Clinical trial • Phase III • Gastroenterology

ascorbic acid; sodium ascorbate; potassium chloride; sodium chloride; macrogol 3350 (polyethylene glycol 3350) for Colonic disease

Phase III trial of ascorbic acid; sodium ascorbate; potassium chloride; sodium chloride; macrogol 3350 (polyethylene glycol 3350) for Colonic disease.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Gastroenterology
Trial Disease
Colonic disease
Trial Stage
Phase III
Drug Modality
Small molecule
Paediatric Trial
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
12-09-2025
First CTIS Authorization Date
22-12-2025

Trial design

Randomised, sodium picosulfate (powder for oral solution in sachet); route: oral. dose/schedule not specified in ctis record.-controlled Phase III trial across 34 sites in Belgium, Hungary, Netherlands and others.

Randomised
Yes
Comparator
Sodium picosulfate (powder for oral solution in sachet); route: oral. Dose/schedule not specified in CTIS record.
Target Sample Size
218

Eligibility

Recruits 218 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Participant is pregnant, lactating, or intending to become pregnant during the study.
Vulnerable Population
Paediatric participants (1 to <18 years). The Investigator or designee will obtain written informed consent and/or assent from each participant and their legal guardian if required by local regulations; legal guardians should be fully informed. A legal guardian or primary caregiver may be required to be available to assist CRU personnel and accompany the participant for assessments. Age‑specific assent and caregiver/parental consent documents are provided (assent forms for 4-6, 7-12, 13-17 years; caregiver/parent ICFs and country-specific ICFs are listed in the application).

