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Ultrasound assisted versus landmark based intrathecal administration of nusinersen in adults with spinal muscular atrophy disease: A randomized trial.

Bruno Antonio ZanfiniStefano CatarciAgata Katia PatanellaFrancesco VassalliLuciano FrassanitoMarika PaneMatteo BianconeMariangela Di MuroEleonora RizziEugenio Maria MercuriMario SabatelliGaetano Draisci
Published in: Muscle & nerve (2024)
In SMA adults, US assistance reduces the number of needle redirections needed for intrathecal drug administration. These results suggest that the US assistance may be advantageous for nusinersen therapy to reduce the therapeutic burden of intrathecal infusion.
Keyphrases
  • drug administration
  • low dose
  • ultrasound guided
  • bone marrow
  • cell therapy
  • smoking cessation