RRP Awareness Day is an international event to raise awareness about recurrent respiratory papillomatosis (RRP), a debilitating disease driven by chronic HPV 6/11 viral infection.
Kim McClellan, President
Helen Sabzevari, PhD, President and CEO
RRP is a serious and debilitating disease driven by chronic HPV 6/11 viral infection. RRP impacts both children and adults and is characterized by papilloma growths in the respiratory tract that can result in severe voice disturbance, compromised airway, and recurrent post-obstructive pneumonias. Although rare, RRP has the potential for transformation to malignant cancer and can be fatal.2
There is no cure for RRP and no FDA-approved therapy. The current standard-of-care is repeated surgeries to treat symptoms, which do not address the underlying cause of the disease.
RRP patients experience significant burden of disease with ongoing risks associated with repeated surgeries, emotional distress, and crippling economic burden to families and the healthcare system overall.
Recurrence of papilloma after surgical removal is very common and patients frequently require dozens to hundreds of lifetime surgeries. Risk of significant irreversible injury rises with each surgical intervention.3
One powerful way to support RRP Awareness is by sharing information online. Join us to spread awareness about this devastating disease.
1Precigen internal research of claims data and electronic health records 2024-2025
2Norberg et al., Lancet Respir. Med 2025; Online First
3So et al., Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2024; 170(4): 1091-1098
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