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participant who is 1 to < 18 years of age at the Screening Visit.\n- A participant (or their legal guardian, if required by local regulations) must be able to accurately maintain the participant’s take-home record, including items of general health.\n- Participant who requires a colonoscopy.\n- Participants must weigh a minimum of 10 kg, and participants aged 1 to < 4 years of age must be above the 10th percentile of weight for age, according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Weight Charts (refer to Section 8.3.1 and Appendix 6, Section 10.6 of the Clinical Study Protocol), at the time of signing the informed consent.\n- Male and female (according to their reproductive organs and functions assigned by chromosomal complement).\n- Female participant of childbearing potential (CBP), i.e. who has experienced menarche or is ≥ 8 years of age and will be, or could possibly be, engaging in sexual activity during the course of the study (refer to Appendix 4, Section 10.4.1 of the Clinical Study Protocol for further details): •\tMust have a negative urine pregnancy test (or serum if a urine pregnancy test cannot be confirmed as negative [e.g. three ambiguous results]) within 24 hours before the first dose of study intervention. Refer to Section 8.3.6 of the Clinical Study Protocol for further details. •\tMust use a highly effective method of contraception (failure rate < 1% per year) from Day 1 and throughout the Safety Follow-up Period, as described in Appendix 4, Section 10.4 of the Clinical Study Protocol. The Investigator should evaluate the potential for contraceptive method failure (e.g. noncompliance, recently initiated) in relationship to the first dose of study intervention. •\tMust not be breastfeeding.\n- Male participants who are sexually active or who become sexually active during the study should use condoms from Day 1 and throughout the Safety Follow-up Period.\n- The Investigator, or a person designated by the Investigator, will obtain written informed consent and/or assent from each study participant (and their legal guardian, if required by local regulations; as defined in Appendix 1, Section 10.1.3 of the Clinical Study Protocol) before any study-specific activity is performed unless a waiver of informed consent has been granted by the Ethics Committee (EC). All legal guardians, if applicable, should be fully informed, and all participants should be informed to the fullest extent possible, about the study in language and terms they are able to understand.\n- Participant is able to receive regular external feeding (solid food; bottle, or cup feed) without breastfeeding.\n- If required by local regulations or deemed necessary by the Investigator, a legal guardian or primary caregiver must be available to help the CRU personnel ensure follow-up; accompany the participant to the CRU on each assessment day according to the SoA (e.g. able to comply with scheduled visits, treatment plan, laboratory tests and other study procedures); consistently and consecutively be available to provide information on the participant using the rating scales during the scheduled study visit."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participant has a past history within last 12 months or current episode of severe constipation (requiring repeated use of laxatives/enema or physical intervention before resolution).\n- Participant has any laboratory values with the following deviations at the Screening Visit: a. Haemoglobin < 8 g/dL. b. Platelet count < 80000/μL.\n- Participant has clinically significant laboratory/urinalysis/haematological abnormalities (including coagulation profile, if available) at Screening that contraindicates undergoing bowel preparation and/or colonoscopy.\n- Participant has impaired consciousness that might predispose them to pulmonary aspiration.\n- Participant has experienced significant blood loss (10% of blood volume) without blood volume replacement or haemoglobin replacement by blood volume or other appropriate therapy, e.g. iron therapy, within 60 days prior to the start of the study.\n- Participant has a clinically significant cardiac rhythm or functional disorder.\n- Participant has a known clinically significant chromosome abnormality.\n- Participant has severe hypoxemia, respiratory acidosis, asphyxia, or hypotension between birth and randomisation based on assessment of the Investigator.\n- Participant has renal insufficiency with glomerular filtration rate of < 90 mL/min/1.73m2).\n- Participant has any laboratory values with the following deviations at the Screening Visit: a.\tSerum albumin < 1.4 g/dL. b. International normalised ratio > 1.2.\n- Participant has regularly used laxatives or colon motility altering drugs in the last month (i.e. more than two times per week) and/or has used one or more laxatives within 72 hours prior to administration of the preparation.\n- Participant has known or suspected ileus, GI obstruction, gastric retention, bowel perforation, toxic colitis, ischaemic colitis, or megacolon.\n- Participant has known hypersensitivity or allergic reaction to PEG, ascorbic acid, sodium picosulfate, magnesium oxide, or any other component of the investigational product or comparator.\n- Participant has taken monoamine oxidase inhibitors, tricyclic antidepressants, neuroleptics, or other drugs that reduce seizure threshold within one week of baseline procedures.\n- Received or scheduled to receive any vaccines or devices within one week prior to first dose of study intervention.\n- Participant has a significant neurological disorder or a past history of seizures (excluding simple febrile seizures), or is currently on medication lowering seizure threshold (e.g. tricyclic antidepressants), or has used seizure threshold lowering medication within 14 days prior to administration of the preparation.\n- Current enrolment OR past participation in another investigational study in which an investigational intervention (e.g. drug, vaccine, invasive device) was administered within 60 days before planned first dose of study intervention in this clinical study, as assessed by the Investigator.\n- Participant has baseline QTc (corrected by Bazett’s formula [QTcB] or Frederica’s formula [QTcF]) of greater than 460 msec, congenital prolonged QT syndrome, prolonged QTc secondary to diabetes mellitus or family history of prolonged QT syndrome.\n- Participant is pregnant, lactating, or intending to become pregnant during the study.\n- Participant has clinically relevant findings on physical examination based on the Investigator's judgement that contraindicates undergoing bowel preparation and/or colonoscopy.\n- Participant who is ≥ 8 years of age has history of drug, nicotine, or alcohol abuse within the 12 months prior to dosing or has a positive result in the drug/nicotine/alcohol test at Screening.\n- Significant history or family history that would preclude participation.\n- Participant has ongoing severe acute inflammatory bowel disease that contraindicates colonoscopy.\n- Participant has history of sudden infant death in a sibling.\n- Any participant who, in the opinion of the Investigator, should not be included in the study for any reason; e.g. cognitively impaired, debilitated, fragile, or vulnerable.\n- Participant has history of significant GI surgeries, including colonic resection, sub-total colectomy, abdomino-perineal resection, de-functioning colostomy, Hartmann's procedure and de- functioning ileostomy, or other similar surgeries involving structure and function of the small or large colon.\n- Participant has known glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficiency.\n- Participant has known phenylketonuria.\n- Participant has a past history within the last 12 months or evidence of any ongoing clinically relevant electrocardiogram (ECG) abnormalities (e.g. arrhythmias).\n- Participant has a history of uncontrolled hypertension according to the values specified in the 2016 European Society of Hypertension guidelines for the management of high blood pressure (BP) in children and adolescents, i.e. BP that is above the 95th percentile (1 to 15 years of age) or > 140/90 mmHg (16 to < 18 years of age; Appendix 7, Section 10.7 of the Clinical Study Protocol).\n- Participant has uncontrolled pre-existing electrolyte abnormalities based on screening laboratory results such as hypernatraemia, hyponatraemia, hyperphosphatemia,hypermagnesaemia, hypomagnesaemia, hypokalaemia, hypocalcaemia, dehydration, or those secondary to the use of diuretics or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors judged clinically significant by the Investigator."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Success rate of bowel cleansing (percentage of participants achieving adequate cleansing) based on BBPS.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale (BBPS); success defined as the percentage of participants achieving adequate cleansing per BBPS."}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- Success rate of bowel cleansing (percentage of participants achieving successful cleansing) based on HCS.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by the Harefield Cleansing Scale (HCS); success defined as percentage of participants achieving successful cleansing per HCS."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Participant compliance with treatment.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Participant compliance assessed during study visits (no more specific method described in CTIS record)."}
  • {"endpoint_text":"- Tolerability, palatability, and acceptability questionnaire using a Likert Scale.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Questionnaire administered using a Likert Scale to assess tolerability, palatability and acceptability."}

Recruitment

Digital Remote Recruitment
Yes
Planned Sample Size
218
Recruitment Window Months
11
Consent Approach
The Investigator or a designated person will obtain written informed consent and/or assent from each participant (and their legal guardian where required) prior to any study-specific activity. Age-specific assent forms and caregiver/parental consent forms are provided (documents include assent forms for ages 4-6, 7-12, 13-17; caregiver/parent ICFs; country-specific ICFs). Consent/assent materials are provided in multiple languages as per country documents (English, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Spanish among those listed). Legal guardians/caregivers may be required to assist with follow-up and study procedures where local regulations require.

