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He rongoā motuhake a Eteplirsen i hangaia hei āwhina i ngā tamariki me ngā pakeke e pā ana ki tētahi momo dystrophy uaua e kīia nei ko Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). E mahi ana tēnei rongoā mā te āwhina i ngā pūtau uaua ki te whakaputa i tētahi momo pūmua kua whakarerekētia e kīia nei ko dystrophin, he mea nui tēnei mō te mahi uaua. Ahakoa kāore e rongoā ana i te DMD, ka āwhina a eteplirsen ki te whakaiti i te ngoikoretanga o te uaua i roto i ngā tāngata e whai ana i ētahi huringa ira e pā ana ki tēnei āhuatanga.
He rongoā oligonucleotide antisense a Eteplirsen e whai ana i te take ira o Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ka tukuna mā te whakauru intravenous (IV) tika ki roto i tō toto. I hangaia te rongoā mō ngā tāngata ko te DMD i pā mai i ngā huringa ka whai hua mai i te "exon 51 skipping" - tētahi tukanga e āwhina ana i ngā pūtau ki te hanga i tētahi putanga poto engari whai hua o te pūmua dystrophin.
No tētahi akomanga rongoā hou ake tēnei rongoā e kīia nei ko ngā rongoā e whai ana i te ira. Kāore i rite ki ngā rongoā tuku iho e rongoā ana i ngā tohu anake, e mahi ana a eteplirsen i te taumata ira hei āwhina i tō tinana ki te whakaputa i ngā pūmua kāore e taea e ia te hanga tika. I whakaaetia te rongoā e te FDA i te tau 2016 mō ngā tūroro DMD anake e whai ana i ngā huringa ira e urupare ana ki tēnei momo rongoā.
Ka whakamahia a Eteplirsen hei rongoā i te Duchenne muscular dystrophy i roto i ngā tūroro e whai ana i ngā huringa ira ka whai hua mai i te exon 51 skipping. He mate e ngaro haere ana te uaua te DMD e pā ana ki ngā tama me ngā tāne rangatahi, e pā ana ki te ngoikoretanga haere me te ngaro o te mahi uaua i te roanga o te wā.
Kua whakaaetia te rongoa nei mō te hunga kua kitea i roto i ngā whakamātautau ira he huringa ira e pā ana ki te 13% o ngā tūāhua DMD katoa. Me whakapūmau tō tākuta mā te whakamātautau ira ko tō momo huringa ira DMD ka whai hua i tēnei rongoa. Kāore te katoa e whai ana i te DMD e tika ana mō te eteplirsen - he pai anake mō ētahi momo ira o te mate.
Ko te whāinga o tēnei rongoa he whakaroa i te haere whakamua o te ngoikoretanga uaua me te āwhina i te pupuri i te mahi uaua mō te wā roa e taea ana. Ahakoa ehara i te rongoa, ka āwhina i te hunga e whai ana i te DMD ki te pupuri i tō rātou kaha ki te haere me te mahi i ngā mahi o ia rā mō te wā roa atu i te kore rongoa.
Ka mahi a Eteplirsen mā te āwhina i ō pūtau uaua ki te "peke atu" i tētahi wāhanga raruraru o te waehere ira e ārai ana i a rātou ki te hanga pūmua dystrophin. Whakaarohia me te mea e whakatika ana i tētahi rerenga kōrero mā te tango i tētahi kupu kāore i te tika - kei te whai tikanga tonu te rerenga kōrero e toe ana, ā, ka mōhiotia.
I roto i te hunga e whai ana i te DMD, ka whakararu ngā huringa ira i ngā tohutohu mō te hanga dystrophin, he pūmua e āwhina ana ki te pupuri i ngā muka uaua kia kaha, kia tū tonu. Ka herea a Eteplirsen ki te rauemi ira i roto i ngā pūtau uaua, ā, ka āwhina i a rātou ki te kore e aro ki te wāhanga hē, e āhei ana i a rātou ki te whakaputa i tētahi putanga poto engari whai hua o te dystrophin. Kāore tēnei pūmua kua whakarerekētia i te kaha pērā i te dystrophin noa, engari ka āwhina tonu i te tiaki i ngā muka uaua mai i te kino.
E whakaarohia ana te rongoa nei he kōwhiringa rongoa kaha-āhua. Kāore i te kaha tonu pērā i ētahi atu rongoa, engari e aro ana ki te take ira o te mate, kaua ki te whakahaere noa i ngā tohu. Ka piki haere ngā pānga i te wā e tīmata ana ō pūtau uaua ki te whakaputa i te nui ake o te pūmua dystrophin kua whakarerekētia.
