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Thomas Edouard

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A Phase 3 Trial of Vosoritide in Children with Hypochondroplasia.

BACKGROUND: Hypochondroplasia, a fibroblast growth factor receptor 3 (FGFR3)-related skeletal condition characterized by disproportionate short stature and a spectrum of clinical features, has no available targeted therapies. Vosoritide, a C-type natriuretic peptide analogue approved for the treatment of achondroplasia, is being investigated for hypochondroplasia. METHODS: In this phase 3, multicenter trial, children with hypochondroplasia who were 3 to less than 18 years of age were randomly assigned to receive once-daily subcutaneous injections of vosoritide or placebo for 52 weeks per weight-band dosing regimen. The primary end point was change from baseline in annualized growth velocity at week 52 versus placebo. Confirmatory statistical testing using hierarchical procedures to control for type I error at the one-sided 0.025 significance level (equivalent to the two-sided 0.05 level) was performed for the primary and six key secondary efficacy end points. The safety and side effect profile of vosoritide versus placebo was assessed. RESULTS: A total of 81 participants were randomly assigned to receive vosoritide (n=41) or placebo (n=40). At week 52, the least squares mean (LSM) change from baseline in annualized growth velocity was 1.95 cm/year with vosoritide versus -0.39 cm/year with placebo (LSM difference of 2.33 cm/year; 95% confidence interval, 1.85-2.82 cm/year; two-sided P<0.0001). Most participants in the vosoritide group (87.8%) and the placebo group (72.5%) experienced at least one adverse event (AE). There were no reports of grade 3 or higher AEs, AEs leading to treatment discontinuation, or deaths. CONCLUSIONS: One year of vosoritide treatment significantly increased linear growth in children with hypochondroplasia. (Funded by BioMarin Pharmaceutical; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT06455059.).

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Phase 3 Trial of Oral Infigratinib in Children with Achondroplasia.

BACKGROUND: Achondroplasia is a genetic skeletal condition caused by FGFR3 pathogenic variants. Infigratinib, an oral FGFR1-3 tyrosine kinase inhibitor, down-regulates key pathways in the pathogenesis of achondroplasia. METHODS: In this phase 3, multicenter, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial, we randomly assigned children with achondroplasia (3 to 17 years of age) in a 2:1 ratio to receive infigratinib (at a dose of 0.25 mg per kilogram of body weight) or placebo once daily for 52 weeks. The primary end point was the change from baseline in the annualized height velocity in the infigratinib group as compared with the placebo group at week 52. Key secondary end points were the change from baseline in the height z score and in the upper-to-lower body segment ratio at week 52. The primary analysis evaluated the treatment effect at week 52 in the full analysis population, with missing data handled with a prespecified imputation approach. RESULTS: In all, 114 patients underwent randomization: 75 patients to receive infigratinib (with 1 withdrawal before treatment) and 39 patients to receive placebo. The difference between infigratinib and placebo in the least-squares mean change from baseline to week 52 was 1.74 cm per year (95% confidence interval [CI], 1.31 to 2.17; P<0.001) for the annualized height velocity, 0.32 (96% CI, 0.23 to 0.41; P<0.001) for the height z score, and -0.02 (96% CI, -0.06 to 0.01) for the upper-to-lower body segment ratio. Adverse events occurred in 71 of 74 patients (96%) in the infigratinib group and in 37 of 39 patients (95%) in the placebo group; serious adverse events occurred in 4 of 74 patients (5%) and 1 of 39 patients (3%), respectively. No serious adverse events or adverse events leading to treatment discontinuation were considered by the investigator to be related to infigratinib or placebo. CONCLUSIONS: In children with achondroplasia, treatment with once-daily oral infigratinib for 52 weeks resulted in a significantly greater increase from baseline in the annualized height velocity than placebo. (Funded by BridgeBio Pharma; PROPEL 3 ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT06164951; EudraCT number, 2023-506130-67.).

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