Methods

  • Recruitment procedure descriptions (K1) provided for multiple countries — structured site-based recruitment and consent workflow (documents: K1_BEL, K1_HUN, K1_NLD, K1_DEU, K1_ITA, K1_ESP, K1_POL).
  • Printed materials: Posters and Brochures (country-specific K2 documents: posters, brochures listed for Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary) — public-facing recruitment at clinical sites and public venues.
  • Study information sheets and sibling fact sheets (K2 Study Info Sheet; Sibling Fact Sheet) targeted to caregivers/parents and families.
  • Digital channels: Website landing pages and cookie policy documents (country-specific website landing pages and cookie policies listed for Belgium, Netherlands, Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Hungary).
  • Pre-consent/animation scripts (K2) to provide study information digitally or via multimedia pre-consent material.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
34
Total Number Of Participants
218

Belgium

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
25-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
06-01-2026
Processing Time Days
42
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
27

Sites

Site Name
UZ Brussel
Department Name
032003:Pediatric gastroenterology
Contact Person Name
Koen Huysentruyt
Contact Person Email
Koen.huysentruyt@uzbrussel.com
Site Name
CHC MontLegia
Department Name
032005: Pediatric gastroenterology
Contact Person Name
Stéphanie Colinet
Contact Person Email
stephanie.colinet@chc.be
Site Name
Universitair Ziekenhuis Antwerpen
Department Name
032006: Pediatric gastroenterology
Contact Person Name
Nicolette Moes
Contact Person Email
nicolette.moes@uza.be

Hungary

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
02-12-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
07-01-2026
Processing Time Days
36
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
18

Sites

Site Name
Heim Pal Orszagos Gyermekgyogyaszati Intezet
Department Name
36005: Gasztroenterológiai és Nefrológiai Osztály
Contact Person Name
Anna Karoliny
Contact Person Email
karoliny.panka@gmail.com
Site Name
Semmelweis University
Department Name
36001: Gasztroenterológiai osztály
Contact Person Name
Áron Cseh
Contact Person Email
cseh.aron@semmelweis.hu
Site Name
Borsod-Abauj-Zemplen Varmegyei Koezponti Korhaz Es Egyetemi Oktatokorhaz
Department Name
36002: Csecsemő és Gyermek Belgyógyászati Osztály
Contact Person Name
Éva Kosaras
Contact Person Email
kosaras.vica@gmail.com

Netherlands

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
17-12-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
23-12-2025
Processing Time Days
6
Number Of Sites
3
Number Of Participants
31

Sites

Site Name
Isala Klinieken Stichting
Department Name
031002: Pediatrics
Contact Person Name
Sarah Teklenburg-Roord
Contact Person Email
s.t.a.teklenburgroord@isala.nl
Site Name
Amphia Hospital
Department Name
031003: Pediatrics
Contact Person Name
Herbert van Wering
Contact Person Email
hvanwering@amphia.nl
Site Name
Amsterdam UMC Stichting
Department Name
031001: Pediatrics
Contact Person Name
Marc Benninga
Contact Person Email
m.a.benninga@amc.nl

Poland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
26-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
04-01-2026
Processing Time Days
39
Number Of Sites
6
Number Of Participants
50

Sites

Site Name
Instytut Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
Department Name
048001: Oddział Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii, Zaburzen Odzywiania i Pediatrii
Contact Person Name
Jaroslaw Kierkus
Contact Person Email
j.kierkus@med-net.pl
Site Name
Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony Im.L.Rydygiera W Toruniu
Department Name
048002: Oddzial Pediatrii i Gastroenterologii
Contact Person Name
Ewa Hapyn
Contact Person Email
ehapyn@gmail.com
Site Name
Copernicus Podmiot Leczniczy Sp. z o.o.
Department Name
048005: Kliniczny Oddział Gastroenterologii, Alergologii i Żywienia Dzieci GUMed
Contact Person Name
Michal Brzezinski
Contact Person Email
brzezinski@gumed.edu.pl
Site Name
Samodzielny Publiczny Szpital Kliniczny Nr 1 Im.Prof.Stanislawa Szyszko Slaskiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego W Katowicach
Department Name
048004: Oddzial Gastroenterologii i Hepatologii Dzieci
Contact Person Name
Katarzyna Gorowska - Kowolik
Contact Person Email
k.gkowolik@gmail.com
Site Name
Uniwersytecki Dzieciecy Szpital Kliniczny Im. L. Zamenhofa W Bialymstoku
Department Name
048003: Klinika Pediatrii, Gastroenterologii, Hepatologii, Zywienia, Alergologii i Pulmonologii
Contact Person Name
Dariusz Lebensztejn
Contact Person Email
lebensztejn@hoga.pl
Site Name
Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy W Krakowie
Department Name
048006: Klinika Pediatii, Gastroenterologii i Zywienia
Contact Person Name
Kinga Kowalska-Duplaga

