ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2022
Spotlight on Lonapegsomatropin Once-Weekly Injection and Its Potential in the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency in Pediatric Patients.
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- Long-acting growth hormone in the treatment of growth hormone deficiency in children: a systematic literature review and network meta-analysis.Scientific reports · 2024Pooled it
- Immunogenicity Profile of Lonapegsomatropin During Long-Term Treatment in Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency.The AAPS journal · 2026Article
- Patient and Caregiver Preferences for Once-Weekly Injection Devices for the Treatment of Growth Hormone Deficiency.Journal of the Endocrine Society · 2026Article
- Optimization of dosing regimens for the long-acting growth hormone pegpesen: A population PK/PD modeling approach.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2026Article
- Once-Weekly Lonapegsomatropin Was Efficacious and Well Tolerated in Chinese Children with Growth Hormone Deficiency: Results from a Phase 3 Randomized Trial.Hormone research in paediatrics · 2026Article
- Traceless linkers used for reversible protein-polymer conjugations.Chemical science · 2026Review
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- Delphi-based Spanish consensus on the use of long-acting growth hormone in pediatric growth hormone deficiency: recommendations from the ConverGHe Working Group.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Article
- Developments in the Management of Growth Hormone Deficiency: Clinical Utility of Somapacitan.Drug design, development and therapy · 2024Review
- Persistence with daily growth hormone among children and adolescents with growth hormone deficiency in the UK.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Lonapegsomatropin, a long-acting GH therapy (LAGH), was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in August 2021 for the treatment of pediatric growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Lonapegsomatropin is a prodrug consisting of unmodified GH transiently conjugated to methoxypolyethylene glycol which enables time-release of GH with a half-life of ~25 hours allowing for once-weekly administration. Clinical trials of lonapegsomatropin have demonstrated positive efficacy results in children (phase 2 and 3) and adults (phase 2) with GHD. The phase 3 trial in children with GHD established non-inferiority and statistical superiority of height velocity with lonapegsomatropin (11.2 cm/yr) compared to daily GH (10.3 cm/yr), with no concerning side effects with lonapegsomatropin. Similar growth responses have been reported in other LAGH products in phase 2 (somapacitan) and phase 3 (somatrogon) trials. Lonapegsomatropin is distributed in temperature-stable, prefilled cartridges at 9 different doses that can be prescribed based upon specific weight brackets designed to deliver approximately 0.24 mg/kg/wk. An electronic delivery device is required to combine the powdered medication with the diluent and deliver the medication subcutaneously through a small gauge needle to the recipient. The pharmacodynamic data from the clinical trials of lonapegsomatropin has been used to develop models to estimate an average IGF-1 value drawn at any time during the weekly injection interval. This average IGF-1 value may be used to for safety monitoring and/or to guide dose adjustment. New LAGH products, including lonapegsomatropin, may potentially improve patient adherence, quality of life and clinical outcomes, particularly in patients with poor adherence to daily GH injections in the future. With the availability of new LAGH products, clinicians will need to identify the best candidates for LAGH therapy and understand how to monitor and adjust therapy. Long-term surveillance studies are needed to demonstrate adherence, efficacy, cost-effectiveness and safety of LAGH preparations.
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