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Eligible participants aged 2 to 11 years had achondroplasia confirmed by genetic testing, were naive to treatment with growth-promoting agents, and had their height recorded at least 6 months prior to randomization. Enrolled participants were stratified by age and sex. Those with radiographic evidence of closed growth plates, planned bone surgery, severe untreated sleep apnea, or medical conditions known to affect growth were excluded (n\u2009=\u20092 of 86); of 84 participants enrolled, all were analyzed for safety and efficacy outcomes, including 2 who discontinued treatment.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Interventions<\/jats:title>\n Navepegritide (100 \u03bcg\/kg\/wk) or placebo administered by once-weekly subcutaneous injection.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>\n The primary end point was annualized growth velocity at week 52. Other clinically important secondary measures included radiographically assessed skeletal outcomes and health-related quality of life, evaluated using Achondroplasia Child Experience Measures. Safety assessments included adverse events, clinical laboratory assessments, bone age, and immunogenicity.<\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Results<\/jats:title>\n \n Eighty-four participants were enrolled and assigned randomly in a 2:1 ratio to receive navepegritide (n\u2009=\u200957; mean [SD] age, 5.6 [2.6] years; 31 [54%] male) or placebo (n\u2009=\u200927; mean [SD] age, 6.0 [2.7] years; 14 [52%] male). All randomized participants were included in efficacy and safety analyses, although 2 patients in the navepegritide group discontinued treatment (one at week 26 and the other at week 34). The trial met its primary end point, demonstrating superiority of navepegritide in annualized growth velocity at week 52 vs placebo (least-squares mean treatment difference of 1.49 cm\/y; 95% CI, 1.05 to 1.93;\n P<\/jats:italic>\n \u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Treatment resulted in improvements (least-squares mean treatment difference [95% CI]) in tibial-femoral angle (\u22121.81\u00b0 [\u22123.16 to \u22120.47]), mechanical axis deviation (\u22122.78 mm [\u22124.71 to \u22120.86]), fibula to tibia length ratio (\u22120.016 [\u22120.024 to \u22120.008]), and Achondroplasia Child Experience Measures\u2013Physical Functioning (\u221211.1 [\u221221.5 to \u22120.80] in children younger than 5 years). No serious adverse events were treatment-related, and no deaths occurred. Injection site reaction rates were low, and no symptomatic hypotension or fractures were observed.\n <\/jats:p>\n <\/jats:sec>\n \n Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n In this randomized clinical trial, navepegritide treatment resulted in statistically significantly higher annualized growth velocity in children with achondroplasia, with a similar safety and tolerability profile vs placebo. 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