Relationships between DMD mutations and neurodevelopment in dystrophinopathy
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- Received December 20, 2018
- Accepted in final form May 22, 2019
- First Published October 8, 2019.
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Author Disclosures
- Mathula Thangarajh, MD, PhD,
- Jos Hendriksen, PhD,
- Michael P. McDermott, PhD,
- William Martens, BA,
- Kimberly A. Hart, MA,
- Robert C. Griggs, MD;
- for The Muscle Study Group and TREAT-NMD
- Mathula Thangarajh, MD, PhD,
PTC, Biogen
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Mathula Thangarajh was receipent of the American Academy of Neurology Clinical Research Training Fellowship from 2015 to 2017.
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- Jos Hendriksen, PhD,
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- Michael P. McDermott, PhD,
AstraZeneca and Eli Lilly and Company (DSMB for clinical trials in Alzheimer's disease), aTyr Pharma (DSMB for a clinical trial in facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy), NIH (DSMB for a clinical trial in the elderly following hip fracture); Massachusetts General Hospital (DSMB for a clinical trial in hereditary sensory and autonomic neuropathy Type I); Catabasis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (DSMB for clinical trials in Duchenne muscular dystrophy); Vaccinex, Inc. (DSMB for a clinical trial in Huntington's disease); Cynapsus Therapeutics (DSMB for clinical trials in Parkinson's disease); Voyager Therapeutics (DSMB for a clinical trial in Parkinson's disease).
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Movement Disorders, Editorial Board, 2010-2019; Chance, Editor, 2014-2019.
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Received consulting fees from Voyager Therapeutics (2017).
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Received grant support from PTC Therapeutics.
Received grant support from: NIH, NS048843, Co-I, 2003- present; NIH, NS061795, PI, 2010-present; NIH, NS101944, Co- I, 2017-present; NIH, NS095813, Co-I, 2017-present; NIH, NS102176, Co-I, 2017-present; NIH, NS065712, Co-I, 2009- present; NIH, AR065119, Co-I, 2013-2017; NIH, EY025990, Co- I, 2017-present; NIH, NS080840, Co-I, 2014-present; FDA, FD003716, Co-I, 2011-2017; FDA, FD005936, Co-I, 2016- present; FDA, FD004809, Co-I, 2015-present; NYSTEM, C028502, Co-I, 2013-2018; NIH, AR068052, PI, 2016-2018; NIH, NS108676, Co-I, 2018-present.
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Received grant support from the Spinal Muscular Atrophy Foundation, Cure SMA, and the Parkinson Study Group.
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- William Martens, BA,
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- Kimberly A. Hart, MA,
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NIH/NINDS,NS061799, FOR-DMD Project Manager, 2010-2019
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- Robert C. Griggs, MD;
1. DSMB-Solid Bioscience 2. DSMB-Idera Pharmaceuticals
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Strongbridge BioPharma-Speaker commercial
NeuroTherapeutics. Editorial Board No compensation Correspondence Editor, Neurology. annual stipend. (ended 2018)
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Andreoli and CarpenterÂs Cecil Essentials of Medicine, Eighth Edition. Elsevier, 2000, 2004, 2007 and 2010, 2015 Cecil Textbook of Medicine, multiple editions, Elsevier, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2010 and 2011, 2015, 2018 Eavulation and Treatment of Myopathies, Oxford, 2014
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Strongbridge BioPharma and Stealth BioPharma
Strongbridge BioPharma
Royalties for data of previous studies from Taro Pharmaceuticals and PTC Pharmaceuticals. Supported by PTC and Sarepta to supplement current NIH grant
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T32 NS07338 Griggs (PI and preceptor, 7/1/15-6/30/20, NINDS, Experimental Therapeutics of Neurological Disease Griggs (PI), 3/1/10-2/28/16, NINDS 5U01NS061799, FOR-DMD: Double-blind randomized trial to optimize steroid regimen in Duchenne MD Griggs, Site-PI, 2/15/11-1/31/15, FDA R01 FD003923 (Jen PI) A Randomized Trial on the Efficacy and Tolerability of 4-Aminopyridine in EA2 Griggs (PI), 8/1/13-7/31/14, NINDS 1R13NS084687, Novel Molecular Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Disease: Implications for Therapy.
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Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy, Inc., Griggs (PI), 1/1/2013-1/1/2016, Predicting the Benefits Vs. the Side Effects of Corticosteroids in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Muscular Dystrophy Association, Griggs (PI),10/1/2013- 9/20/2016, FOR-DMD:Double-Blind Randomized Trial to Optimize Steroid Regimen in Duchenne MD Muscular Dystrophy Association,Griggs (PI), 7/1/2013 Â 6/30/2014, 287108, Novel Molecular Mechanisms of Neuromuscular Disease: Implications for Therapy
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- for The Muscle Study Group and TREAT-NMD
- From the Department of Neurology (M.T.), Children's National Health System, Washington, DC; Kempenhaeghe Center for Neurological Learning Disabilities (J.H.), Heeze, the Netherlands; and School of Medicine and Dentistry (M.P.M., W.M., K.A.H., R.C.G.), University of Rochester Medical Center, NY. M.T. is currently affiliated with the Department of Neurology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
- Correspondence
Dr. Thangarajh mathula.thangarajh{at}vcuhealth.org
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