X-linked myotubular myopathy
A prospective international natural history study
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- Received September 19, 2018
- Accepted in final form December 20, 2018
- First Published March 22, 2019.
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Author Disclosures
- Mélanie Annoussamy, PhD,
- Charlotte Lilien,
- Teresa Gidaro, MD, PhD,
- Elena Gargaun, MD,
- Virginie Chê,
- Ulrike Schara, MD,
- Andrea Gangfuß, MD,
- Adele D'Amico, MD,
- James J. Dowling, MD,
- Basil T. Darras, MD,
- Aurore Daron, MD,
- Arturo Hernandez, MD, PhD,
- Capucine de Lattre, MD,
- Jean-Michel Arnal, MD,
- Michèle Mayer, MD,
- Jean-Marie Cuisset, MD,
- Carole Vuillerot, MD,
- Stéphanie Fontaine, MD,
- Rémi Bellance, MD,
- Valérie Biancalana, PhD,
- Ana Buj-Bello, MD, PhD,
- Jean-Yves Hogrel, PhD,
- Hal Landy, MD and
- Laurent Servais, MD, PhD
- Mélanie Annoussamy, PhD,
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- Charlotte Lilien,
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- Teresa Gidaro, MD, PhD,
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- Elena Gargaun, MD,
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- Virginie Chê,
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- Ulrike Schara, MD,
Dynacure Ad Board
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Dynacure Ad Board
Editor of Neurop?diartrie in Klinik und Praxis since 1.7.2014 Board member Neuromuscular Disorders Board member Neurological Research and Practice
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- Andrea Gangfuß, MD,
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- Adele D'Amico, MD,
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- James J. Dowling, MD,
(1) scientific advisory board member, RYR1 Foundation (yearly honorarium of $500 USD) (2) steering committee, MTM/CNM patient registry (3) prize committee chairperson, World Muscle Society (4) scientific advisory board member, Dynacure (yearly honorarium of $500 Euros)
(1) donation to SickKids foundation, Where There's a Will Foundation (2) donation to SickKids Foundation, Joshua Frase Foundation (3) donation to SickKids Foundation, Robbins Family Fund
(1) Audentes, travel reimbursement for investigators meeting (ASPIRO clinical trial) (2) Roche Canada, single time speaker at regional Roche conference on Spinal Muscular Atrophy
(1)Muscle and Nerve, editorial board member, 2016-present (2)PLoS Currents: Muscular Dystrophy, editorial board member, 2012-present (3) Journal of Neuromuscular Diseases, associate editor, 2014-present (4)Neuromuscular Disorders, editorial board member, 2016- present (5) Disease Models and Mechanisms, editorial board member, 2015-present
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Occasional consultant, Guidepoint Global Advisors Occasional consultant, GLG group
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(1) Valerion Therapeutics - grant in aid for natural history
(1) NIH 1R03AR062810 PI 3 years (2) NIH 1K08AR054835 PI 5 years (3) CIHR 324820 PI 3 years (4) CIHR 376691 PI 5 years (5) CIHR 363863 PI 5 years (6) CIHR 370710 PI 2 years (7) NSERC 5 years (8) Genome Canada DIG grant 9404 PI 2 years (9) NIH 1R21AR074006 2 years
(1) Hospital for Sick Children
(1) Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA 186999 and MDA380397) (2) CureCMD (3) Joshua Frase Foundation (4) Team Joseph (5) Myotubular Trust (operating grant) (6) Genome Canada (7) A Foundation Building Strength
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- Basil T. Darras, MD,
(1) Hoffman LaRoche (2) Cytokinetics, Inc. (3) PTC, Inc (4) Sarepta Therapeutics (5) Biogen (6) AveXis (6) PTC Therapeutics (7) AveXis
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Speaker honoraria from Biogen
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(1) Various titles, UpToDate, 1999-present (2) 2 videotaped presentations, "Hypotonia", "Congenital Myopathies", Oakstone Medical Publishing, 2016 (3) Elsevier royalties for 2 books
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Biogen
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(1) PTC Therapeutics (2) Valerion Therapeutics (MTM) (3) PTC Pharmaceuticals (4) Sarepta Therapeutics (5) Biogen (6) Summit (7) AveXis (8) Roche (9) Fibrogen (10) Santhera (11) Cytokinetics
(1) NIH/NINDS, 1U10NS077269, Site-PI/PD, 2018-2023. (2) NIH/NINDS, 5U01NS061799, FOR-DMD, Site-PI, 2012-2016. (3) NIH/NINDS via Skulpt Inc., 5RNS073188, Site-PI, 2015- 2016.
