Thursday, October 12, 2017

What should the FDA know about XLH?

The XLH Network, Inc. will be meeting with the U.S. Food  & Drug Administration on  December 4, 2017 [previously set for January 2018], to make sure that the patients' (and their families') voices are heard as the FDA considers the safety and efficacy of KRN23/burosumab and whether to approve it for treatment of both children and adults.

As we're planning our presentation, we want to do our best to cover the entire spectrum of what it means to live with XLH. As we all know, XLH affects so many systems of the body, and there's a wide variation in symptoms and severity. We know what we ourselves have experienced (or what our family members have experienced), what we've read on our listserv, forum or Facebook page, and what we gathered from XLH Day attendees this year.

But we still don't have the full story. We don't have your story.

What would you tell the FDA  if you had just two minutes to give them your message?

If  you don't know where to start, here are some things to think about: Perhaps you'd want them to know about your biggest XLH-related challenge in your career or personal life. Or maybe there's one particular XLH symptom that, if treated, would improve your life dramatically. How would your life be different if you didn't have that particular symptom, even if you still experienced other symptoms? Is there something you've always wanted to do, but felt you couldn't because of your XLH? Or, for those of you who have XLH and also a child with XLH, is there one thing in particular that you wish your child wouldn't have to experience the way you did?

Send your message no later than November 1, 2017 to ExecutiveDirector@XLHNetwork.org  Our time with the FDA is going to be brief, so we need to ask you to keep your message concise, no more than one hundred words (that's about half of a double-spaced page) and focused on the one XLH-related challenge for which you would particularly like a medical solution.

Thank you for helping us tell our community's story. Together we can make a difference and help the FDA understand the need for this new treatment, as well as for additional research.

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