A Multicenter Open-Label Treatment Protocol to Observe the Safety of Replagal (Agalsidase Alfa) Enzyme Replacement Therapy in Canadian Patients With Fabry Disease
Fabry Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Fabry Disease focused on measuring Replagal, Enzyme Replacement Therapy, agalsidase alfa
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
Cohort 1:
- The patient has a documented diagnosis of Fabry disease.
- The patient is sufficiently compliant with study activities to participate in this treatment plan, as judged by the Investigator.
The patient must meet current Canadian guidelines for enzyme replacement therapy for Fabry disease by meeting one of the following criteria:
Age-adjusted glomerular filtration rate (GFR) <80 ml/min or a decline in GFR of >10% which is sustained for 3 months and for which other causes of declining renal function have been excluded by a nephrologist or any 2 of the following:
- Isolated proteinuria ≥500 mg/day/1.73 m2 without other cause
- Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
- Fanconi syndrome
- Hypertension
Evidence of cardiac involvement related to Fabry disease including any 2 of the following:
- Left ventricular (LV) wall thickness >12 mm
- Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) by electrocardiogram (ECG); Estes ECG score must be >5
- Left ventricular mass index (LVMI) by 2D echocardiogram 20% above normal for age
- Diastolic filling abnormalities by 2D echocardiogram or by other accepted measures of diastolic filling. E/A ration >2.0 and deceleration time <140 msec
- Increase of LV mass of at least 5 g/m2/year, with three measurements over a minimum of 12 months
- Increase of left atrium (LA) size on 2D echo at least 10% above normal for age. In parasternal long axis view (PLAX) >33 mm; in four chamber view >42 mm
- Cardiac conduction and rhythm abnormalities: atrioventricular (AV) block, short PR interval, left branch bundle block (LBBB), ventricular or atrial tachyarrhythmias, sinus bradycardia (in the absence of drugs with negative chronotropic activity)
- Delayed posterolateral left ventricular wall late enhancement on MRI as evidence of advanced cardiac disease with fibrosis
Evidence of neurological involvement related to Fabry disease including 1 of the following:
- Stroke or transient ischemic attack (TIA) prior to the age of 55 documented by a neurologist
- Acute onset unilateral hearing loss
- Acut monocular visual loss without other cause
- Chronic, intractable diarrhea and/or abdominal pain/cramps, refractory to standard management for at least 6 months.
- Chronic, intractable neuropathic pain, refractory to analgesics and standard pain management for at least 6 months.
Cohort 2:
- Patient must have participated in Study REP001a.
Exclusion Criteria:
- The patient has experienced an anaphylactic or anaphylactoid reaction or other infusion-related reaction which, in the opinion of the Investigator, precludes further treatment with agalsidase alfa or may interfere with the interpretation of the study.
- The patient is otherwise unsuitable for the study, in the opinion of the Investigator.
- The patient is enrolled in another clinical study, other than the Canadian Fabry Disease Initiative (CFDI).
Sites / Locations
- Alberta Children's Hospital
- University of Alberta Hospital
- Vancouver General Hospital
- University of Manitoba
- Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre
- Izaak Walton Killam (IWK) Health Centre
- Kingston General Hospital
- London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital
- The Hospital for Sick Children
- The Fred A. Litwin Family Centre in Genetic Medicine
- Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS)
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Experimental
Replagal®
All eligible patients may receive Replagal produced by the bioreactor process (AF Replagal) on this treatment plan until AF Replagal is commercially available for the patient, the patient's participation is discontinued, or the study is discontinued, whichever comes first.