Metachromatic leukodystrophy
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{{Infobox medical condition (new)
| name = Metachromatic leukodystrophy
| synonyms = MLD, Arylsulfatase A deficiency, ARSA deficiency
| image = Sulfatide v2.svg
| caption = Sulfatide
| pronounce =
| field =
| symptoms = Progressive neurologic decline
| complications = Dementia, seizures, loss of motor skills
| onset = Late infantile (1-2 years), juvenile (3-20 years) or adulthood (around 40s)
| duration = Late infantile (3-10 years), juvenile and adult (varies)
| types = Late infantile, juvenile, or adult
| causes = Lysosomal storage disease
| risks =
| diagnosis = Enzyme based and genetics
| differential =
| prevention =
| treatment = HSCT (pre-symptomatic), Gene therapy (late infantile), Palliative
| medication =
| prognosis = fatal
| frequency = 1 in 40,000 births
| deaths =
}}
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a lysosomal storage disease which is commonly listed in the family of leukodystrophies as well as among the sphingolipidoses as it affects the metabolism of sphingolipids. Leukodystrophies affect the growth and/or development of myelin, the fatty covering that acts as an insulator around nerve fibers throughout the central and peripheral nervous systems. MLD involves cerebroside sulfate accumulation.{{DorlandsDict|nine/000954238|metachromatic leukodystrophy}}{{cite book|last1=Le|first1=Tao|last2=Bhushan|first2=Vikas|last3=Hofmann |first3=Jeffrey|title=First Aid for the USMLE Step 1|url=https://archive.org/details/firstaidforusmle2012leta|url-access=limited|year=2012|publisher=McGraw-Hill|page=[https://archive.org/details/firstaidforusmle2012leta/page/n140 117]|isbn=9780071776363 }} Metachromatic leukodystrophy, like most enzyme deficiencies, has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern.
Signs and symptoms
Like many other genetic disorders that affect lipid metabolism, there are several forms of MLD, which are late infantile, juvenile, and adult.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
- In the late infantile form, which is the most common form of MLD (50–60%), affected children begin having difficulty walking after the first year of life, usually at 15–24 months. Symptoms include muscle wasting and weakness, muscle rigidity, developmental delays, progressive loss of vision leading to blindness, convulsions, impaired swallowing, paralysis, and dementia. Children may become comatose. Untreated, most children with this form of MLD die by age 5, often much sooner.
- Children with the juvenile form of MLD (onset between 3 and 10 years of age) usually begin with impaired school performance, mental deterioration, and dementia, then develop symptoms similar to the late infantile form but with slower progression. Age of death is variable, but normally within 10 to 15 years of symptom onset. Some patients can live for several decades after onset. A recent trend is to try to distinguish early-juvenile (ages 3–7) and late-juvenile forms of the disease. Generally, early-juveniles have motor skill declines as their first symptoms while late-juveniles show cognitive declines first.
- The adult form commonly begins after age 16 often with an onset in the 4th or 5th decade of life and presents as a psychiatric disorder or progressive dementia. Adult-onset MLD usually progresses more slowly than the late infantile and juvenile forms, with a protracted course of a decade or more.
