What is VCP disease?
It's also called VCP-associated multisystem proteinopathy
or inclusion body myopathy associated with Paget's disease of bone and frontotemporal dementia.
IT'S RARE.
Less than two thousand people in the world are currently diagnosed with VCP disease, but experts agree that many patients are undiagnosed.
IT'S GENETIC.
VCP disease is hereditary - a parent with the VCP gene mutation has a 50% chance of passing it to their child.
IT'S DEBILITATING AND PROGRESSIVE.
It can affect a person’s muscles, bones, brain and nerves. Most patients lose the ability to walk and care for themselves, half develop a painful bone disease, and one third develop a form of dementia that changes their behavior and ability to communicate. Symptoms vary but typically first develop in mid-adulthood. It has recently been discovered, however, that children can be affected in rare cases.
THERE IS NO CURE.
There is no cure or disease-altering treatments for VCP disease, but we are funding research and creating a pathway for future treatments. And, we are helping patients learn about ways to improve their current quality of life through therapy and coordinated disease management.
Cure VCP Disease is honored to be a part of the CZI Rare As One Initiative.
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Care Guidelines
Since many doctors and nurses may only see one or two VCP patients in their lifetime, getting proper care is hard and complex when you have VCP disease.
Fortunately, a team of international doctors has established clinical care guidelines to help doctors quickly understand the symptoms, testing, and therapies to consider for you.
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