A protocol to extend the assessment of the safety and efficacy of taliglucerase alfa in pediatric subjects (2 to \<18 years old) with symptoms and clinical manifestations of Gaucher disease who completed treatment in Protocols PB-06-002 (switchover study from imiglucerase) or PB-06-005 (naïve treatment with taliglucerase alfa).
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Enrollment
15
Taliglucerase alfa for infusion every two weeks for 24 months
Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem, Israel
Instituto Privado de Hematologia E Investigacion Clinica (I.P.H.I.C)
Barrio Asunción, Paraguay
Morningside Medi-Clinic
Morningside, South Africa
Hemoglobin
Median and interquartile range. Baseline is the value obtained from the parent study: PB-06-005 for 30 and 60 Units/kg arms and PB-06-002 from Switchover arm.
Time frame: Baseline, months 9, 12 and 24
Chitotriosidase
Chitotriosidase. Baseline is the value obtained from the parent study: PB-06-005 for 30 and 60 Units/kg arms and PB-06-002 from Switchover arm.
Time frame: Baseline, months 9, 12 and 24
Spleen Volume
Spleen volume measured by MRI (or ultrasound). Baseline is the value obtained from the parent study: PB-06-005 for 30 and 60 Units/kg arms and PB-06-002 from Switchover arm.
Time frame: Baseline, months 12 and 24
Platelet Count
Platelet count. Baseline is the value obtained from the parent study: PB-06-005 for 30 and 60 Units/kg arms and PB-06-002 from Switchover arm.
Time frame: Baseline, months 9, 12, 24 and 33-36
Liver Volume
Liver volume by MRI or Ultrasound. Baseline is the value obtained from the parent study: PB-06-005 for 30 and 60 Units/kg arms and PB-06-002 from Switchover arm.
Time frame: Baseline, months 12 and 24
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