UMMS Affiliation
Department of Family Medicine and Community Health; Clinical Pharmacy Services; Commonwealth Medicine
Publication Date
2019-06-21
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities | Enzymes and Coenzymes | Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Nervous System Diseases | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases | Therapeutics
Abstract
Objective: To review the pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, safety, and place in therapy of a phenylalanine-metabolizing enzyme indicated to reduce blood phenylalanine concentrations, pegvaliase injection.
Data Sources: Searches of MEDLINE (1946-September 1, 2018) were conducted using the terms pegvaliase and phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL). Additional data were obtained from the prescribing information, the product dossier obtained from the manufacturer, and Clinicaltrials.gov.
Study Selection and Data Extraction: All English language articles related to pharmacology, pharmacokinetics, efficacy, or safety of the combination therapy in human subjects were reviewed.
Data Synthesis: Pegvaliase is a pegylated PAL enzyme that converts phenylalanine to ammonia and trans-cinnamic acid. Blood phenylalanine levels were reduced by approximately 50% to 70% in patients receiving therapeutic doses of pegvaliase. However, most patients experienced adverse events.
Conclusions and Relevance: The mainstay of therapy in phenylketonuria (PKU) has historically consisted of dietary restriction of phenylalanine. Pegvaliase injection is the first Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved enzyme substitution therapy for patients with PKU. The therapy may be a viable option for patients with documented blood phenylalanine > 600 micromol/L who have failed existing management strategies.
Keywords
PKU, Palynziq, pegvaliase, pegvaliase-pqpz, phenylalanine ammonia lyase, phenylketonuria
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DOI of Published Version
10.1177/1177392819857089
Source
Drug Target Insights. 2019 Jun 21;13:1177392819857089. doi: 10.1177/1177392819857089. eCollection 2019. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Drug target insights
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PubMed ID
31258325
Repository Citation
Hydery T, Coppenrath VA. (2019). A Comprehensive Review of Pegvaliase, an Enzyme Substitution Therapy for the Treatment of Phenylketonuria. Open Access Publications by UMMS Authors. https://doi.org/10.1177/1177392819857089. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/oapubs/3877
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