TY  - JOUR
A1  - Germain, Dominique P.
A1  - Elliott, Perry M.
A1  - Falissard, Bruno
A1  - Fomin, Victor V.
A1  - Hilz, Max J.
A1  - Jovanovic, Ana
A1  - Kantola, Ilkka
A1  - Linhart, Aleš
A1  - Renzo, Mignani
A1  - Namdar, Mehdi
A1  - Nowak, Albina
A1  - Oliveira, João-Paulo
A1  - Pieroni, Maurizio
A1  - Viana-Baptista, Miguel
A1  - Wanner, Christoph
A1  - Spada, Marco
T1  - The effect of enzyme replacement therapy on clinical outcomes in male patients with Fabry disease: A systematic literature review by a European panel of experts
JF  - Molecular Genetics and Metabolism Reports
N2  - Background
Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) with recombinant human α-galactosidase has been available for the treatment of Fabry disease since 2001 in Europe and 2003 in the USA. Treatment outcomes with ERT are dependent on baseline patient characteristics, and published data are derived from heterogeneous study populations.

Methods
We conducted a comprehensive systematic literature review of all original articles on ERT in the treatment of Fabry disease published up until January 2017. This article presents the findings in adult male patients.

Results
Clinical evidence for the efficacy of ERT in adult male patients was available from 166 publications including 36 clinical trial publications. ERT significantly decreases globotriaosylceramide levels in plasma, urine, and in different kidney, heart, and skin cell types, slows the decline in estimated glomerular filtration rate, and reduces/stabilizes left ventricular mass and cardiac wall thickness. ERT also improves nervous system, gastrointestinal, pain, and quality of life outcomes.

Conclusions
ERT is a disease-specific treatment for patients with Fabry disease that may provide clinical benefits on several outcomes and organ systems. Better outcomes may be observed when treatment is started at an early age prior to the development of organ damage such as chronic kidney disease or cardiac fibrosis. Consolidated evidence suggests a dose effect. Data described in male patients, together with female and paediatric data, informs clinical practice and therapeutic goals for individualized treatment.
KW  - Fabry disease
KW  - systematic literature review
KW  - agalsidase beta
KW  - agalsidase alfa
KW  - enzyme replacement therapy
KW  - adult male patients
Y1  - 2019
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-232987
VL  - 19
ER  -