Long-term safety of dichloroacetate in congenital lactic acidosis

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• 作者：Monica Abdelmalak^a ; ¹ ; Alicia Lew^a ; ¹ ; Ryan Ramezani^a ; ¹ ; Albert L. Shroads^a ; Bonnie S. Coats^a ; Taimour Langaee^b ; Meena N. Shankar^c ; Richard E. Neiberger^d ; S.H. Subramony^e ; Peter W. Stacpoole^a ; ^f ; ^pws@ufl.edu
• 关键词：CSF ; cerebrospinal fluid ; DCA ; dichloroacetate ; EDTA ; ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid ; GSTZ1 ; glutathione transferase zeta 1 ; MA ; maleylacetone ; MAAI ; maleylacetoacetate isomerase ; MELAS ; mitochondrial encephalomyopathy ; lactic acidosis and stroke-like ep
• 刊名：Molecular Genetics and Metabolism
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：June, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：109
• 期：2
• 页码：139-143
• 全文大小：269 K

文摘

We followed 8 patients (4 males) with biochemically and/or molecular genetically proven deficiencies of the E1¦Á subunit of the pyruvate dehydrogenase complex (PDC; 3 patients) or respiratory chain complexes I (1 patient), IV (3 patients) or I + IV (1 patient) who received oral dichloroacetate (DCA; 12.5 mg/kg/12 h) for 9.7 to 16.5 years. All subjects originally participated in randomized controlled trials of DCA and were continued on an open-label chronic safety study. Patients (1 adult) ranged in age from 3.5 to 40.2 years at the start of DCA administration and are currently aged 16.9 to 49.9 years (mean ¡À SD: 23.5 ¡À 10.9 years). Subjects were either normal or below normal body weight for age and gender. The 3 PDC deficient patients did not consume high fat (ketogenic) diets. DCA maintained normal blood lactate concentrations, even in PDC deficient children on essentially unrestricted diets. Hematological, electrolyte, renal and hepatic status remained stable. Nerve conduction either did not change or decreased modestly and led to reduction or temporary discontinuation of DCA in 3 patients, although symptomatic worsening of peripheral neuropathy did not occur. We conclude that chronic DCA administration is generally well-tolerated in patients with congenital causes of lactic acidosis and is effective in maintaining normal blood lactate levels, even in PDC-deficient children not consuming strict ketogenic diets.