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ʻO Cerliponase alfa he lāʻau lapaʻau pani enzyme i hoʻolālā ʻia e mālama i kahi maʻi genetic laha ʻole i kapa ʻia ʻo neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2 (NCL2), i ʻike ʻia hoʻi ʻo ka maʻi Batten infantile hope. Hana kēia lāʻau lapaʻau ma ka pani ʻana i kahi enzyme i nalowale ʻaʻole hiki i nā keiki me kēia maʻi ke hana maoli, e kōkua ana e hoʻolohi i ka holomua o kēia maʻi neurological weliweli.
Hoʻouna pololei ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka lolo ma o kahi mea i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka ʻoki, e hoʻokaʻawale loa iā ia mai nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻamau āu e lawe ai ma ka waha. ʻOiai he mea paʻakikī paha kēia ala, ua hoʻolālā ʻia e kiʻi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi e pono ai e maikaʻi loa.
ʻO Cerliponase alfa he mana hana kanaka o kahi enzyme i kapa ʻia ʻo tripeptidyl peptidase 1 (TPP1). I nā keiki olakino, kōkua kēia enzyme i ka wāwahi ʻana i nā huahana ʻōpala i loko o nā cell lolo, e mālama ana iā lākou e hana pono.
Ua hānau ʻia nā keiki me NCL2 me ka hiki ʻole ke hana i ka nui o kēia enzyme koʻikoʻi. Me ka ʻole, e kūkulu nā mea ʻōpala ʻino i loko o kā lākou mau cell lolo i ka manawa, e alakaʻi ana i ka nalowale o ka ʻike, nā hopu ʻana, a me nā lohi o ka ulu ʻana. E komo ʻo Cerliponase alfa e hana i ka hana ʻaʻole hiki i ke kino o ke keiki ke hana maoli.
Hana ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano biotechnology holomua a ua aʻo ʻia me ka mālama pono e hōʻoia i ka pili pono ʻana i ka enzyme maoli e hana maʻamau ai kou kino.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Cerliponase alfa i ka neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis type 2, kahi maʻi hoʻoilina laha ʻole e pili nui ana i nā keiki ʻōpio. No kēia maʻi i kahi pūʻulu o nā maʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Batten disease, e hoʻoulu ai i ka hōʻino ʻana o ka hana lolo.
Hoʻomaka nā keiki me NCL2 e hōʻike i nā hōʻailona ma waena o nā makahiki 2 a me 4, e hoʻomaka ana me nā pilikia o ka ʻike e hiki ke holomua i ka makapō. ʻO nā hōʻailona ʻē aʻe e komo pū ana me nā haʻalulu, ka nalowale o nā mākau kaʻa, a me ka emi ʻana o ka ʻike. He mea maʻamau loa ke kūlana, e pili ana i ka 1 i 200,000 mau keiki ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa.
Ke manaʻo nei ka lāʻau lapaʻau e hoʻolohi i ka holomua o nā hōʻailona neurological ma ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka enzyme nalo pololei i ka ʻiʻo lolo. ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke hoʻōla i ke kūlana a i ʻole e hoʻohuli i ka pōʻino i hana mua ʻia, ua hōʻike nā haʻawina lapaʻau hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka mālama ʻana i ka hiki ke hele a hoʻolohi i ka emi ʻana o ka hana kaʻa.
Hana ʻo Cerliponase alfa ma ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka enzyme TPP1 nalo ʻole i hiki i nā keiki me NCL2 ke hana pono. Hana kēia enzyme e like me ka hui hoʻomaʻemaʻe kelepona, e wāwahi ana i nā huahana ʻōpala i ʻole e hōʻiliʻili i nā cell lolo.
Hāʻawi ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o kahi ʻōnaehana awa kūikawā i hoʻokomo ʻia ma lalo o ke poʻo, me kahi catheter e hele pololei ana i loko o ka ʻōnaehana ventricular o ka lolo. Hiki i kēia i ka enzyme ke hiki i ka ʻiʻo lolo, no ka mea, ʻaʻole hiki i ka hapa nui o nā lāʻau lapaʻau i hāʻawi ʻia e ka waha a i ʻole ka injection ke hele i ka pale koko-lolo.
I ka wā i loko o ka lolo, lawe ʻia ka enzyme e nā cell a hoʻomaka e wāwahi i nā mea ʻōpala i mālama ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo ceroid lipopigments. Kōkua kēia hana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka buildup ʻona e hoʻoulu ai i ka pōʻino lolo i nā keiki me kēia maʻi.
Hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Cerliponase alfa e nā poʻe loea mālama ola wale nō i kahi hoʻonohonoho lapaʻau, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia pule ʻelua. Pono ka lāʻau lapaʻau i kahi mea komo intraventricular i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka ʻoki, i hoʻokomo ʻia i ka wā o ke kaʻina hana neurosurgical ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana i ka therapy.
Ma mua o kēlā me kēia hoʻokomo ʻana, e loaʻa i kāu keiki ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua e kōkua ai i ka pale ʻana i nā hopena maʻi a hōʻemi i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole. A laila, e hoʻokomo mālie ʻia ka lāʻau lapaʻau i loko o ka ʻōnaehana ventricular o ka lolo i nā hola he nui, ʻoiai e nānā pono ʻia kāu keiki.
Pono ʻoe e hahai i nā ʻōlelo aʻo ma mua o ka mālama ʻana, e komo pū ana me ka pale ʻana i kekahi mau meaʻai a i ʻole nā lāʻau lapaʻau ma mua. E hāʻawi kāu hui mālama ola kino i nā alakaʻi kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana, e komo pū ana me ka manawa e ʻai ai a inu ai kāu keiki ma mua o ke kaʻina hana.
Hoʻomau ʻia ka Cerliponase alfa i ka wā e hāʻawi ai i ka pōmaikaʻi a hoʻomanawanui kāu keiki i ka mālama ʻana. No ka mea he maʻi holomua ka NCL2, pono ka hapa nui o nā keiki i ka mālama mau ʻana e mālama i nā hopena pale o ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka enzyme.
E loiloi mau kāu hui lapaʻau i ka pane ʻana o kāu keiki i ka mālama ʻana ma o nā hoʻokolohua neurological, nā haʻawina kiʻi, a me nā loiloi hana. Kōkua kēia mau loiloi e hoʻoholo inā e hoʻomau ana ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ka lohi ʻana i ka holomua o ka maʻi.
ʻO ka hoʻoholo e hoʻomau a hoʻololi paha i ka mālama ʻana e hilinaʻi ana i kekahi mau mea, e komo pū ana me ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o kāu keiki, ka pane ʻana i ka mālama ʻana, a me ka maikaʻi o ke ola. E hana pū kāu mea mālama ola kino me kou ʻohana e hana i nā hoʻoholo maikaʻi loa no ke kūlana pilikino o kāu keiki.
E like me nā lāʻau lapaʻau a pau, hiki i ka cerliponase alfa ke hana i nā hopena ʻaoʻao, ʻoiai e hoʻomanawanui ka nui o nā keiki iā ia. Pili ka hapa nui o nā hopena ʻaoʻao i ke kaʻina hana hoʻokomo a me ke ʻano o ka mea i hoʻokomo ʻia.
Eia nā hopena ʻaoʻao maʻamau e ʻike ai ʻoe:
Hiki ke mālama ʻia kēia mau hopena a hoʻomaikaʻi pinepine i ka wā e hoʻoponopono ai ke kino o kāu keiki i ka hana lapaʻau.
Hiki ke loaʻa nā hopena ʻaoʻao koʻikoʻi, ʻoiai ʻaʻole maʻamau. Pono kēia mau mea i ka lāʻau lapaʻau koke:
E nānā pono kāu hui mālama ola i kāu keiki i ka wā a ma hope o kēlā me kēia infusion e nānā i kēia mau hopena a pane koke inā loaʻa.
Ua ʻae ʻia ʻo Cerliponase alfa no nā keiki me ka maʻi NCL2 i hōʻoia ʻia. ʻAʻole kūpono ia no nā ʻano ʻē aʻe o ka maʻi Batten a i ʻole nā maʻi neurological, no ka mea, ʻaʻole ia e hāʻawi i ka pōmaikaʻi a hiki ke hōʻeha.
ʻAʻole kūpono nā keiki me kekahi mau maʻi olakino no kēia lapaʻau. Pākuʻi ʻia kēia mau mea me ka poʻe me nā maʻi koko koʻikoʻi e hoʻoweliweli loa ai ke ʻoki, a i ʻole ka poʻe me nā maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi e hiki ke hoʻopilikia i nā kaʻina hana e pono ai no ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka mea hana.
