In a study of two children with the metabolic condition D-2-hydroxyglutaric aciduria type II, the drug enasidenib, developed as a selective mutant IDH2 inhibitor for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia, had beneficial effects on cardiac and neurodevelopmental abnormalities, indicating the potential for the repurposing of this drug for this hereditary condition.
- Birgit Geoerger
- Manuel Schiff
- Stéphane De Botton