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(1) SMA Foundation (2) Muscular Dystrophy Association (3) Slaney Family Fund for SMA
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- Aurore Daron, MD,
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- Arturo Hernandez, MD, PhD,
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- Capucine de Lattre, MD,
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2018 Two oral interventions in medical congress as expert consultant (Laboratory BIOGEN) Subject: Spinal muscular atrophy
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- Jean-Michel Arnal, MD,
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- Michèle Mayer, MD,
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- Jean-Marie Cuisset, MD,
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- Carole Vuillerot, MD,
- Roche scientific advisory board - Biogen scientific advisory board
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-speaker honoraria from Roche, Biogen and PTC therapeutics
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(1) consultancies for Roche (2) consultancies for Biogen
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- Stéphanie Fontaine, MD,
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- Rémi Bellance, MD,
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- Valérie Biancalana, PhD,
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- Ana Buj-Bello, MD, PhD,
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A.B.-B. is inventor of a patent on gene therapy for myotubular myopathy
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H2020 program, ANR
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AFM-Telethon
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- Jean-Yves Hogrel, PhD,
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(1) Les Cahiers de Myologie, member of the editorial advisory board (2008-present)
co-inventor of the MyoGrip, MyoPinch and MoviPlate devices, all devices aiming at a precise assessment of muscle strength or function
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- Hal Landy, MD and
As part of my employment by Valerion and Alopexx
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As part of employment by Alopexx and Valerion
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Employed as consultant to Alopexx and Valerion
Employed as consultant to Alopexx and Valerion
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Employed as consultant to Valerion and Alopexx
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I have stock in Valerion Stock/Stock Options, Medical Equipment & Materials: I have stock in Valerion
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- Laurent Servais, MD, PhD
Served in the S.A.B of Roche, Biomarin, aTyr Pharma, Dynacure, Biogen, Bamboo, Sarepta, Avexis and Cytokinetics
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Gave lecture sponsored by Biomarin, Biogen, Sarepta and Roche
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Co-inventor of the Moviplate device, and of Actimyo
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Consultancy for Bamboo therapeutics, Pfizzer, Anagenesis, Avexis, Dynacure and Roche
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We run NHS sponsored funded by Valerion, then Dynacure and Roche We run a NBS program funded by Avexis, Biogen and Roche
FP7 programs Skip and Scope
Professor of Child Neurology, Universit? de Li?ge, Belgium
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- From I-Motion (M.A., C.L., T.G., E.G., V.C., L.S.), Institute of Myology, Paris, France; Paediatric Neurology and Neuromuscular Center (U.S., A.G.), University of Essen, Germany; Unit of Neuromuscular and Neurodegenerative Disorders (A. D'Amico), Department of Neurosciences, Bambino Gesu Children's Research Hospital IRCCS, Rome, Italy; Division of Neurology and Program for Genetics and Genome Biology (J.J.D.), Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada; Boston Children's Hospital (B.T.D.), MA; Centre de Référence Neuromusculaire (A. Daron), CHR La Citadelle, Liège, Belgium; UCI Pediatrica (A.H.), Hospital Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain; Centre de Référence Maladies Neuromusculaires Adulte (C.d.L.), Hôpital de la Croix-Rousse, Hospices Civils de Lyon; Service de Réanimation Polyvalente (J.-M.A.), Hôpital Sainte Musse, Toulon; Centre de Référence des Maladies Neuromusculaires d'Ile de France–Nord et Est (M.M.), Hôpital Armand Trousseau, Paris; Service de Neuropédiatrie Hôpital Roger Salengro (J.-M.C.), CHRU, Lille; Service de Rééducation Pédiatrique “L'Escale” (C.V., S.F.), Hôpital Mère Enfant, CHU-Lyon, France; CeRCa (R.B.), Hôpital Pierre-Zobda-Quitman, CHU de Martinique, Fort-de-France, Martinique; Laboratoire Diagnostic Génétique (V.B.), Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg; Genethon (A.B.-B.), UMR S951 Inserm, Univ Evry, Université Paris Saclay, Evry; Neuromuscular Investigation Center (J.-Y.H.), Institute of Myology, Paris, France; and Valerion Therapeutics (H.L.), Concord, MA.
- Correspondence
Prof. Servais l.servais{at}institut-myologie.org
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