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PPMD Connect Conference 2012
Florida
Jodi Wolff, MSSW
Muscular Dystrophy Association
Director of Clinical Services
Overview • MDA Clinical Program • MDA Research Program • MDA Clinical Research Network
– Goals – Research
200 MDA Clinics Nationwide
MDA Clinic MDA ALS Clinic
200 MDA Clinics Nationwide
• Inherent infrastructure & network • Grant funding
– What is “covered” in clinic? • MDA Health Care Service
Coordinators
MDA Services • Clinic & research • Education • Support groups • Educational advocacy, IEP meetings • Equipment repairs & loan • Transitional services
Canada
United States
Australia
Japan Spain
France
United Kingdom
Ireland
Israel
Singapore
Sweden Belgium
Netherlands
Greece
Germany
Italy
Switzerland
MDA’s Global Research Program MDA supports research aimed at developing treatments for the muscular
dystrophies and related neuromuscular diseases.
MDA’s Research Portfolio Investment in research and researchers
Basic Research Target Identification Drug Screening
“Proof-of-Principle” Testing in Animals
Translational Research “Preclinical Drug
Development” Clinical Research Including Trials
Research Grant Portfolio
• Research grants
• Training grants
• Clinical trials / studies
• Translational research grants (MVP)
• Misc (infrastructure, special grants)
MDA Research Program • 288 active grants (88 DMD) • 33 additional up for approval • Rigorous review process – MAC/SAC • $35 million/year new funds • 75-100 new awards/year • ~$350K over 3 years
Role of MDA in DMD • In 2012, 88 active grants • $32 million in DMD research funding • February 2012 – 14 grants = $4.1m • >$110m since 1997 • >$60m for DMD therapies
MDA’s Training Mission
• Development Grants v Training future NMD researchers
• Clinical Research Training Grants v Training future NMD clinicians
• Mentored fellowships; $180K (2-3 yrs) • Currently 40 trainees (>$7M; ~15% clinicians) • Outreach efforts – e.g. AAN • NMD leaders
Preclinical Human Trials Phase I Phase II Phase III
Discovery
MDA contribution
Technology Company
DMD alpha7 Integrin
Antioxidant
Exon skipping
Glutamine/creatine
Mitochondrial pore
Myostatin inhib
NF-kB inhibition
NO stimulation
Utrophin upregulation
Pentoxifylline
Membrane sealant
Glucocorticoids
Gene Therapy: AAV Nonsense Suppression
Antifibrotic
Losartan
Cell Transplant
Laminin-111
Muscle Growth
Stem Cells Utrophin gene therapy
PGC-1alpha
Santhera
Prosensa/GSK, AVI Biopharma, etc AMT, Genzyme, Asklepios, etc.
Debiopharm, Scynexis
Acceleron, Orico, PTC, Pfizer etc.
PTC Therapeutics, UCLA etc.
Children’s Research Institute
Children’s Research Institute
Prothelia
Phrixus, TRIM-edicine
Fate therapeutics
Avicena, NGM, Cortene Summit, Domain, PTC
PTC, Combinatorx, Prothelia etc.
Catabasis, Validus, Combinatorx etc.
University Hospital Milan, NicOx
Biglycan Tyversan
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Genzyme
McGill University
University of Basel
University of Ottawa PPARdelta
Proteasome inhibition Thomas Jefferson University
Nationwide Children’s Hospital UDP-GalNac
Promimetic, Fondazione San Raffaele
Johns Hopkins University
Orig: Schering-Plough, Shire etc.
Calpain inhib. Ipsen, CepTor, Rose Pharmaceuticals
prednisone idebenone glutamine/ creatine
ACE-031 ataluren
biostrophin GSK-051, eteplirsen
P-188
pentoxifylline
mesangioblasts SMT-C1100
Laminin-111
isosorbide dinitrate biglycan
losartan
Myodur
Albuterol UCLA albuterol
Mast Cell Stabilization CNRG oxatamide
PTC IGF-1 upregulation
Androgen antagonists Galapagos GLPG0492
DMD-02
Increased Blood Flow Cedars Sinai Medical Center sildenafil / tadalafil
200 MDA Clinics Nationwide 5 networked DMD clinical research centers
MDA Clinic MDA ALS Clinic Duchenne research network
MDA’s DMD Clinical Research Network Centers: Boston Children’s – Dr. Basil Darras Nationwide Children’s – Dr. Jerry Mendell Washington University – Dr. Anne Connolly University of Minnesota – Dr. John Day UC – Davis – Dr. Craig McDonald
MDA Clinical Research Network Goals
1. Support development of evidence-based standards of care
2. Outcome measures 3. Testing new treatments 4. Regional collaboration
MDA Clinical Research Network Cardiomyopathy
q Assessment & treatment of dystrophin-
deficient cardiomyopathy q Establish echocardiography standards q Natural history q Clinical trial of losartan vs lisinopril q Genotype-phenotype correlation
MDA Clinical Research Network Outcome Measures
q Development of outcome measures for
DMD < 5 years of age q Outcome measures for non-ambulatory
individuals
q Regional outreach meetings - annually
The Changing Face of DMD