Table 5.
Summary of monitoring assessments to be made during ERT
Test | Frequency |
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Manual muscle testing | |
Quantitative muscle testing | |
Vital capacity | Every 6 months |
Time on ventilation daily (invasive or noninvasive) | |
Six-minute walk test | |
Quality of life measurement | |
Creatine kinase | Every 3 months in the first year post-diagnosis |
Alanine transaminase | |
Aspartate transaminase | Every 6 months if stable on ERT |
Antibody titers | |
Electrocardiography | At baseline and repeated regularly if clinically indicated |
Echocardiography | |
DEXA (bone mineral density) | |
Audiology assessment |
DEXA dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, ERT enzyme replacement therapy