AI Article Synopsis

  • OnabotulinumtoxinA treatment for spasticity is customized for individual patients, as outlined in the ASPIRE study which assessed its real-world use and effectiveness over two years across 54 sites.
  • The study found that 530 adults with lower limb spasticity often received the treatment for specific conditions such as equinovarus foot, with a wide range of doses administered.
  • Despite some low patient satisfaction ratings, both clinicians and patients largely reported effectiveness and expressed a desire to continue treatment, although there were some adverse events noted.

Article Abstract

Introduction: OnabotulinumtoxinA treatment for spasticity varies according to numerous factors and is individualized to meet treatment goals.

Objective: To explore real-world onabotulinumtoxinA utilization and effectiveness in patients with lower limb spasticity from the Adult Spasticity International Registry (ASPIRE) study.

Design: Two-year, multicenter, prospective, observational registry (NCT01930786).

Setting: Fifty-four international clinical sites.

Patients: Adults (naïve or non-naïve to botulinum toxin[s] treatment for spasticity, across multiple etiologies) with lower limb spasticity related to upper motor neuron syndrome.

Interventions: OnabotulinumtoxinA administered at the clinician's discretion.

Main Outcome Measures: OnabotulinumtoxinA treatment utilization, clinician- and patient-reported satisfaction.

Results: In ASPIRE, 530 patients received ≥1 onabotulinumtoxinA treatment for lower limb spasticity (mean age, 52 years; stroke, 49.4%; multiple sclerosis, 20.4%). Equinovarus foot was treated most often (80.9% of patients), followed by flexed knee (26.0%), stiff extended knee (22.5%), and flexed toes (22.3%). OnabotulinumtoxinA doses ranged between 10 and 1100 U across all presentations. Electromyography (EMG) was most commonly used for injection localization (≥41.1% of treatment sessions). Despite low patient response on the satisfaction questionnaire, clinicians (94.6% of treatment sessions) and patients (84.5%) reported satisfaction/extreme satisfaction that treatment helped manage spasticity, and clinicians (98.3%) and patients (91.6%) would probably/definitely continue onabotulinumtoxinA treatment. These data should be interpreted with care. Twenty-one adverse events (AEs) in 18 patients (3.4%) were considered treatment-related. Sixty-seven patients (12.6%) reported 138 serious AEs; 3 serious AEs in two patients (0.4%) were considered treatment-related. No new safety signals were identified.

Conclusions: ASPIRE provides long-term observational data on the treatment of lower limb spasticity with onabotulinumtoxinA. Real-world data from this primary analysis can help to guide the clinical use of onabotulinumtoxinA to improve spasticity management.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8519010PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12517DOI Listing

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