Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation, Altindağ, Ankara, Turkey
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- Neurology & Neurogenic Unit, Egypt Air Hospital, Ain Shams University, Egypt
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- Institute of Neurology, Psychiatry and Narcology of NAMS, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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- University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
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- Center for Gene Therapy, The Research Institute, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, Columbus, OH, USA
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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- AP-HM, Hôpital d’Enfants de la Timone, Département de Génétique Médicale et de Biologie Cellulaire, Marseille, France
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- Leiden University Medical Center, Department of Neurology, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, Institute of Genetic Medicine, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Napier KR, Pang J, Lamont L, Walker CE, Dawkins HJS, Hunter AA, Bockxmeer FMV, Watts GF, Bellgard MI. A Web-Based Registry for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia. Heart Lung Circ 2017; 26:635-639. [DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2016.10.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2016] [Revised: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/30/2016] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Bellgard MI, Walker CE, Napier KR, Lamont L, Hunter AA, Render L, Radochonski M, Pang J, Pedrotti A, Sullivan DR, Kostner K, Bishop W, George PM, O'Brien RC, Clifton PM, Bockxmeer FMV, Nicholls SJ, Hamilton-Craig I, Dawkins HJ, Watts GF. Design of the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Australasia Network Registry: Creating Opportunities for Greater International Collaboration. J Atheroscler Thromb 2017; 24:1075-1084. [PMID: 28344196 PMCID: PMC5656770 DOI: 10.5551/jat.37507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Familial Hypercholesterolemia (FH) is the most common and serious monogenic disorder of lipoprotein metabolism that leads to premature coronary heart disease. There are over 65,000 people estimated to have FH in Australia, but many remain undiagnosed. Patients with FH are often undertreated, but with early detection, cascade family testing and adequate treatment, patient outcomes can improve. Patient registries are key tools for providing new information on FH and enhancing care worldwide. The development and design of the FH Australasia Network Registry is a crucial component in the comprehensive model of care for FH, which aims to provide a standardized, high-quality and cost-effective system of care that is likely to have the highest impact on patient outcomes. Informed by stakeholder engagement, the FH Australasia Network Registry was collaboratively developed by government, patient and clinical networks and research groups. The open-source, webbased Rare Disease Registry Framework was the architecture chosen for this registry owing to its open-source standards, modular design, interoperability, scalability and security features; all these are key components required to meet the ever changing clinical demands across regions. This paper provides a high level blueprint for other countries and jurisdictions to help inform and map out the critical features of an FH registry to meet their particular health system needs.
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- Office of Population Health Genomics, Public Health Division, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia
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- Office of Population Health Genomics, Public Health Division, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia
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- Familial Hypercholesterolaemia Family Support Group of Western Australia
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- Menzies Institute for Medical Research, University of Tasmania
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- School of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, University of South Australia
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- Department of Clinical Biochemistry, PathWest Laboratory Medicine WA, Royal Perth Hospital.,School of Surgery, University of Western Australia
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- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, University of Adelaide
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- Centre for Comparative Genomics, Murdoch University, Murdoch.,Office of Population Health Genomics, Public Health Division, Department of Health, Government of Western Australia.,Centre for Population Health Research, Curtin University of Technology.,School of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Western Australia
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- School of Medicine, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Western Australia.,Lipid Disorders Clinic, Cardiometabolic Service, Royal Perth Hospital
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Miller L, van Wijck F, Lamont L, Preston J, Hair M. Sensory dynamic orthoses in mild to moderate upper limb tremor in multiple sclerosis: a mixed methods feasibility study. Clin Rehabil 2016; 30:1060-1073. [PMID: 26396165 DOI: 10.1177/0269215515605356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To explore the feasibility of conducting a Phase III randomized controlled trial evaluating sensory dynamic orthoses for upper limb tremor in multiple sclerosis. DESIGN Mixed methods: double blind randomized placebo controlled pilot study and semi-structured interviews. SETTING Rehabilitation centre. SUBJECTS A total of 21 people with multiple sclerosis with upper limb tremor. INTERVENTIONS Participants received a sensory dynamic orthosis sleeve or a non-compressive sleeve (placebo) that they wore eight hours a day, for nine weeks. MAIN MEASURES Outcomes were completed at baseline and nine weeks. The primary outcome measure was the Fahn-Tolosa-Marin (FAHN) Tremor Rating Scale. Secondary outcome measures included the: Action Research Arm Test, Canadian Occupational Performance Measure, Psychological Impact of Assistive Device Scale and the Nine-hole Peg Test. RESULTS Both sleeves were acceptable, although achieving a good fit was an issue. There were no significant between-group differences for the primary outcome measure. The median ± interquartile range change scores were 0.5 ±6.5 and 2 ±8 for the placebo and treatment group, respectively. The median ± interquartile range Canadian Occupational Performance Measure (performance subscale) demonstrated significant improvements ( p = 0.01) for the placebo group (1.1 ±1.65) compared with the treatment group (0 ±1.2). There was no between-group differences in the satisfaction subscale. The primary outcome measure was sensitive to detect change; however the Action Research Arm Test was not responsive in this study population. CONCLUSION Undertaking an randomized controlled trial would be feasible and a minimum of 200 participants would be needed for a fully powered, definitive randomized controlled trial.
