Nexviazyme

Combination therapy tops Nexviazyme for LOPD: Study

Combination therapy Pombiliti plus Opfolda (cipaglucosidase alfa/miglustat) may help people with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) walk farther and breathe better compared with Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa), particularly if they’ve been on enzyme replacement therapy for longer, according to a meta-analysis of clinical trials and real-world data. The study, “…

Nexviazyme not linked to new or worsening diabetes: Study

Sanofi’s Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa), an enzyme replacement therapy approved for Pompe disease, doesn’t appear to be linked to new or worsening diabetes, a concern raised by the presence of dextrose, a simple sugar, in the solution for infusion. In a study funded by Sanofi, researchers also…

Better outcomes seen after switch to Nexviazyme from Lumizyme

Switching from Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa) to Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa) was shown to improve breathing and motor function for most people with late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) in a small real-world study. Many of the improvements, such as those seen in walking ability, were minimal, and did not reach…

Nexviazyme has worked wonders on my son’s lab results

It’s been a little more than 18 months since my 5-year-old son, Cayden, made the switch to Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa) infusions as the main treatment for his infantile-onset Pompe disease. We started seeing improvements almost immediately, but now that he’s been on the new medication…

Nexviazyme outperforms Lumizyme in COMET trial

More late-onset Pompe disease (LOPD) patients treated with Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa) achieved clinically meaningful improvements in patient-reported outcome (PRO) measures related to symptoms, daily life impacts, and life quality than those treated with Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa). That is according to new analyses from the COMET Phase 3 clinical…

Adding miglustat to Lumizyme or Nexviazyme no help to mice

Adding the enzyme stabilizer miglustat did not improve the effectiveness of Lumizyme (alglucosidase alfa) or Nexviazyme (avalglucosidase alfa) in a mouse model of Pompe disease, a new study reports. “These data demonstrate that co-administration of miglustat with either [Lumizyme or Nexviazyme] to Pompe mice provides no additional…

The hassles when medicine delivery to our home hits a snag

My 5-year-old son, Cayden, is no stranger to enzyme replacement infusions. He’s been getting them on either a weekly or biweekly basis since he was only 4 weeks old. It’s currently the only treatment option for Pompe disease, the rare genetic disease he was born with. Fortunately,…