Palliative care can help with many of the symptoms and usually improves the quality of life and longevity.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Carriers have low enzyme levels compared to their family population ("normal" levels vary from family to family) but even low enzyme levels are adequate to process the body's sulfatide.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Causes
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MLD is directly caused by a deficiency of the enzyme arylsulfatase A{{cite journal |vauthors=Poeppel P, Habetha M, Marcão A, Büssow H, Berna L, Gieselmann V |title=Missense mutations as a cause of metachromatic leukodystrophy, Degradation of arylsulfatase A in the endoplasmic reticulum |journal=FEBS J. |volume=272 |issue=5 |pages=1179–88 |date=March 2005 |pmid=15720392 |doi=10.1111/j.1742-4658.2005.04553.x|s2cid=9371615 |doi-access=free }} (ARSA) and is characterized by enzyme activity in leukocytes that is less than 10% of normal controls.Fluharty, Arvan. "Arylsulfatase A Deficiency: Metachromatic Leukodystrophy, ARSA Deficiency". GeneReviews, 2006 However, assay of the ARSA enzyme activity alone is not sufficient for diagnosis; ARSA pseudodeficiency, which is characterized by enzyme activity that is 5~20% of normal controls does not cause MLD. Without this enzyme, sulfatides build up in many tissues of the body, eventually destroying the myelin sheath of the nervous system. The myelin sheath is a fatty covering that protects nerve fibers. Without it, the nerves in the brain (central nervous system – CNS) and the peripheral nerves (peripheral nervous system – PNS) which control, among other things the muscles related to mobility, cease to function properly.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}
Arylsulfatase A is activated by saposin B (Sap B), a non-enzymatic proteinaceous cofactor.{{cite journal | author = Kishimoto Y, Hiraiwa M, O'Brien JS | date = Sep 1992 | title = Saposins: structure, function, distribution, and molecular genetics | journal = J. Lipid Res. | volume = 33 | issue = 9| pages = 1255–67 | doi = 10.1016/S0022-2275(20)40540-1 | pmid = 1402395 | doi-access = free }} When the arylsulfatase A enzyme level is normal but the sulfatides are still high – meaning that they are not being broken down because the enzyme is not activated – the resulting disease is saposin B deficiency, which presents similar to MLD. Saposin B Deficiency is very rare, much more rare than traditional MLD. The enzyme that is present is not "enabled" to a normal level of efficiency and can't break down the sulfatides which results in all of the same MLD symptoms and progression.{{cite web|title=Genetics|url=http://mldfoundation.org/mld-101-genetics.html|publisher=MLD Foundation|access-date=2017-05-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222012808/http://mldfoundation.org/MLD-101-genetics.html|archive-date=2014-12-22|url-status=dead}}
A 2011 study contended sulfatide is not completely responsible for MLD because it is non-toxic. It has been suggested that lysosulfatide, sulfatide which has had its acyl group removed, plays a role because of its cytotoxic properties in vitro.{{Cite journal | last1 = Blomqvist | first1 = M. | last2 = Gieselmann | first2 = V. | last3 = Månsson | first3 = J. E. | doi = 10.1186/1476-511X-10-28 | title = Accumulation of lysosulfatide in the brain of arylsulfatase A-deficient mice | journal = Lipids in Health and Disease | volume = 10 | issue = 1 | pages = 28 | year = 2011 | pmid = 21299873| pmc =3041674 | doi-access = free }}
Genetics
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MLD has an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. The inheritance probabilities per birth are as follows:{{Cite web|title=Autosomal recessive: MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia|url=https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002052.htm|access-date=2021-08-18|website=medlineplus.gov }}
- If both parents are carriers:
- 25% (1 in 4) of children will have the disease
- 50% (2 in 4) of children will be carriers, but unaffected
- 25% (1 in 4) children will be free of MLD – unaffected child that is not a carrier
- If one parent is affected and one is free of MLD:
- 0% (0) children will have the disorder – only one parent is affected, other parent always gives normal gene
- 100% (4 in 4) children will be carriers (but unaffected)
- If one parent is a carrier and the other is free of MLD:
- 50% (2 in 4) children will be carriers (but unaffected)
- 50% (2 in 4) children will be free of MLD – unaffected child that is not a carrier
In addition to these frequencies, there is a 'pseudo'-deficiency that affects 7–15% of the population.{{cite journal|last=Hohenschutz|first=C|author2=Eich P |author3=Friedl W |author4=Waheed A |author5=Conzelmann E |author6=Propping P. |title=Pseudodeficiency of arylsulfatase A|journal=Human Genetics|date=April 1989|volume=82|pmid=2565866|issue=1 |pages=45–8|doi=10.1007/bf00288270 |s2cid=32274162}}{{cite journal|last=Herz|first=Barbara|author2=Bach, G.|s2cid=2349721|journal=Human Genetics |year=1984|volume=66|issue=2–3|pages=147–150|doi=10.1007/BF00286589|pmid=6143719|title=Arylsulfatase A in pseudodeficiency}} People with the pseudo deficiency do not have any MLD problems unless they also have affected status. With the current diagnostic tests, Pseudo-deficiency reports as low enzyme levels but sulfatide is processed normally so MLD symptoms do not exist. This phenomenon wreaks havoc with traditional approaches to Newborn Screening so new screening methods are being developed.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Diagnosis