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- L Miller
- 1 NHS Ayrshire & Arran MS Service, Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Unit, Irvine, UK.,2 School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- 2 School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- 1 NHS Ayrshire & Arran MS Service, Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Unit, Irvine, UK
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- 1 NHS Ayrshire & Arran MS Service, Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Unit, Irvine, UK.,2 School of Health and Life Sciences, Glasgow Caledonian University, Glasgow, UK
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- 3 Independent Statistics Consultant, Paisley, UK
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Bladen CL, Salgado D, Monges S, Foncuberta ME, Kekou K, Kosma K, Dawkins H, Lamont L, Roy AJ, Chamova T, Guergueltcheva V, Chan S, Korngut L, Campbell C, Dai Y, Wang J, Barišić N, Brabec P, Lahdetie J, Walter MC, Schreiber-Katz O, Karcagi V, Garami M, Viswanathan V, Bayat F, Buccella F, Kimura E, Koeks Z, van den Bergen JC, Rodrigues M, Roxburgh R, Lusakowska A, Kostera-Pruszczyk A, Zimowski J, Santos R, Neagu E, Artemieva S, Rasic VM, Vojinovic D, Posada M, Bloetzer C, Jeannet PY, Joncourt F, Díaz-Manera J, Gallardo E, Karaduman AA, Topaloğlu H, El Sherif R, Stringer A, Shatillo AV, Martin AS, Peay HL, Bellgard MI, Kirschner J, Flanigan KM, Straub V, Bushby K, Verschuuren J, Aartsma-Rus A, Béroud C, Lochmüller H. The TREAT-NMD DMD Global Database: analysis of more than 7,000 Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations. Hum Mutat 2015; 36:395-402. [PMID: 25604253 PMCID: PMC4405042 DOI: 10.1002/humu.22758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 434] [Impact Index Per Article: 48.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Analyzing the type and frequency of patient-specific mutations that give rise to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an invaluable tool for diagnostics, basic scientific research, trial planning, and improved clinical care. Locus-specific databases allow for the collection, organization, storage, and analysis of genetic variants of disease. Here, we describe the development and analysis of the TREAT-NMD DMD Global database (http://umd.be/TREAT_DMD/). We analyzed genetic data for 7,149 DMD mutations held within the database. A total of 5,682 large mutations were observed (80% of total mutations), of which 4,894 (86%) were deletions (1 exon or larger) and 784 (14%) were duplications (1 exon or larger). There were 1,445 small mutations (smaller than 1 exon, 20% of all mutations), of which 358 (25%) were small deletions and 132 (9%) small insertions and 199 (14%) affected the splice sites. Point mutations totalled 756 (52% of small mutations) with 726 (50%) nonsense mutations and 30 (2%) missense mutations. Finally, 22 (0.3%) mid-intronic mutations were observed. In addition, mutations were identified within the database that would potentially benefit from novel genetic therapies for DMD including stop codon read-through therapies (10% of total mutations) and exon skipping therapy (80% of deletions and 55% of total mutations).
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- Catherine L Bladen
- The John Walton Muscular Dystrophy Research Centre, MRC Centre for Neuromuscular Diseases Institute of Genetic Medicine, University of Newcastle, Central Parkway, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Dirkse D, Lamont L, Li Y, Simonič A, Bebb G, Giese-Davis J. Shame, guilt, and communication in lung cancer patients and their partners. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2014; 21:e718-22. [PMID: 25302043 DOI: 10.3747/co.21.2034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Lung cancer patients report the highest distress levels of all cancer groups. In addition to poor prognosis, the self-blame and stigma associated with smoking might partially account for that distress and prevent patients from requesting help and communicating with their partners. The present study used innovative methods to investigate potential links of shame and guilt in lung cancer recovery with distress and marital adjustment. A specific emphasis was an examination of the impact of shame on partner communication. Lung cancer patients (n = 8) and their partners (n = 8) completed questionnaires and interviews that were videotaped. We report descriptive statistics and Spearman correlations between shame and guilt, relationship talk, marital satisfaction, distress, and smoking status. We coded the interviews for nonverbal expressions of shame. Greater self-reported shame was associated with decreased relationship-talk frequency and marital satisfaction, and with increased depression and smoking behaviour. Nonverbal shame behaviour also correlated with higher depression and increased smoking behaviour. Guilt results were more mixed. More recent smoking behaviour also correlated with higher depression. At a time when lung cancer patients often do not request help for distress, possibly because of shame, our preliminary study suggests that shame can also disrupt important partner relationships and might prevent patients from disclosing to physicians their need for psychosocial intervention and might increase their social isolation. Even if patients cannot verbally disclose their distress, nonverbal cues could potentially give clinicians an opportunity to intervene.
