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Hear from healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers as they share their expertise and experience on INCRELEX®

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Learn from the IncrelEXPERTS

The IncrelEXPERTS are a network of healthcare professionals, patients, and caregivers committed to sharing their knowledge about INCRELEX, the only treatment option for severe primary IGF-1 deficiency (SPIGFD). Based on real-world experience, you’ll learn how to recognize and diagnose SPIGFD, dose and titrate INCRELEX, and more. Explore these topics by watching the videos below.

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Get to Know the IncrelEXPERTS

Meet Philippe Backeljauw, MD, an IncrelEXPERT

  • Dr. Philippe Backeljauw is a Pediatric Endocrinologist at Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center who specializes in growth disorders
  • Recognized internationally as an expert in growth hormone resistance, Dr. Backeljauw is passionate about improving the process of diagnosis and treating patients with growth disorders
  • Years of spearheading research has led to hundreds of peer-reviewed manuscripts and abstracts, and contributed greatly to the treatment landscape of pediatric growth disorders

Meet Ron Rosenfeld, MD, an IncrelEXPERT

  • Dr. Rosenfeld is a professor and chair of pediatrics emeritus at Oregon Health & Science University, and a professor of pediatrics emeritus at Stanford University
  • Internationally renowned for his contributions to uncovering the role of growth factors and their receptors in growth disorders like SPIGFD
  • Dedication to research and understanding of the biology of growth hormone and growth factors has earned Dr. Rosenfeld numerous awards

Meet Lori Casnellie, RN, an IncrelEXPERT

  • Nurse Lori is currently the Care Manager, Division of Endocrinology at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center and has over 40 years of experience as a nurse in clinical practice

Disease Education

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: The Role of GH and IGF-1 to Promote Growth

Dr. Philippe Backeljauw explains the relationship between growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1) in statural growth.

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: Clinical Characteristics of Severe Primary IGF-1 Deficiency (SPIGFD)

Hear Dr. Ron Rosenfeld describe the phenotypic features of someone with SPIGFD.

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Diagnosis

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: Diagnostic Criteria for Severe Primary IGF-1 Deficiency (SPIGFD)

Do you know when to suspect SPIGFD? Here’s Dr. Philippe Backeljauw on the diagnostic criteria that may warrant a closer look, and why early treatment is so important.

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: Diagnosing Severe Primary IGF-1 Deficiency (SPIGFD)

Dr. Ron Rosenfeld discusses the diagnostic algorithm for SPIGFD.

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Dosing

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: 3 Steps to Dosing INCRELEX

Start, titrate, adjust. Watch Dr. Philippe Backeljauw break down the 3 steps to dosing INCRELEX.

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Tips for Nurses

Ask an IncrelEXPERT: Care Team

Nurse Lori provides pearls on how nurses can support the patient care team.

Ask and IncrelEXPERT: Counseling

Nurse Lori provides counseling tips for INCRELEX patients and their caregivers.

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Important Safety Information and Indication

Contraindications

  • Hypersensitivity to mecasermin (rhIGF-1), any of the inactive ingredients in INCRELEX®, or who have experienced a severe hypersensitivity to INCRELEX®. Allergic reactions have been reported, including anaphylaxis requiring hospitalization.

  • Intravenous Administration.

  • Closed Epiphyses.

  • Malignant Neoplasia in pediatric patients with malignant neoplasia or a history of malignancy.

Warnings and Precautions

  • Hypoglycemia: INCRELEX® should be administered 20 minutes before or after a meal or snack and should not be administered when the meal or snack is omitted. Glucose monitoring and INCRELEX® dose titration are recommended until a well-tolerated dose is established and as medically indicated.

  • Intracranial Hypertension: Funduscopic examination is recommended at the initiation of and periodically during the course of therapy.

  • Lymphoid Tissue Hypertrophy: Patients should have periodic examinations to rule out potential complications.

  • Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis: Carefully evaluate any pediatric patient with the onset of a limp or hip/knee pain during INCRELEX® therapy.

  • Progression of Scoliosis: Patients with a history of scoliosis, treated with INCRELEX®, should be monitored.

  • Malignant Neoplasia: There have been postmarketing reports of malignant neoplasia in pediatric patients who received treatment with INCRELEX®. The tumors were observed more frequently in patients who received INCRELEX® at higher than recommended doses or at doses that produced serum IGF-1 levels above the normal reference ranges for age and sex. Monitor all patients receiving INCRELEX® carefully for development of neoplasms. If malignant neoplasia develops, discontinue INCRELEX® treatment.

  • Risk of Serious Adverse Reactions in Infants due to Benzyl Alcohol Preserved Solution: Serious and fatal adverse reactions including “gasping syndrome” can occur in neonates and infants treated with benzyl alcohol-preserved drugs. Use of INCRELEX® in infants is not recommended.

Adverse Reactions

Common adverse reactions include hypoglycemia, local and systemic hypersensitivity, and tonsillar hypertrophy.

Indication

INCRELEX® (mecasermin) is indicated for the treatment of growth failure in pediatric patients aged 2 years and older with severe primary IGF-1 deficiency* (IGFD), or with hormone (GH) gene deletion who have developed neutralizing antibodies to GH.1

Limitations of use: INCRELEX® is not a substitute to GH for approved GH indications. INCRELEX® is not indicated for use in patients with secondary forms of IGFD, such as GH deficiency, malnutrition, hypothyroidism, or chronic treatment with pharmacologic doses of anti-inflammatory steroids.1

*Severe primary IGF-1 deficiency (IGFD) is defined by height standard deviation score ≤ -3.0 and basal IGF-1 standard deviation score ≤ -3.0 and normal or elevated GH.

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