Clinical examination and MRI are often the first steps in an MLD diagnosis. MRI can be indicative of MLD but is not adequate as a confirming test. An ARSA-A enzyme level blood test with a confirming urinary sulfatide test is the best biochemical test for MLD. Urinary sulfatide is important to distinguish between MLD and pseudo-MLD blood results. Genomic sequencing may also confirm MLD, however, there are likely more mutations than the over 200 already known to cause MLD that are not yet ascribed to MLD that cause MLD so in those cases a biochemical test is still warranted.{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
=Newborn screening=
MLD Foundation formally launched a newborn screening initiative in late 2017. The screen development started in the early 2010s at the University of Washington, by Professor Michael H. Gelb. A deidentified pilot study was launched in April 2016 in Washington state. Positive results led to MLD being included in the ScreenPlus identified baby research project in New York state, which is currently scheduled to launch in Q1'2021.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Treatment
There is currently no approved treatment for MLD in symptomatic late infantile patients or for juvenile and adult-onset with advanced symptoms. There is a treatment for pre-symptomatic patients and certain others with the condition.
Symptomatic patients typically receive clinical treatment focused on pain and symptom management.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}Pre-symptomatic late infantile MLD patients, as well as those with juvenile or adult MLD that are either presymptomatic or displaying mild symptoms, can consider bone marrow transplantation (including stem cell transplantation), which may slow down the progression of the disease in the central nervous system.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} However, results in the peripheral nervous system have been less dramatic, and the long-term results of these therapies have been mixed.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}}
In 2020 the European Medical Agency approved the cell therapy drug atidarsagene autotemcel (Libmeldy) for the treatment of infantile and juvenile forms of metachromatic leukodystrophy in Europe. In 2024 the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved atidarsagene autotemcel (Lenmeldy) for use with pre-symptomatic late infantile, pre-symptomatic early juvenile or early symptomatic juvenile metachromatic leukodystrophy.{{cite press release |title=FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Children with Metachromatic Leukodystrophy |url=https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-gene-therapy-children-metachromatic-leukodystrophy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318222306/https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-first-gene-therapy-children-metachromatic-leukodystrophy |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 18, 2024 |publisher=U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) |access-date=20 March 2024 |date=18 March 2024}}
Presymptomatic patients can be cured with one treatment of atidarsagene autotemcel, which is a type of advanced medicine called a ‘gene therapy’. This type of medicine works by delivering genes into the body. The active substance in atidarsagene autotemcel is CD34+ stem cells. They are retrieved from the patient's own bone marrow or blood. They are then modified to contain a copy of the gene to make functional ARSA. After confirming that the cells contain an active copy of the gene, they are injected into the patient's bone marrow. CD34+ cells can divide to produce other sorts of blood cells.{{citation|url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/medicines/human/EPAR/libmeldy|title=Libmeldy EPAR |website=ema.europa.eu|date=13 October 2020 }}
= Research directions =
Several therapy options are currently being investigated using clinical trials primarily in late infantile patients. These therapies include gene therapy, enzyme replacement therapy (ERT), substrate reduction therapy (SRT), and potentially enzyme enhancement therapy (EET). In addition to the clinical trials, there are several other pre-clinical gene therapy research projects underway.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Epidemiology
The incidence of metachromatic leukodystrophy is estimated to occur in 1 in 40,000 to 1 in 160,000 individuals worldwide. There is a much higher incidence in certain genetically isolated populations, such as 1 in 75 in Habbanites (a small group of Jews who immigrated to Israel from southern Arabia), 1 in 2,500 in the western portion of the Navajo Nation, and 1 in 8,000 among Arab groups in Israel.[http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/metachromatic-leukodystrophy Metachromatic leukodystrophy] at Genetics Home Reference. Reviewed September 2007
As an autosomal recessive disease, 1 in 40,000 equates to a 1 in 100 carrier frequency in the general population.{{Cite web|url=http://www.mldfoundation.org/mld-101-genetics.html|title=MLD 101: Genetics|date=January 6, 2017|website=www.mldfoundation.org|access-date=January 6, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131230231554/http://www.mldfoundation.org/MLD-101-genetics.html|archive-date=December 30, 2013|url-status=dead}}
In the US, there are an estimated 3,600 MLD births per year, with 1,900 alive; in Europe 3,100, and worldwide 49,000 alive.