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- D Dirkse
- University of Calgary, Department of Psychology, Calgary, AB
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- Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
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- Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
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- The University Clinic of Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Golnik, Slovenia
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- Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, AB
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- University of Calgary, Department of Psychology, Calgary, AB. ; Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
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Carlson LE, Angen M, Cullum J, Goodey E, Koopmans J, Lamont L, MacRae JH, Martin M, Pelletier G, Robinson J, Simpson JSA, Speca M, Tillotson L, Bultz BD. High levels of untreated distress and fatigue in cancer patients. Br J Cancer 2004; 90:2297-304. [PMID: 15162149 PMCID: PMC2410292 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 643] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The purpose of the study was to assess a large representative sample of cancer patients on distress levels, common psychosocial problems, and awareness and use of psychosocial support services. A total of 3095 patients were assessed over a 4-week period with the Brief Symptom Inventory-18 (BSI-18), a common problems checklist, and on awareness and use of psychosocial resources. Full data was available on 2776 patients. On average, patients were 60 years old, Caucasian (78.3%), and middle class. Approximately, half were attending for follow-up care. Types of cancer varied, with the largest groups being breast (23.5%), prostate (16.9%), colorectal (7.5%), and lung (5.8%) cancer patients. Overall, 37.8% of all patients met criteria for general distress in the clinical range. A higher proportion of men met case criteria for somatisation, and more women for depression. There were no gender differences in anxiety or overall distress severity. Minority patients were more likely to be distressed, as were those with lower income, cancers other than prostate, and those currently on active treatment. Lung, pancreatic, head and neck, Hodgkin's disease, and brain cancer patients were the most distressed. Almost half of all patients who met distress criteria had not sought professional psychosocial support nor did they intend to in the future. In conclusion, distress is very common in cancer patients across diagnoses and across the disease trajectory. Many patients who report high levels of distress are not taking advantage of available supportive resources. Barriers to such use, and factors predicting distress and use of psychosocial care, require further exploration.
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- L E Carlson
- Department of Psychosocial Resources, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Cancer Board, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Santoro C, Cosmas A, Forman D, Morghan A, Bairos L, Levesque S, Roubenoff R, Hennessey J, Lamont L, Manfredi T. Exercise Training Alters Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Morphometry in Heart Failure Patients. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2002. [DOI: 10.1177/174182670200900612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- L Lamont
- South Downs Health-care NHS Trust, 4 East Street, Lewes, East Sussex BN7 2LJ, UK
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Keith N, Bronson RT, Lipman RD, Ding W, Lamont L, Cosmas AC, Manfredi TG. Diet restriction and age alters skeletal muscle capillarity in B6C3F1 mice. J Am Aging Assoc 2000; 23:141-5. [PMID: 23604854 PMCID: PMC3455604 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-000-0016-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The effects of 40% diet restriction on skeletal muscle fiber area, capillary density (CD) and capillary to fiber ratio (C/F) were compared in 12, 24 and 30-month-old female B6C3F1 female hybrid mice. We hypothesized that diet restriction (DR) would retard the aging effects observed in skeletal muscle, in particular DR would pose opposite effects on skeletal muscle capillarity and fiber area. Samples were prepared for light microscopic examination by standard methods and for morphometric analysis using NIH-image software. There was a significant effect of age on muscle fiber area (p<0.05). The age-associated decrease in fiber area between 12 and 30 months of age was greater (p<0.05) in the ad libitum (AL) (37.7%) animals as compared to the diet restricted (DR) mice (29.2%). Diet had a significant effect on CD (p<0.05) and C/F (p<0.05). This finding suggests that the lower capillarity in the older DR mice may have been due to their larger muscle fibers. The results of this study support the contention that diet restriction delays the progression of age-associated muscle atrophy.
