Development and Validation of SCACOMS, a Composite Scale for Assessing Disease Progression and Treatment Effects in Spinocerebellar Ataxia.

Composite Measure Disease Progression Partial Least Squares Regression Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Journal

Cerebellum (London, England)
ISSN: 1473-4230
Titre abrégé: Cerebellum
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101089443

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 May 2024
Historique:
accepted: 22 04 2024
medline: 7 5 2024
pubmed: 7 5 2024
entrez: 6 5 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

Spinocerebellar ataxias (SCA) are rare inherited neurodegenerative disorders characterized by a progressive impairment of gait, balance, limb coordination, and speech. There is currently no composite scale that includes multiple aspects of the SCA experience to assess disease progression and treatment effects. Applying the method of partial least squares (PLS) regression, we developed the Spinocerebellar Ataxia Composite Scale (SCACOMS) from two SCA natural history datasets (NCT01060371, NCT02440763). PLS regression selected items based on their ability to detect clinical decline, with optimized weights based on the item's degree of progression. Following model validation, SCACOMS was leveraged to examine disease progression and treatment effects in a 48-week SCA clinical trial cohort (NCT03701399). Items from the Clinical Global Impression-Global Improvement Scale (CGI-I), the Friedreich Ataxia Rating Scale (FARS) - functional stage, and the Modified Functional Scale for the Assessment and Rating of Ataxia (f-SARA) were objectively selected with weightings based on their sensitivity to clinical decline. The resulting SCACOMS exhibited improved sensitivity to disease progression and greater treatment effects (compared to the original scales from which they were derived) in a 48-week clinical trial of a novel therapeutic agent. The trial analyses also provided a SCACOMS-derived estimate of the temporal delay in SCA disease progression. SCACOMS is a useful composite measure, effectively capturing disease progression and highlighting treatment effects in patients with SCA. SCACOMS will be a powerful tool in future studies given its sensitivity to clinical decline and ability to detect a meaningful clinical impact of disease-modifying treatments.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38710966
doi: 10.1007/s12311-024-01697-8
pii: 10.1007/s12311-024-01697-8
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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Informations de copyright

© 2024. The Author(s).

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Auteurs

Gilbert L'Italien (G)

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc 215 Church St, New Haven, CT, USA.

Evan Popoff (E)

Broadstreet Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 201-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Basia Rogula (B)

Broadstreet Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 201-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Lauren Powell (L)

Broadstreet Health Economics and Outcomes Research, 201-343 Railway Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Michele Potashman (M)

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc 215 Church St, New Haven, CT, USA. michele.potashman@biohavenpharma.com.

Sam Dickson (S)

Pentara Corp, 2261 East 3300 South, Millcreek, UT, USA.

Patrick O'Keefe (P)

Pentara Corp, 2261 East 3300 South, Millcreek, UT, USA.

Melissa Beiner (M)

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc 215 Church St, New Haven, CT, USA.

Vlad Coric (V)

Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, Inc 215 Church St, New Haven, CT, USA.

Susan Perlman (S)

Department of Neurology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Jeremy D Schmahmann (JD)

Ataxia Center, Laboratory for Neuroanatomy and Cerebellar Neurobiology, Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.

Suzanne Hendrix (S)

Pentara Corp, 2261 East 3300 South, Millcreek, UT, USA.

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