MLD is considered a rare disease in the US and other countries.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
Research
=Bone marrow and stem cell transplant therapies=
- Several trials are underway to continue to improve the effectiveness and reduce the risks of bone marrow and stem cell transplants.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}
=Gene therapy=
{{main|Gene therapy}}(current as of April 2021)
Two different approaches to gene therapy are currently being researched for MLD.
- Gene therapy with an autologous stem cell transplant – Italian researchers at the [https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.sanraffaele.org/&prev=/search%3Fq%3DSan%2BRaffaele%2BScientific%2BInstitute%26hl%3Den%26hs%3DWgi%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26client%3Dfirefox-a%26rls%3Dorg.mozilla:en-US:official San Raffaele Telethon Institute] tested a novel approach combining gene therapy with an autologous stem cell transplant.{{cite journal |vauthors =Biffi A, Lucchini G, Rovelli A, Sessa M |title=Metachromatic leukodystrophy: an overview of current and prospective treatments |journal=Bone Marrow Transplant. |volume=42 |pages=S2–6 |date=October 2008 |issue=Suppl 2 |pmid=18978739 |doi=10.1038/bmt.2008.275|doi-access=free }}
- Gene therapy for late infantile and early juvenile patients was approved by the European Commission{{cite press release |title=Orchard Therapeutics Receives EC Approval for Libmeldy for the Treatment of Early-Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/12/21/2148486/0/en/Orchard-Therapeutics-Receives-EC-Approval-for-Libmeldy-for-the-Treatment-of-Early-Onset-Metachromatic-Leukodystrophy-MLD.html |access-date=12 January 2021 |publisher=Orchard Therapeutics | via=GlobeNewswire |date=21 December 2020}} in December 2020, after receiving a favorable European Medicines Agency Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) review in October 2020.{{cite news |last1=Orchard |first1=Therapeutics |title=Orchard Therapeutics Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for Libmeldy for the Treatment of Early-Onset Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) |url=https://ir.orchard-tx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/orchard-therapeutics-receives-positive-chmp-opinion-libmeldytm |access-date=12 January 2021 |issue=16 October 2020 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023025914/https://ir.orchard-tx.com/news-releases/news-release-details/orchard-therapeutics-receives-positive-chmp-opinion-libmeldytm |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|last1=American|first1=Pharmaceutical Review|title=Orchard Therapeutics Announces MAA Filing of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Treatment|url=https://www.americanpharmaceuticalreview.com/1315-News/558367-Orchard-Therapeutics-Announces-MAA-Filing-of-Metachromatic-Leukodystrophy-Treatment/|access-date=3 December 2019|website=American Pharmaceutical Review|publisher=CompareNetworks}} The product is being marketed in the EU as Libmeldy. It is a gene therapy medicinal product, for which CD34+ haematopoietic stem and progenitor cells are collected either from the patient's own bone marrow or mobilised peripheral blood.{{cite press release|title=New gene therapy to treat rare genetic disorder metachromatic leukodystrophy|website=European Medicines Agency (EMA)|date=16 October 2020|url=https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/news/new-gene-therapy-treat-rare-genetic-disorder-metachromatic-leukodystrophy|access-date=16 October 2020}} Text was copied from this source which is copyright European Medicines Agency. Reproduction is authorized provided the source is acknowledged. These cells are transduced ex vivo using a lentiviral vector encoding the human arylsulfatase A gene to insert a functional gene to produce the ARSA enzyme. When the modified cells are transplanted back into the patient as a one-time infusion, the cells have been shown to produce the missing ARSA enzyme. The children by the age of five were all in good condition and going to kindergarten when normally by this age, children with the disease can not even speak.{{cite journal|vauthors=Biffi A, Montini E, Lorioli L, et al.|year=2013|title=Lentiviral hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy benefits metachromatic leukodystrophy|journal=Science|volume=341|issue=6148|pages=1233158|doi=10.1126/science.1233158|pmid=23845948|s2cid=206546808|doi-access=free}} Additional information can be found on the MLD Foundation's [https://MLD.foundation/gene-therapy/ Gene Therapy] page and at the Clinical Trials.gov site.