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- N. Keith
- />Bower-Suhrheinrich School of Education and Human Services, University of Southern Indiana, 47712 USA
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- />Jean Mayer USDA Human Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- />Jean Mayer USDA Human Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- />Jean Mayer USDA Human Research Center on Aging at Tufts University, Boston, MA 02111
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- />Exercise Science, University of Rhode Island, 25 West Independence Way, Room 110, Kingston, RI 02881-0810
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- />School of Allied Health Professions, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-2034
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- />Exercise Science, University of Rhode Island, 25 West Independence Way, Room 110, Kingston, RI 02881-0810
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A controlled trial of an outpatient cognitive behavioural pain management programme for sufferers of non-cancer chronic pain is described. A multidisciplinary team set up a programme of ten half day sessions for groups of ten to fourteen patients aiming to improve activity levels and control over pain; to reduce maladaptive pain behaviours and drug intake; to mitigate negative mood; to modify unhelpful beliefs and to maintain treatment gains by operant and cognitive methods. Self report questionnaires were employed before and six weeks, six months and one year after the programme. Fifty-eight patients entered the study group and 39 patients completed the programme and initial follow up with further attrition in long term follow up. There were no changes in the waiting list control group of twelve subjects but the study group made significant short and long term improvements in pain severity, activity levels, mood, coping and experienced fewer catastrophizing thoughts.
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- C Martin
- Douglas Grant Rehabilitation Centre, Ayrshire Central Hospital, Irvine
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Transient neonatal diabetes mellitus occurs in growth-retarded infants, has an incidence of 1 in 400000 live births and has been associated with both paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 and paternal duplications of 6q. We analysed samples from our cohort of patients with transient neonatal diabetes mellitus for uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 using polymorphic microsatellite repeat analysis. We report here the fifth case of paternal uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 associated with classic transient neonatal diabetes mellitus and estimate that uniparental disomy of chromosome 6 accounts for approximately one fifth of cases of transient neonatal diabetes mellitus.
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- R J Gardner
- Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Salisbury District Hospital, Wiltshire, UK
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Hope P, Breslin S, Lamont L, Lucas A, Martin D, Moore I, Pearson J, Saunders D, Settatree R. Fatal shoulder dystocia: a review of 56 cases reported to the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 1998; 105:1256-61. [PMID: 9883916 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0528.1998.tb10003.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To use information collected by the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy to help obstetric, midwifery and paediatric practice in the management of shoulder dystocia. DESIGN Review of casenotes by a multidisciplinary focus group. SAMPLE All 56 cases reported to the Confidential Enquiry into Stillbirths and Deaths in Infancy from England, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1994 and 1995, where stillbirth or neonatal death was attributed to shoulder dystocia. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Case notes were reviewed with respect to a range of perinatal variables. Comparisons were made with normative data from other studies when appropriate. RESULTS Maternal obesity and big babies were over-represented in pregnancies complicated by fatal shoulder dystocia. Fetal compromise was recorded in 26% of labours. The median time interval between delivery of the head and the rest of the body was only five minutes. The lead professional at the time the head was delivered was a midwife in 65% of cases. Middle grade or senior obstetric staff were supervising 47% of cases by the time the body was delivered. CONCLUSIONS Antenatal prediction of shoulder dystocia is imprecise, and the majority of deliveries are attended by midwives. A relatively brief delay in delivery of the shoulders may be associated with a fatal outcome.
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- P Hope
- John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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Lamont L. Meeting needs in rural areas. Community Nurse 1996; 2:10-1. [PMID: 9450430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Johnson N, Cosmas AC, Bronson R, Lipman R, Ding W, Lamont L, Garber C, Manfredi TG. CALORIC RESTRICTION ALTERS CAPILLARY DENSITY AND SKELETAL MUSCLE FIBER AREA WITH AGE IN B6C3F1 MICE. Med Sci Sports Exerc 1995. [DOI: 10.1249/00005768-199505001-01318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Lamont L, Woolhouse L. Common complaints. Nurs Times 1992; 88:29. [PMID: 1598273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Hall B, Lamont L, Mackintosh J, St John W. Adolescent parenting education: the WA experience. Aust Nurses J 1987; 17:52-5. [PMID: 3675378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Follow-up studies of findings obtained during a short programme of biochemical screening conducted on 1,041 patients attending their general practitioners in January 1967 showed that this yielded 64 results that led to a change in diagnosis or method of treatment. These results were obtained in 57 patients (5.5% of patients screened), whereas only 15 abnormal results would have been revealed on 14 of the 1,041 patients if the tests performed had been restricted to those requested on the basis of clinical features. Hence a screening programme can make an important contribution to the recognition of otherwise unsuspected disease.
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