ISSN 1662-4009 (online)

ey0021.2-1 | New Therapies | ESPEYB21

2.1. Dasiglucagon for the Treatment of Congenital Hyperinsulinism: A Randomized Phase 3 Trial in Infants and Children

P Thornton , D De Leon , S Empting , D Zangen , D Kendall , S Sune Birch , E Boge , J Ivkovic , I Banerjee

Brief Summary: This open-label, randomised phase 3 trial investigated the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous infusions of Dasiglucagon1, a glucagon analogue, as an add-on to standard of care (SoC) treatment in infants and children with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI).Patients had documented CHI aged 0.6 to 10.9y, who had ≥3 episodes of hypoglycemia/week, defined as self-measured plasma glucose (SMPG) <3.9 mmol/L. Part 1 (weeks 1-4)...

ey0016.2-2 | Neonatal Hypoglycaemia | ESPEYB16

2.2. Congenital hyperinsulinism as the presenting feature of Kabuki syndrome: clinical and molecular characterization of 9 affected individuals

KL Yap , AEK Johnson , D Fischer , P Kandikatla , J Deml , V Nelakuditi , S Halbach , GS Jeha , LC Burrage , O Bodamer , VC Benavides , AM Lewis , S Ellard , P Shah , D Cody , A Diaz , A Devarajan , L Truong , SAW Greeley , DD De Leon , AC Edmondson , S Das , P Thornton , D Waggoner , D Del Gaudio

To read the full abstract: Genet Med. 2019 Jan;21(1):233–242.This study documented the clinical features and molecular diagnoses of 9 infants with persistent hyperinsulinism and Kabuki syndrome via a combination of sequencing and copy-number profiling methodologies.KS is characterized by typical facial features (long palpebral fissures with eversion of the lat...