Ka tukuna a Eteplirsen hei rongoa i roto i te uaua i roto i te waahi hauora, penei i te hōhipera, i te whare haumanu ranei. Ka whiwhi koe i te rongoa mā te ngongo iti ka whakauruhia ki roto i te uaua, te nuinga i tō ringa. E 35 ki te 60 meneti te roa o te rongoa, ā, me whiwhi koe i te rongoa kotahi i te wiki.
I mua i ia rongoa, kāore koe e hiahia ki te whakarereke i tō kai, ki te tango rongoa rānei me te kai, nā te mea ka uru tika ki roto i tō toto. Heoi, he mea nui kia noho pai te wai mā te inu nui i te wai i mua i muri i tō rongoa. Ka aroturukihia koe e tō rōpū hauora i te wā o te rongoa kia mōhio ai kei te pai tō tinana ki te rongoa.
Me whakamahere e koe tō wā i runga i ēnei whakaritenga ia wiki, he mea nui te rite kia pai ai te mahi o te rongoa. Ka mahi tahi tō rōpū hauora me koe ki te kimi i tētahi wā e tika ana mō tō rā. E kitea ana e ētahi tāngata he pai ki te whakarite i ā rātou rongoa i te rā kotahi i ia wiki kia whakatū he tikanga.
Ko te Eteplirsen te tikanga he rongoa wā-roa ka haere tonu pea koe mō ngā tau, ā, pea mō ake tonu atu. Nā te mea he āhuatanga haere tonu te DMD, ka taea e te whakamutu i te rongoa te tuku i te ngoikore o te uaua kia tere ake te haere anō.
Ka aroturukihia e tō tākuta tō urupare ki te rongoa mā ngā arowhai auau, tae atu ki ngā whakamātautau hei ine i te mahi me te kaha o te uaua. Ka aromatawai rātou mēnā kei te āwhina te rongoa ki te whakaiti i te kino o te uaua me te pupuri i tō kounga o te oranga. E kitea ana e ētahi tāngata ngā painga i roto i ngā marama tuatahi, engari me haere tonu ētahi ki te rongoa mō te ono marama, neke atu rānei i mua i te kite i ngā whakapainga.
Ko te whakatau mō te roa o te haere tonu o te rongoā e whakawhirinaki ana ki ētahi mea, pērā i te pai o tō urupare ki te rongoā, mēnā kei te pā koe i ētahi pānga taha e mōrearea ana, me tō āhua hauora whānui. Ka arotakehia e tō rōpū hauora tō ahunga whakamua i ngā wā katoa, ā, ka kōrerohia mēnā kei te noho tonu te haere tonu o te rongoā te kōwhiringa pai mōu.
Pērā i ngā rongoā katoa, ka taea e te eteplirsen te pānga taha, ahakoa kāore te katoa e pā ana ki a rātou. Ko te nuinga o ngā pānga taha he ngawari ki te āhua, ā, ka taea te whakahaere mā te manaaki hauora tika.
Ko ngā pānga taha e tino kitea ana ka pā ki a koe ko ngā raruraru taurite, te ruaki, me ngā urupare i te wāhi whakauru i te IV. E kī ana ētahi tāngata e pōuri ana, e pā ana rānei ki te riri kiri iti. I te nuinga o te wā ka pai ake ēnei pānga i te wā e urutau ana tō tinana ki te rongoā i ngā wiki tuatahi o te rongoā.
Koinei ngā pānga taha e puta pinepine ana, me te mōhio he maha ngā tāngata e pai ana ki te rongoā:
Ko te nuinga o ēnei pānga taha he wā poto, ā, ka taea te whakahaere. Ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te whakarato i ngā rautaki hei āwhina i te whakaiti i te kore mārie, pērā i te tango i te whakauru i te pōturi ake, i te whakamahi rongoā rānei hei aukati i te whakapairuaki.
Ahakoa he onge, ka pā pea ki ētahi tāngata ngā pānga taha nui ake e hiahia ana ki te āwhina hauora tonu. He mea noa ēnei urupare nui engari he mea nui kia mōhiotia:
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi o ēnei tohu nui, whakapā atu ki tō tākuta tonu, rapu rānei i te manaakitanga hauora ohorere. Ka mātakitaki tata tō rōpū hauora i a koe, ina koa i ngā wa tuatahi e rongoa ana koe, kia mōhio ai ki ngā pānga e pā ana ki a koe.
Kāore a Eteplirsen e tika ana mō te katoa, ahakoa i waenga i ngā tāngata e mate ana i te Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ko te mea nui ko te mōhio mēnā ka whai hua tō huringa ira motuhake mai i te exon 51 skipping - mā te whakamātautau ira e whakatau tēnei.