E loiloi pono ka hui lapaʻau o kāu keiki inā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā pōmaikaʻi ma mua o nā pilikia ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka lāʻau. Aia kēia me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i ke olakino holoʻokoʻa o kāu keiki, ke kahua o ko lākou maʻi, a me ka hiki o kou ʻohana ke hoʻokō i ka papa hana lapaʻau ikaika e pono ai.
Kūʻai ʻia ʻo Cerliponase alfa ma lalo o ka inoa brand Brineura. Hana ʻia kēia lāʻau e BioMarin Pharmaceutical a ua ʻae ʻia e ka FDA i ka makahiki 2017 no ka mālama ʻana iā NCL2.
ʻO Brineura i kēia manawa ka lāʻau lapaʻau wale nō i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA no kēia maʻi laha ʻole. Loaʻa ka lāʻau lapaʻau ma o nā kikowaena lapaʻau kūikawā i loaʻa ka ʻike i ka mālama ʻana i nā maʻi neurological paʻakikī a me nā kaʻina hana ʻoki e pono ai no ka lawelawe ʻana.
No ka mea he lāʻau lapaʻau kūikawā ia, loaʻa pinepine ʻo Brineura ma nā kikowaena lapaʻau nui me ka loea pediatric neurology a me neurosurgery.
I kēia manawa, ʻaʻohe koho ʻē aʻe i ʻae ʻia e ka FDA i ka cerliponase alfa no ka mālama ʻana iā NCL2. ʻO kēia ka mea e lilo ai ʻo Brineura i ka lāʻau pani enzyme kūikawā wale nō i loaʻa no kēia maʻi.
Eia naʻe, he ʻāpana nui ka mālama kākoʻo i ka mālama ʻana iā NCL2. Aia kēia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e kāohi i nā hopu ʻana, ka lāʻau kino e mālama i ka neʻe ʻana, ke kākoʻo meaʻai, a me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e mālama i nā hōʻailona kikoʻī i ka wā e kū mai ai.
Ke hana ikaika nei nā mea noiʻi i nā lāʻau lapaʻau ʻē aʻe, me nā ala lapaʻau gene a me nā hoʻolālā pani enzyme ʻē aʻe. Loaʻa paha nā hoʻokolohua lapaʻau no nā lāʻau lapaʻau hoʻokolohua ma kekahi mau kikowaena noiʻi, ʻoiai he mea noiʻi kēia.
He hōʻailona nui ʻo Cerliponase alfa i ka mālama ʻana iā NCL2, no ka mea, ʻo ia ka lāʻau lapaʻau mua i hana ʻia no kēia maʻi. Ma mua o kona ʻae ʻia ʻana, ua kaupalena ʻia ka mālama ʻana i ka mālama kākoʻo a me ka mālama ʻana i nā hōʻailona.
Ua hōʻike nā haʻawina lapaʻau i ka mālama ʻana o nā keiki i ka cerliponase alfa i ka hiki ke hele wāwae no ka lōʻihi o ka manawa i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me ka poʻe i loaʻa i ka mālama kākoʻo wale nō. Ua pili pū ka lāʻau lapaʻau me ka lohi ʻana o ka emi ʻana o ka hana kaʻa a me kekahi mau ʻano o ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka noʻonoʻo.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole e hoʻōla ka lāʻau lapaʻau i ke kūlana a i ʻole e hoʻohuli i ka pōʻino i loaʻa, hāʻawi ia i ka manaʻolana no ka hoʻolohi ʻana i ka holomua ʻana i kahi maʻi i loaʻa ʻole nā koho lapaʻau kikoʻī. ʻAʻole i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā lāʻau lapaʻau NCL2 ʻē aʻe, no ka mea, ʻaʻohe mea ma mua, akā, i ke ala maoli o ka maʻi i mālama ʻole ʻia.
Aia ka palekana o cerliponase alfa i nā keiki me nā maʻi olakino koʻikoʻi ʻē aʻe i ke kūlana kikoʻī. E loiloi pono kāu hui lapaʻau o ke keiki i nā kūlana olakino a pau ma mua o ka ʻōlelo ʻana i ka lapaʻau.
Hiki i nā keiki me nā maʻi koko, nā maʻi puʻuwai koʻikoʻi, a i ʻole nā ʻōnaehana pale i hoʻopilikia ʻia ke alo i nā pilikia kiʻekiʻe mai nā kaʻina hana ʻoki e pono ai no ka lapaʻau. Eia naʻe, ua loiloi ʻia kēlā me kēia hihia, a i kekahi manawa ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lapaʻau ma mua o kēia mau pilikia hou.
