Find support, or help research
People near you who know what living with Pompe disease is like, and ways you can help find better treatments.
Support groups in France
- Association Francophone des Glycogénoses (AFG)Patient organisation for people with glycogen storage diseases, including Pompe disease in France; member of the International Pompe Association (IPA).All of France
- Vaincre les Maladies Lysosomales (VML)French association for people with lysosomal diseases, including Gaucher, Fabry and Pompe disease; member of the International Gaucher Alliance (IGA).All of France
Contact details come from each group's own page and are checked every 3 months.
Help research
You do not need to join a trial to help. Below are the programmes we found in France and how to reach them. You contact them yourself: Frontlight does not collect or pass on your details.
Give blood or tissue for researchResearchers use stored samples to find what causes Pompe disease.
Share your health dataA registry collects health data, without your name, so research teams can study many people at once.
Take part as a healthy volunteerStudies need people without Pompe disease to compare with. Family and friends can help.