- In November 2020, Orchard Therapeutics acknowledged IND discussions with the FDA as the part of their effort to seek FDA approval in the USA.{{cite press release |title=Orchard Therapeutics Announces FDA Clearance of IND Application for OTL-200 for Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) |url=https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2020/11/19/2129948/0/en/Orchard-Therapeutics-Announces-FDA-Clearance-of-IND-Application-for-OTL-200-for-Metachromatic-Leukodystrophy-MLD.html |access-date=12 January 2021 |publisher=Orchard Therapeutics | via=GlobeNewswire |date=19 November 2020}}
- A trial for late juveniles was launched in February 2020.{{cite web |title=OTL-200 in Patients With Late Juvenile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) |url=https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04283227 |website=ClinicalTrials.Gov |access-date=25 February 2020}}
- Orchard Therapeutics acquired the gene therapy IP from GSK in April 2018.{{cite news |last1=Orchard |first1=Therapeutics |title=GSK signs strategic agreement to transfer rare disease gene therapy portfolio to Orchard Therapeutics |url=https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/media/press-releases/gsk-signs-strategic-agreement-to-transfer-rare-disease-gene-therapy-portfolio-to-orchard-therapeutics/ |access-date=12 January 2021 |date=12 April 2018}}
- Recruiting for the Phase I/II Clinical Trial formally started on March 24, 2010, after approval from the Italian Authorities. Recruiting the initial cohort of 8 patients was completed in mid-March 2013. The trial was to test the efficacy and safety of autologous (using the patient's cells) hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) after genetic modification to deliver a super-therapeutic (over-expressing) ARSA enzyme to the nervous system by the route of the blood cells. Using the patient's stem cells with genetic correction should reduce or eliminate the complications of graft vs. host disease and provide a long-term solution to proper ARSA expression in MLD patients. Bench and animal tests showed positive results. The researchers published 2-year outcomes for the first three patients in July 2013. Results were described as promising.
- The Phase I/II clinical trial is complete. No additional patients are being recruited while the data is analyzed and work progresses to improve the manufacturability and repeatability of the technology while expansion to other geographies to increase access is being considered.
- Recruiting was completed for the 20-patient cohort in April 2015, which includes an expansion in December 2014 to add 6 additional patients.
- Inclusion criteria are pre-symptomatic late infantile and both pre-and early-symptomatic juveniles. See details on inclusion criteria and the trial protocol [http://mldfoundation.org/gene-therapy here].{{cite news|url=http://mldfoundation.org/gene-therapy|title=MLD gene therapy - San Raffaele - MLD Foundation|newspaper=MLD Foundation}}
- The trial was at a single center at the San Raffaele Institute in Milan, Italy. All costs were to be paid by the researchers. This was a 3-year study. In March 2013, the last of the 8 primary trial patients started therapy. The trial had several compassionate access patients and ultimately was expanded to 20 patients''
- In late 2013 GSK exercised its option for the San Rafaelle gene therapy technology and is working with the Milan Investigators to prepare for the next phase of study.{{cite web|title=GSK Product Pipeline|url=http://www.shiretrials.com/en/studies/clinicaltrialsen/2014/01/31/08/27/hgt-mld-092/|website=GSK|publisher=March 2014|access-date=29 June 2014}}
- Intracerebral Gene therapy – A Phase I/II Clinical Trial started recruiting in Paris in late March, 2013 for an Intracerebral Gene Therapy clinical trial where special "vectors" carrying genetically modified material are directly injected into a dozen sites in the brain. The hope is that the corrected cells and the enzyme they produce will then diffuse into surrounding areas of the brain. Extensive work in the lab and some encouraging [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22365775 ALD studies] provided the basis for this trial. This trial was subsequently terminated before completion.
