Abstract
BACKGROUND: Fabry disease is a progressive, X-linked lysosomal disorder caused by reduced or absent α-galactosidase A activity due to GLA variants. Females with Fabry disease often experience diagnostic delays and an underappreciated disease burden owing to their variable disease presentation and progression. METHODS: We conducted a post hoc analysis of all females from the clinical studies FACETS (NCT00925301) and ATTRACT (NCT01218659) and their open-label extensions, assessing baseline characteristics and long-term efficacy of migalastat regarding cardiac and renal function and Fabry-associated clinical events (FACEs). RESULTS: Overall, 60 females had a median migalastat exposure of 5.1 years. At baseline, the median age was 47 years with multiorgan involvement in 70.0% of females (≥2 organ systems: renal, cardiac, central nervous system, peripheral nervous system and gastrointestinal). At baseline, 21.7% of females had left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH). In multiorgan involvement and LVH subgroups, the median baseline estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was in chronic kidney disease stage 2. Annualised rate of change in left ventricular mass index remained below 1 g/m(2)/year regardless of LVH or eGFR category at baseline. Mean (SD) eGFR annualised change was -1.1 (2.8) mL/min/1.73 m(2) overall. Ten FACEs were reported in eight females, seven of whom had prior events. Seven FACEs were cardiac; the remaining three were cerebrovascular (all transient ischaemic attacks). The incidence of renal, cardiac and cerebrovascular events was 0, 24.9 and 10.7 events per 1000 patient-years, respectively. CONCLUSION: These data show that females with Fabry disease experience considerable disease severity and burden and support the long-term efficacy of migalastat for the treatment of females.