Real-World Use of Novel Treatments in Patients With Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA): A Multi-Site Retrospective Chart Review of Pediatric SMA Patients Outside of the United States

This global, retrospective, non-interventional, medical chart review (MCR), descriptive study collected patient-level data in regions outside the US.

The study required a repeated data collection at follow-up dates from start of treatment with nusinersen, onasemnogene abeparvovec-xioi (OA), and/or risdiplam. At the start of data collection, the study team reached out to the health care providers (HCPs) involved in treating pediatric SMA patients for participating in this study. The physicians across the participating countries conducted a retrospective MCR of pediatric patients diagnosed with SMA who were treated with at least 1of the 3 novel disease-modifying treatments (DMTs): nusinersen, OA, and/or risdiplam.

All health care encounters data i.e., emergency and inpatient admissions, surgery, and outpatient consultations of recruited patients, including their treatment with nusinersen, OA, and/or risdiplam, were abstracted to understand the treatment patterns as per routine clinical practice for SMA management globally. The first date of initial administration of 1 of the 3 target drugs was used as the "index date." Based on this, the record abstraction was performed through a retrospective MCR during the pre-index period, at index date and in the post-index period.