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ey0019.5-3 | Novel treatments for rare skeletal disorders | ESPEYB19

5.3. Safe and persistent growth-promoting effects of vosoritide in children with achondroplasia: 2-year results from an open-label, phase 3 extension study

R Savarirayan , L Tofts , M Irving , WR Wilcox , CA Bacino , J Hoover-Fong , RU Font , P Harmatz , F Rutsch , MB Bober , LE Polgreen , I Ginebreda , K Mohnike , J Charrow , D Hoernschemeyer , K Ozono , Y Alanay , P Arundel , Y Kotani , N Yasui , KK White , HM Saal , A Leiva-Gea , F Luna-Gonzalez , H Mochizuki , D Basel , DM Porco , K Jayaram , E Fisheleva , A Huntsman-Labed , JRS Day

Genet Med. 2021 Dec;23(12):2443-2447.Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov.proxy.kib.ki.se/34341520/In brief: In achondroplasia, longitudinal bone growth is inhibited resulting in severe, disproportionate short stature. In this open-label extension study of participants from the phase 3 study, daily subcutaneous injection of vosoritide during 104 weeks resulted in increa...

ey0017.5-1 | Novel Treatments for Rare Skeletal Disorders | ESPEYB17

5.1. C-Type natriuretic peptide analogue therapy in children with achondroplasia

R Savarirayan , M Irving , CA Bacino , B Bostwick , J Charrow , V Cormier-Daire , KH Le Quan Sang , P Dickson , P Harmatz , J Phillips , N Owen , A Cherukuri , K Jayaram , GS Jeha , K Larimore , ML Chan , A Huntsman Labed , J Day , J Hoover-Fong

To read the full abstract: N Engl J Med. 2019 Jul 4;381(1):25–35.In brief: Inhibition of endochondral ossification in Achondroplasia leads to disproportionate short stature. In this phase 2 study, daily subcutaneous injection of vosoritide, a biologic analogue of C-type natriuretic peptide and a potent stimulator of endochondral ossification, results in sustained increase in t...

ey0018.5-1 | Novel treatments for rare skeletal disorders | ESPEYB18

5.1. Once-daily, subcutaneous vosoritide therapy in children with achondroplasia: a randomised, double-blind, phase 3, placebo-controlled, multicentre trial

R Savarirayan , L Tofts , M Irving , W Wilcox , CA Bacino , J Hoover-Fong , R Ullot Font , P Harmatz , F Rutsch , MB Bober , LE Polgreen , I Ginebreda , K Mohnike , J Charrow , D Hoernschemeyer , K Ozono , Y Alanay , P Arundel , S Kagami , N Yasui , KK White , HM Saal , A Leiva-Gea , F Luna-Gonzalez , H Mochizuki , D Basel , DM Porco , K Jayaram , E Fisheleva , A Huntsman-Labed , J Day

Lancet. 2020 Sep 5;396(10252):684–692. Abstract: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32891212/In brief: Activating mutations in FGFR3 inhibit endochondral ossification in achondroplasia resulting in disproportionate extreme short stature. In this randomised, double-blind, phase 3, placebo-controlled trial, once-daily subcutaneous treatment with vosoritide, a C-type natriuretic pep...