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Underlying Immune Disorder May Predispose Some Transthyretin Amyloidosis Subjects to Inotersen-Mediated Thrombocytopenia.
Nucleic acid therapeutics - 1 Apr 2020
Narayanan PadmaKumar, Curtis Brian R, Shen Lijiang, Schneider Eugene, Tami Joseph A, Paz Suzanne, Burel Sebastien A, Tai Li-Jung, Machemer Todd, Kwoh T Jesse, Xia Shuting, Shattil Sanford J, Witztum Joseph L, Engelhardt Jeffery A, Henry Scott P, Monia Brett P, Hughes Steven G
Abstract excerpt
Inotersen, a 2'-O-methoxyethyl (2'-MOE) phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotide, reduced disease progression and improved quality of life in patients with hereditary transthyretin amyloidosis with polyneuropathy (hATTR-PN) in the NEURO-TTR and NEURO-TTR open-label extension (OLE) trials. However, 300 mg/week inotersen treatment was associated with platelet count reductions in several patients. Mean platelet...
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