A Study of Multiple Doses of Nusinersen (ISIS 396443) Delivered to Infants With Genetically Diagnosed and Presymptomatic Spinal Muscular Atrophy

The time was the age of the participant at the first occurrence of either a respiratory intervention or death. Respiratory intervention was defined as invasive or noninvasive ventilation for ≥6 hours/day continuously for 7 or more days OR tracheostomy.

A participant was considered having clinically manifested SMA if any of the following occurred:

• Age-adjusted weight <5th percentile or decrease of ≥2 major weight growth curve percentiles (3rd, 5th, 10th, 25th, or 50th) or a percutaneous gastric tube placement for nutritional support
• Failure to achieve the ability to sit without support
• Failure to achieve standing with assistance
• Failure to achieve hands-and-knees crawling
• Failure to achieve walking with assistance by 24 months of age
• Failure to achieve standing alone by 24 months of age
• Failure to achieve walking alone by 24 months of age

HINE is evaluated in infants between 2-24 months of age. It's a simple, standardized instrument including 26 items assessing different aspects of neurological examinations, such as cranial nerves, posture, movements, tone, and reflexes. In this study, Module 2 of HINE (HINE-2) was assessed, which evaluates 8 developmental milestones (head control, sitting, voluntary grasp, ability to kick, rolling, crawling, standing, and walking) scored on a 3, 4, or 5-point scale, with 0 indicating inability to perform task and score of 2, 3, or 4 indicating full milestone development. Total score is calculated by summing item scores to give maximum possible score of 26. Higher score indicates good neurological function.

The WHO motor milestones are a set of six milestones in motor development, all of which would be expected to be attained by 24 months of age in healthy children. The individual milestones are: sitting without support, standing with assistance, hands and knees crawling, walking with assistance, standing alone and walking alone.

The CHOP-INTEND test was designed to evaluate the motor skills of infants with significant motor weakness. Participants who were ≥2 years were continued to be assessed until a CHOP INTEND maximum score of 64 was achieved. It included 16 items (capturing neck, trunk, and proximal and distal limb strength), nine of which were scored 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4, five were scored as 0, 2, or 4, one was scored as 0, 1, 2, or 4, and one as 0, 2, 3, or 4 with higher scores indicating greater muscle strength and function. Total score was calculated as the sum of scores for each item. Total score ranged from 0 (worst possible score) and 64 (best possible score). CHOP-INTEND assessments were discontinued once participants achieved a maximum score of 64, so the number of participants with available data points decreased over time.

The HFMSE consists of 33 scored activities used to assess motor function in children with SMA. Participants were asked to do a specific activity (such as rolling) and they were then graded on the quality and execution of that movement on a scale of 0=being unable, 1=performed with some compensation, and 2=unaided. The overall score is the sum of the scores for all activities and ranged from 0 to 66. Higher scores indicate increased motor function. Baseline was defined as the time of first HFMSE score after Day 700.

The World Health Organization (WHO) child growth standards for participants aged up to 10 years was used to determine the percentiles. WHO Anthro software was used to calculate the percentiles for the given weights of each child. Negative change from baseline indicates low weight for age percentile.

The WHO child growth standards for participants aged up to 10 years was used to determine the percentiles. WHO Anthro software was used to calculate the percentiles for the given weights of each child.

Negative change from baseline indicates reduction in head-to-chest circumference ratio.

AE was any unfavorable and unintended sign (including an abnormal assessment such as an abnormal laboratory value), symptom, or disease temporally associated with the use of a medicinal (investigational) product, whether or not related to the medicinal (investigational) product. An SAE was any untoward medical occurrence that at any dose resulted in death, in the view of the Investigator, placed the participant at immediate risk of death, required inpatient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, resulted in a birth defect.

Hematology parameters included hemoglobin, hematocrit, erythrocytes, platelets, leukocytes, neutrophils, eosinophils, basophils, lymphocytes, and monocytes count. These parameters were flagged as low, normal, or high relative to parameter's normal range or as unknown if no result was available. Here, shift to low indicated values that were normal, high or unknown at baseline and shifted to low values postbaseline. Shift to high indicates values that were normal, low or unknown at baseline and shifted to high postbaseline values.

Blood chemistry parameters included bilirubin (direct and indirect), alkaline phosphatase, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase, gamma-glutamyl transferase, creatinine, sodium, potassium, chloride, protein, albumin, calcium, phosphate, glucose, cystatin C, creatine kinase. These parameters were flagged as low, normal, or high relative to parameter's normal range or as unknown if no result was available. Here, shift to low indicated values that were normal, high or unknown at baseline and shifted to low values postbaseline. Shift to high indicates values that were normal, low or unknown at baseline and shifted to high postbaseline values.

Urinalysis included assessments of specific gravity, pH, protein, glucose, ketones, bilirubin, occult blood, erythrocytes, leukocytes, epithelial cells, bacteria, casts and crystals. These parameters were flagged as low, normal, or high relative to parameter's normal range or as unknown if no result was available. Here, shift to low indicated values that were normal, high or unknown at baseline and shifted to low values postbaseline. Shift to high indicates values that were normal, low or unknown at baseline and shifted to high postbaseline values.

aPTT was evaluated to assess safety. Shift to high measured change in normal, low and unknown values at baseline to high values postbaseline.

PT was evaluated to assess safety. Shift to high measured change in normal, low and unknown values at baseline to high values postbaseline.

INR was evaluated to assess safety. Shift to high measured change in normal, low and unknown values at baseline to high values postbaseline.

Clinical significance of abnormalities in ECG was determined based on the investigator's discretion. Shift to abnormal indicated values that were normal or unknown at baseline and shifted to abnormal values post-baseline.

Negative change from baseline indicates reduction in temperature.

Negative change from baseline indicates reduction in heart rate.

Negative change from baseline indicates reduction in respiratory rate.

Participants with abnormalities in neurological examinations recorded as AEs were reported.