ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0019.5-8 | Advances in clinical practice | ESPEYB19

5.8. Growth in achondroplasia including stature, weight, weight-for-height and head circumference from CLARITY: achondroplasia natural history study-a multi-center retrospective cohort study of achondroplasia in the US

JE Hoover-Fong , KJ Schulze , AY Alade , MB Bober , E Gough , SS Hashmi , JT Hecht , JM Legare , ME Little , P Modaff , RM Pauli , DF Rodriguez-Buritica , ME Serna , C Smid , C Liu , J McGready

Orphanet J Rare Dis. 2021 Dec 23;16(1):522.Abstract: https://pubmed-ncbi-nlm-nih-gov/34949201/In Brief: Based on over 37,000 length/height, weight and head circumference measures from 1374 patients with achondroplasia in the USA, updated length/height-for-age, weight-for-age, head circumference-for-age (HC) and weight-for-height curves were generated for children up to 18 years of age (HC u...

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...

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...