International Consensus Statement on the Clinical and Therapeutic Management of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

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Title International Consensus Statement on the Clinical and Therapeutic Management of Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy
Creator Valerio Carelli, MD, PhD; Michele Carbonelli, MD; Irenaeus F. de Coo, MD, PhD; Aki Kawasaki, MD; Thomas Klopstock, MD; Wolf A. Lagrèze, MD; Chiara La Morgia, MD, PhD; Nancy J. Newman, MD; Christophe Orssaud, MD; Jan Willem R. Pott, MD, PhD; Alfredo A. Sadun, MD, PhD; Judith van Everdingen, MD; Catherine Vignal-Clermont, MD; Marcela Votruba, MD, PhD; Patrick Yu-Wai-Man, MD, PhD; Piero Barboni, MD
Affiliation IRCCS Institute of Neurological Sciences of Bologna (VC, MC, CLM), Bellaria Hospital, Bologna, Italy; Unit of Neurology (VC, CLM), Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM), University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy; Department of Neurology (IFdC), Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Neuro-Ophthalmology Unit (AK), University of Lausanne, Jules Gonin Eye Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland; Department of Neurology (TK), Friedreich-Baur-Institute, Ludwing-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany; Munich Cluster for Systems Neurology (SyNergy) (TK), Munich, Germany; German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) (TK), Munich, Germany; Eye Center (WAL), Medical Center, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany; Departments of Ophthalmology, Neurology and Neurological Surgery (NJN), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Ophthalmology (CO); Referral Center for Rare Diseases OPHTARA, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Department of Ophthalmology (JWRP), University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands; Doheny Eye Institute (AAS), Los Angeles, California; Department of Ophthalmology (AAS), David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California; Department of Neuro-ophthalmology (JvE), The Rotterdam Eye Hospital, Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Rotterdam Ophthalmic Institute (ROI) (JvE), Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Fondation Ophtalmologique Adolphe de Rothschild (CV-C), Paris, France; School of Optometry and Vision Sciences (MV), Cardiff University, and Cardiff Eye Clinic, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom; Wellcome Trust Center for Mitochondrial Research (PY-W-M), Institute of Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; Newcastle Eye Center (PY-W-M), Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom; NIHR Biomedical Research Center at Moorfields Eye Hospital and UCL Institute of Ophthalmology (PY-W-M), London, United Kingdom; Department of Clinical Neurosciences (PY-W-M), School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom; Department of Ophthalmology (PB), San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy; and Studio Oculistico d'Azeglio (PB), Bologna, Italy
Abstract Leber hereditary optic neuropathy (LHON) is currently estimated as the most frequent mitochondrial disease (1 in 27,000-45,000). Its molecular pathogenesis and natural history is now fairly well understood. LHON also is the first mitochondrial disease for which a treatment has been approved (idebenone-Raxone, Santhera Pharmaceuticals) by the European Medicine Agency, under exceptional circumstances because of the rarity and severity of the disease. However, what remains unclear includes the optimal target population, timing, dose, and frequency of administration of idebenone in LHON due to lack of accepted definitions, criteria, and general guidelines for the clinical management of LHON. To address these issues, a consensus conference with a panel of experts from Europe and North America was held in Milan, Italy, in 2016. The intent was to provide expert consensus statements for the clinical and therapeutic management of LHON based on the currently available evidence. We report the conclusions of this conference, providing the guidelines for clinical and therapeutic management of LHON.
Subject Antioxidants; Congresses as Topic; Consensus; Disease Management; Humans; International Cooperation; Ophthalmology; Optic Atrophy, Hereditary, Leber; Societies, Medical; Ubiquinone
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Date 2017-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Publication Type Journal Article
Source Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology, December 2017, Volume 37, Issue 4
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: Journal of Neuro-Ophthalmology Archives: https://novel.utah.edu/jno/
Publisher Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management © North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
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Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6km3qmw
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