E hana pū kāu poʻe lawelawe mālama ola me nā loea mai nā kula ʻē aʻe inā he nui nā maʻi olakino o kāu keiki, e hōʻoia ana e noʻonoʻo ʻia nā ʻano āpau o ko lākou olakino i nā hoʻoholo lapaʻau.
Inā loaʻa i kāu keiki kahi hopena koʻikoʻi i ka wā o ka hoʻokomo ʻana o cerliponase alfa, e kāpae koke ke kauka lapaʻau i ka lāʻau a hāʻawi i ka mālama ulia pōpilikia. Mālama pono ʻia kēia mau hopena i ka wā o kēlā me kēia hoʻokomo.
ʻO nā lāʻau lapaʻau ulia pōpilikia maʻamau e komo pū ana me nā lāʻau lapaʻau e hōʻemi i nā hopena maʻi, nā wai IV e kākoʻo i ke koko, a me ke kākoʻo oxygen inā pono. Ua lako ka hale lapaʻau e mālama i kēia mau kūlana me ka wikiwiki a me ka pono.
Ma hope o kekahi hopena koʻikoʻi, e loiloi pono kāu kauka lapaʻau inā palekana ke hoʻomau i ka lāʻau a hiki ke hoʻololi i ka regimen premedication a i ʻole ka helu hoʻokomo e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o nā hopena e hiki mai ana.
Inā nalo kāu keiki i kahi mahele i hoʻonohonoho ʻia o cerliponase alfa, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu hui mālama ola e hoʻonohonoho hou i ka hiki wawe. Hiki i ka nalo ʻana i nā mahele ke ʻae i ka maʻi e holomua wikiwiki.
ʻOiai ʻo ka nalo ʻana i kahi mahele hoʻokahi ʻaʻole paha e hoʻopilikia koke, ʻo ka mālama ʻana i ka papa hana lapaʻau maʻamau he mea nui ia no ka pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi loa. Makemake paha kāu hui lapaʻau e nānā pono i kāu keiki ma hope o nā mahele i hala.
I kekahi manawa pono e hoʻopaneʻe ʻia nā mahele ma muli o ka maʻi a i ʻole nā pilikia olakino ʻē aʻe. E kōkua kāu mea mālama ola e hoʻoholo i ka manawa maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lāʻau e pili ana i ke kūlana kikoʻī o kāu keiki.
He paʻakikī a pilikino ka hoʻoholo e hooki i ka lāʻau cerliponase alfa. Hoʻopili maʻamau ia i ka noʻonoʻo pono ʻana i ka pane ʻana o kāu keiki i ka lāʻau, ka maikaʻi o ke ola, a me ke kaumaha o ka hoʻomau ʻana i ka lāʻau.
Hiki i kekahi mau ʻohana ke koho e hoʻōki i ka lāʻau inā holomua nui ka maʻi me ka lāʻau, a i ʻole inā paʻakikī loa ka lāʻau no ke keiki e ʻae. Hiki i nā mea ʻē aʻe ke hoʻomau i ka wā e ʻike ʻia ai kekahi pōmaikaʻi.
Pono e hana ʻia kēia hoʻoholo ma ke kūkākūkā ʻana me ka hui lapaʻau o kāu keiki, me ka noʻonoʻo ʻana i nā mea lapaʻau, nā waiwai o kou ʻohana, a me ka hōʻoluʻolu a me ka maikaʻi o kāu keiki.
He ʻokoʻa ka uhi ʻana o ka ʻinikua no ka cerliponase alfa, akā nui nā hoʻolālā ʻinikua e uhi i ka lāʻau lapaʻau ke pono ia no ka mālama ʻana i ka NCL2. He kumukūʻai nui ka lapaʻau ʻana, e hana ana i ka uhi ʻinikua he mea nui no ka hapa nui o nā ʻohana.
Hiki i nā mea hoʻonohonoho ʻinikua o kāu hui mālama ola ke kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i ke kaʻina hana ʻae a hana pū me kāu hui ʻinikua e loaʻa ka uhi. He ʻike ko lākou i ka hana ʻana me nā lāʻau lapaʻau maʻi maʻi ʻole a hiki ke hāʻawi i ke kākoʻo waiwai.
Inā hōʻole mua ka ʻinikua i ka uhi ʻana, ua holomua pinepine nā hoʻopiʻi, ʻoiai me ka palapala kūpono o ka pono lapaʻau. Hiki nō hoʻi ke loaʻa nā papahana kōkua maʻi e kōkua i nā ʻohana e komo i ka lapaʻau.
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