Ko ngā tāngata i pāwera nui ki a eteplirsen, ki ētahi rānei o ōna wāhanga, kāore e tika kia whiwhi i tēnei rongoā. Hei tāpiri, mēnā he raruraru tākihi nui tō, tērā pea ka hiahia tō tākuta ki te whakatika i tō mahere rongoā, ki te whakaaro rānei i ētahi atu kōwhiringa, nā te mea ka pā te rongoā ki te mahi tākihi.
Ko ēnei ngā āhuatanga nui e kore ai e tūtohutia a eteplirsen, ahakoa me arotake hauora takitahi i ia keehi:
Ka āta arotake tō tākuta i tō hītori hauora me tō āhua hauora o nāianei i mua i te tūtohu i a eteplirsen. Tērā pea ka hiahia rātou ki te mahi tahi me ētahi atu tohunga, pēnei i ngā tohunga ngākau, i ngā tohunga tākihi rānei, kia mōhio ai he haumaru te rongoā mō tō āhuatanga motuhake.
E hokona ana a Eteplirsen i raro i te ingoa waitohu Exondys 51 i Amerika. Koinei anake te ingoa waitohu e wātea ana i tēnei wā mō tēnei rongoā, nā te mea kotahi anake te kamupene rongoā e hanga ana.
I te wā e whiwhi ana koe i tō rongoā, e kōrero rānei ki ngā tākuta, ka rongo pea koe i te ingoa e rua - eteplirsen, Exondys 51 rānei. E pā ana ngā ingoa e rua ki te rongoā kotahi. E whakaatu ana te ingoa waitohu Exondys 51 i te tikanga mahi o te rongoā, nā te mea e mahi ana mā te karo i te exon 51 i roto i te waehere ira.
He maha atu ngā rongoā e wātea ana mō te rongoā i te mate uaua o Duchenne, ahakoa he rerekē te mahi a ia, me te aro ki ngā āhuatanga rerekē o te mate. Ko te kōwhiringa pai rawa atu e whakawhirinaki ana ki tō huringa ira motuhake me ngā āhuatanga hauora takitahi.
Ko ngā corticosteroids pēnei i te prednisone me te deflazacort he rongoā e whakamahia ana, e āwhina ana ki te whakaiti i te pōrohe o te ngoikoretanga o te uaua. E mahi ana ēnei rongoā mā te whakaiti i te mumura i roto i ngā uaua, kaua ki te aro ki te take ira pēnei i te eteplirsen. Ahakoa he whai hua, ka nui ake pea ngā pānga taha i te whakamahi wā roa, tae atu ki te pikinga o te taumaha me te ngoikore o te wheua.
He rongoā antisense oligonucleotide anō e wātea ana mō ngā momo ira rerekē o te DMD. E aro ana a Golodirsen ki te karo i te exon 53, i te wā e mahi ana a casimersen i te karo i te exon 45. E mahi ana ēnei i te rite ki te eteplirsen engari i hangaia mō ngā tāngata he huringa ira rerekē. Kei te whakawhanakehia hoki ngā huarahi rongoā ira, ahakoa kei roto tonu te nuinga i ngā whakamātau haumanu.
E mahi ana a Eteplirsen me te deflazacort i ngā huarahi tino rerekē, nō reira ehara i te mea tika te whakataurite tika i a rāua. He mea nui ngā rongoā e rua i te rongoā i te DMD, ā, ka whai hua pea ētahi tāngata mā te whakamahi i ngā mea e rua i te taha o te tirotiro hauora.
E whai ana a Eteplirsen i te take ira o te DMD mā te āwhina i ngā pūtau ki te whakaputa i te pūmua dystrophin, i te wā e whakaheke ana a deflazacort, he corticosteroid, i te mumura o ngā uaua, ā, ka āwhina pea ki te pupuri i te mahi uaua. Kua roa te whakamahi i te Deflazacort, ā, he nui ake ngā raraunga rangahau e whakaatu ana i ōna pānga ki te kaha me te mahi o ngā uaua.
Ko te whiriwhiri i waenga i ēnei rongoā e whakawhirinaki ana ki ētahi mea, tae atu ki tō huringa ira motuhake, ngā tohumate o nāianei, te pakeke, me te manawanui ki ngā momo pānga taha rerekē. He whai hua anake a Eteplirsen mō ngā tāngata whai huringa ira motuhake, i te wā e āwhina pea a deflazacort i te hunga katoa e whai ana i te DMD ahakoa tō rātou momo ira. Ka whakaaro tō tākuta ki tō āhuatanga takitahi hei whakatau i te huarahi maimoatanga e tika ana mōu.
Ka taea te whakamahi i te Eteplirsen i runga i te haumaru mō te hunga e pā ana ki ngā raru o te ngākau, engari me mātakitaki tōtika, me te mahi tahi me tō tākuta ngākau. I te mea he maha ngā tāngata e whai ana i te DMD ka whakawhanake i te ngoikore o te uaua ngākau i te roanga o te wā, he mea nui tēnei e whakaarohia ana e tō rōpū hauora.