=Enzyme replacement therapy (ERT)=
{{main|Enzyme replacement therapy}} (current as of February 2021)
- Takeda{{cite web |title=Takeda Pipeline) |url=https://www.takeda.com/what-we-do/research-and-development/our-pipeline/ |website=Takeda Pipeline |access-date=12 September 2020}} acquired the MLD ERT from Shire in early 2018{{cite web |title=Takeda Completes Acquisition of Shire, Becoming a Global, Values-based, R&D-Driven Biopharmaceutical Leader |url=https://www.takeda.com/newsroom/newsreleases/2019/takeda-completes-acquisition-of-shire-becoming-a-global-values-based-rd-driven-biopharmaceutical-leader/ |website=Takeda.com |access-date=7 January 2018}} and continues to develop and studying their intrathecal SHP 611 (formerly HGT-1110) ERT [Enzyme Replacement Therapy].
- Clinical Trial
- A third global trial studying the late infantile form of MLD for 42 patients aged 6 – 72 months launched in April 2019 and was fully recruited in January 2021.{{cite web |title=A Study of Intrathecal SHP611 in Participants With Late Infantile Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (Embolden) |url=https://www.clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03771898?term=metachromatic+leukodystrophy&recrs=a&draw=2&rank=1 |website=ClinicalTrails.gov |access-date=30 April 2019}} This is the first time ERT study sites are open in the US.
- Clinical trial information & inclusion criteria can be found on the MLD Foundation's [https://mldfoundation.org/ert ERT page] and at the [http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03771898 Clinical Trials.gov site].
=Substrate reduction therapy=
{{main|Substrate reduction therapy}}
- [http://Biomarin.com Biomarin] South (formerly Zacharon before being acquired by Biomarin in January 2013{{Cite web |url=http://investors.bmrn.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=731764 |title=BioMarin Acquires Zacharon Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:BMRN) |access-date=2013-03-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129192610/http://investors.bmrn.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=731764 |archive-date=2013-01-29 |url-status=dead }}) from San Diego had initiated a drug discovery program for MLD. This program is based on using assays that measure sulfatide accumulation in cultured fibroblasts as a means to discover and develop small-molecule drugs for MLD. (This approach differs from other approaches that have measured enzyme activity to discover effective drugs.) As of July 2011, Zacharon has begun adapting the assays it developed for other lysosomal storage diseases so that they can be employed to discover and develop drugs for MLD. (current March 2013)
- The Cooper Health System (New Jersey) sponsored a clinical trial underway to determine the safety and efficacy of a Vitamin K antagonist (Warfarin) in treating Metachromatic Leukodystrophy (MLD) in 2009. No results are known to have been published.{{cite journal|url=http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT00683189|title=Effect of Warfarin in the Treatment of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy - Full Text View - ClinicalTrials.gov|website=clinicaltrials.gov|date=18 March 2011 |last1=Assadi |first1=Mitra }} (current March 2013)
=Natural history studies=
{{main|Natural history study}}
- A natural history study (NHS) launched in Washington, DC in January 2014 to study 30 patients with additional study centers opened in the US, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia, and South America. Due to challenges in recruiting this study has been cancelled.
- A natural history study has been underway in Pittsburgh, PA since November 2012.{{cite web |title=NDRD: Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders |url=http://ndrd.pitt.edu/ |website=NDRD: Program for the Study of Neurodevelopment in Rare Disorders |access-date=12 September 2020 |archive-date=1 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001032022/http://ndrd.pitt.edu/ |url-status=dead }}
=Metazym drug studies=
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References
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- Some portions of this article are courtesy of the public domain text available at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke:
- {{cite web|title=NINDS Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Information Page|url=http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/metachromatic_leukodystrophy/metachromatic_leukodystrophy.htm|access-date=2009-06-07|archive-date=2009-06-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090603213914/http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/metachromatic_leukodystrophy/metachromatic_leukodystrophy.htm|url-status=dead}}
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Category:Autosomal recessive disorders