Myers Lauren, Farmer Jennifer M, Wilson Robert B, Friedman Lisa, Tsou Amy, Perlman Susan L, Subramony Sub H, Gomez Christopher M, Ashizawa Tetsuo, Wilmot George R, Mathews Katherine D, Balcer Laura J, Lynch David R
Department of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA.
J Neurol Sci. 2008 Apr 15;267(1-2):174-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2007.10.008. Epub 2007 Nov 7.
Many antioxidants have been suggested as potential treatments for Friedreich ataxia, but have not been tested in clinical trials. We found that a majority of patients in our cohort already use such antioxidants, including idebenone, which is not available at a pharmaceutical grade in the United States. Younger age, cardiomyopathy and shorter GAA repeat length were independent predictors of idebenone use, but no factors predicted use of other antioxidants. This confirms that non-prescription antioxidant use represents a major confounder to formal trials of existing and novel agents for Friedreich ataxia.
许多抗氧化剂已被提议作为治疗弗里德赖希共济失调的潜在疗法,但尚未在临床试验中进行测试。我们发现,我们队列中的大多数患者已经在使用此类抗氧化剂,包括艾地苯醌,而该药物在美国没有药用级别的产品。年龄较小、患有心肌病以及GAA重复长度较短是使用艾地苯醌的独立预测因素,但没有因素能预测其他抗氧化剂的使用情况。这证实了非处方抗氧化剂的使用是现有和新型弗里德赖希共济失调药物正式试验的一个主要混杂因素。