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The most common adverse reactions reported with migalastat (≥ 10%) during the 6-month placebo-controlled, double-blind phase of its Study 1 clinical studies were headache, nasopharyngitis, urinary tract infection, nausea, and pyrexia. In case of overdose, general medical care is recommended. Headache and dizziness were the most common adverse reactions reported at doses of migalastat of up to 1250 mg and 2000 mg, respectively.

In placebo-controlled trials, liver test abnormalities were rare and no more common with migalastat than with placebo treatment. What abnormalities occurred were mild and resolved spontaneously without need for dose interruption. During these premarketing clinical trials and since its more widespread clinical availability, no instances of acute liver injury with jaundice have been reported attributable to migalastat. However, the total clinical experience with its use has been limited.

There was no detectable plasma protein binding following administration of [14C]-migalastat hydrochloride in the concentration range between 1 and 100 uM.

Migalastat is an alpha-galactosidase A (alpha-Gal A) pharmacological chaperone indicated for the long-term treatment of adults and adolescents aged 16 years and older with a confirmed diagnosis of Fabry disease (alpha-galactosidase A deficiency) and an amenable galactosidase alpha gene (GLA) mutation/variant based upon in vitro assay data. This indication is approved by the US FDA under accelerated approval based on reduction in kidney interstitial capillary cell globotriaosylceramide (KIC GL-3) substrate. Continued approval by the US FDA for this indication may be contingent upon verification and description of clinical benefit in ongoing confirmatory trials.|FDA Label|Galafold is indicated for long-term treatment of adults and adolescents aged 16 years and older with a confirmed diagnosis of Fabry disease (α-galactosidase A deficiency) and who have an amenable mutation.

Migalastat is pharmacologic chaperone of alpha-galactosidase the intrahepatic enzyme that is deficient in Fabry disease. Clinical experience with migalastat is limited, but it not been linked to serum enzyme elevations during therapy or to instances of clinically apparent acute liver injury.

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In general, treatment in patients with migalastat in Phase 2 pharmacodynamic trials resulted in increases in endogenous alpha-galactosidase (alpha-Gal A) activity in white blood cells, as well as in skin and kidney for the majority of patients. In patients with amenable galactosidase alpha gene (GLA) mutations, globotriaosylceramide (GL-3) levels tended to decrease in the urine and in the kidney interstitial capillaries.

With absorption occurring largely in the gut, the absolute bioavailability (AUC) for a single oral 150 mg migalastat hydrochloride dose or a single 2-hour 150 mg intravenous infusion was approximately 75%. Following a single oral dose of 150 mg migalastat hydrochloride solution, the time to peak plasma concentration was approximately 3 hours. Plasma migalastat exposure (AUC0-∞) and Cmax demonstrated dose-proportional increases at migalastat hydrochloride oral doses from 50 mg to 1,250 mg. Migalastat administered with a high-fat meal, or 1 hour before a high-fat or light meal, or 1 hour after a light meal, resulted in significant reductions of 37% to 42% in mean total migalastat exposure (AUC0-∞) and reductions of 15% to 40% in mean peak migalastat exposure (Cmax) compared with the fasting state.|A pharmacokinetic trial in healthy male volunteers with 150 mg [14C]-migalastat hydrochloride revealed that approximately 77% and 20% of the radiolabeled dose was recovered in urine and excreted in the feces, respectively.|In healthy volunteers, the volume of distribution (Vz/F) of migalastat following ascending single oral doses (25-675 mg migalastat HCl) ranged from 77 to 133 L, indicating it is well distributed into tissues and greater than total body water (42 liters).|Following ascending single oral doses (25-675 mg migalastat hydrochloride), no trends were found for clearance, CL/F). At the 150 mg dose, CL/F was approximately 11 to 14 L/hr.

Based upon in vivo data, migalastat is a substrate for uridine diphosphate glucuronosyltransferase (otherwise known as UGT or UDPGT), being a minor elimination pathway. Migalastat is not a substrate for P-glycoprotein (P-gP) in vitro and it is considered unlikely that migalastat would be subject to drug-drug interactions with cytochrome P450s. A pharmacokinetic trial in healthy male volunteers with 150 mg [14C]-migalastat HCl revealed that 99% of the radiolabeled dose recovered in plasma was comprised of unchanged migalastat (77%) and 3 dehydrogenated O-glucuronide conjugated metabolites, M1, M2, and M3 (13%). Approximately 9% of the total radioactivity was unassigned.

The mean elimination half-life (t1/2) of migalastat ranges from approximately 3 to 5 hours.

Fabry disease is a progressive X-linked lysosomal storage disorder which affects males and females. Fabry disease-causing mutations occur in the galactosidase alpha (GLA) gene and result in a deficiency of the lysosomal enzyme alpha-galactosidase A (alpha-Gal A) that is required for glycosphingolipid substrate (GL-3 and lyso-Gb3) metabolism. Reduced alpha-Gal A activity is, therefore, associated with the progressive accumulation of glycosphingolipid substrate in vulnerable organs and tissues, which ultimately leads to the morbidity and mortality associated with Fabry disease. Certain GLA mutations can result in the production of abnormally folded and unstable mutant forms of alpha-Gal A. Migalastat is subsequently a pharmacological chaperone that is designed to selectively and reversibly bind with high affinity to the active sites of certain mutant forms of alpha-Gal A, the genotypes of which are referred to as amenable mutations. Such migalastat binding stabilizes these mutant forms of alpha-Gal A in the endoplasmic reticulum and facilitates their proper trafficking to lysosomes. Once in the lysosomes and surrounded by an environment defined by lower pH and higher concentrations of relevant glycosphingolipid substrates, migalastat dissociates from alpha-Gal A, thereby restoring the alpha-Gal A activity, leading to the catabolism of glycosphingolipids like globotriaosylceramide (GL-3) and globotriaosylsphingosine (lyso-Gb3) since the alpha-Gal A variants still retain enzymatic activity. The GLA mutations that are amenable and not amenable to treatment with migalastat are regularly maintained and updated on online sites that are readily accessible by healthcare providers.

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