Kāore te rongoā tonu e pā tika ana ki te mahi ngākau, engari me whakahaere tōtika te tukanga whakauru IV me te wai e hoatu ana i te wā o te maimoatanga mēnā he raru tō ngākau. Ka tūtohu pea tō tākuta i ngā reiti whakauru puhoi ake, i te mātakitaki anō rānei i te wā o te maimoatanga. Ka hiahia pea rātou ki te tirotiro i te mahi o tō ngākau i te wā e whiwhi ana koe i te eteplirsen.
Mēnā ka ngaro i a koe tētahi whakaurunga eteplirsen kua whakaritea, whakapā atu ki tō kaiwhakarato hauora i te wā tonu ki te whakarite anō. I te mea ka hoatu te rongoā i ia wiki, kāore te ngaro i tētahi inenga e puta ai ngā raruraru tonu, engari he mea nui te rite mō te pupuri i ngā painga o te rongoā.
Whakamātauria te tango i tō horopeta i ngaro i te wā e taea ai e koe te whakarite, katahi ka hoki ki tō hōtaka ia wiki. Kaua e ngana ki te utu i tētahi horopeta i ngaro mā te whiwhi rongoā atu – me haere tonu ki tō tikanga horopeta noa. Ka taea e tō rōpū hauora te āwhina i a koe ki te whakawhanake rautaki hei mahara ki ngā whakaritenga me te whakahaere i tō hōtaka maimoatanga.
Mēnā ka pā ki a koe ētahi tohumate e kore e pai i te wā o tō whakawhiwhinga eteplirsen, kōrero tonu ki tō rōpū hauora. Kua whakangungua rātou ki te mōhio me te whakahaere i ngā tauhohenga whakawhiwhinga, ā, ka taea e rātou te whakatika i tō maimoatanga i te mea e tika ana kia noho pai koe me te haumaru.
Ngā tauhohenga noa pēnei i te whakapairuaki, te ānini, te ongo'a kirika rānei, ka taea te whakahaere mā te whakaiti i te tere o te whakawhiwhinga, mā te whakarato rongoā rānei hei whakamāmā i ngā tohumate. Mō ngā tauhohenga nui ake pēnei i te uaua ki te manawa, te mamae o te uma, te whanoke nui rānei, ka whakamutua e tō rōpū hauora te whakawhiwhinga, ā, ka whakarato i te manaakitanga hauora e tika ana. Ko te nuinga o ngā tauhohenga whakawhiwhinga ka taea te whakahaere, ā, he tokomaha ngā tāngata ka taea te haere tonu i te maimoatanga mā te whakatika i tā rātou kawa whakawhiwhinga.
Ko te whakatau ki te kati i te eteplirsen me mahi tonu i te taha o tō rōpū hauora, i te mea e whakarato ana tēnei rongoā i ngā painga e haere tonu ana ka ngaro pea mēnā ka whakamutua te maimoatanga. I te mea he āhuatanga haere tonu te DMD, ko te whakamutu i te maimoatanga ka taea te ngoikore o te uaua kia tere ake te haere anō.
Ka arotakehia e tō tākuta i ngā wā katoa mēnā kei te whakarato tonu te rongoā i ngā painga me te mēnā kei te whakahaere tonu ngā pānga taha. Ka tūtohu pea rātou kia mutu mēnā kei te pā ki a koe ngā pānga taha nui e nui ake ana i ngā painga, mēnā kua haere tō āhuatanga ki tētahi wāhi kāore anō te rongoā e whai hua ana, mēnā ka wātea mai ngā maimoatanga hou, whai hua ake rānei. Kaua rawa e mutu te tango i te eteplirsen i runga i a koe anō me te kore e kōrero tuatahi ki tō rōpū hauora.
Ae, ka taea e koe te haere i te wa e tango ana i te eteplirsen, engari me whakamahere i mua i te mea me whai werohanga IV ia wiki. Mo nga haerenga poto, ka taea e koe te whakarite i to werohanga i mua i to wehenga atu, i muri ranei i to hokinga mai, me te whakaaetanga a to taakuta.
Mo nga haerenga roa, me whakarite e koe he maimoatanga i tetahi whare rongoa whai mana i to waahi haerenga. Ka taea e to roopu hauora te awhina i te whakarite tahi me etahi atu pokapū maimoatanga me te whakarato i nga rekoata rongoa me nga whakahaunga e tika ana. He whatunga ano etahi whare haumanu DMD motuhake ka taea te awhina i te maimoatanga i a koe e haere ana. He mea nui kia whakamahere i mua me te matapaki i nga mahere haerenga me to roopu rongoa i mua i to haerenga.
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