Germany

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
29-09-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
06-02-2026
Processing Time Days
130
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
33

Sites

Site Name
Barmherzige Brueder gemeinnuetzige Krankenhaus GmbH
Department Name
049004_Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Contact Person Name
Jochen Kittel
Site Name
Helios Universitaetsklinikum Wuppertal
Department Name
049001_Kinder-und Jugendmedizin
Contact Person Name
Raphael Hirtz
Site Name
Universitaetsklinikum Muenster AöR
Department Name
049002_Allgemeine Paediatrie
Contact Person Name
Thomas Kaiser
Contact Person Email
thomas.kaiser@ukmuenster.de
Site Name
Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz KöR
Department Name
049003_Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin
Contact Person Name
Stephan Gehring
Site Name
Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin KöR
Department Name
049006_Paediatrie
Contact Person Name
Philip Bufler
Contact Person Email
philip.bufler@charite.de

Spain

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
12-12-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
11-03-2026
Processing Time Days
89
Number Of Sites
5
Number Of Participants
20

Sites

Site Name
Area Sanitaria De Ferrol
Department Name
Servicio de Digestivo - Unidad de EICI
Contact Person Name
Ana Isabel Echarri Piudo
Contact Person Email
ana.echarri.piudo@sergas.es
Site Name
Hospital Infantil Universitario Nino Jesus
Department Name
Unidad de Gastroenterología y Nutrición
Contact Person Name
Laura Maria Palomino Perez
Site Name
University Hospital Son Espases
Department Name
Pediatrics
Contact Person Name
Antonio Rosell Camps
Contact Person Email
antonio.rosell@ssib.es
Site Name
Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari
Department Name
Medicina Pediiátrica. Unitat de Gastroenterologia, Hepatologia i Nutrició Pediàtrica.
Contact Person Name
Clara Comalrena de Sobregrau Martinez
Contact Person Email
ccomalrenasobre@tauli.cat
Site Name
Hospital Universitario Regional De Malaga
Department Name
Hospital Materno Infantil. Pediatría. Gastroenterología.
Contact Person Name
Victor Manuel Navas Lopez

Italy

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
28-11-2025
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
08-05-2026
Processing Time Days
161
Number Of Sites
9
Number Of Participants
39

Sites

Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Santobono Pausilipon
Department Name
039012: UOC Gastroenterologia e Servizio di endoscopia Digestiva
Contact Person Name
Giovanni Di Nardo
Site Name
Universita Degli Studi Di Messina
Department Name
039002: U.O.S.D. Gastroenterologia pediatrica e fibrosi cistica
Contact Person Name
Claudio Romano
Contact Person Email
romanoc@unime.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Universita' Degli Studi Della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Department Name
039004: U.O.C. di Pediatria Generale specialistica
Contact Person Name
Caterina Strisciuglio
Site Name
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Department Name
039007: Endoscopia Digestiva Chirurgica
Contact Person Name
Cristiano Spada
Contact Person Email
cristiano.spada@unicatt.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer IRCCS
Department Name
039011: SOC Gastroenterologia e Nutrizione
Contact Person Name
Paolo Lionetti
Contact Person Email
p.lionetti@meyer.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
Department Name
039009: U.O.C. Gastroenterologia ed Epatologia Pediatrica
Contact Person Name
Salvatore Oliva
Contact Person Email
salvatore.oliva@uniroma1.it
Site Name
Fondazione IRCCS Ca Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico
Department Name
039005: S.C. Pediatria-Gastroenterologia, Epatologia e Fibrosi Cistica
Contact Person Name
Marina Aloi
Contact Person Email
marina.aloi@policlinico.mi.it
Site Name
Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Papa Giovanni Xxiii
Department Name
039010: S.C. Pediatria – U.O.S. Epatologia, Gastroenterologia pediatrica e dei Trapianti
Contact Person Name
Naire Sansotta
Contact Person Email
nsansotta@asst-pg23.it
Site Name
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Federico II Di Napoli
Department Name
039003: Pediatria Generale
Contact Person Name
Erasmo Miele
Contact Person Email
erasmo.miele@unina.it

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Norgine Limited
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
United Kingdom

Contract research organisations

Name
Parexel International (IRL) Limited
Responsibilities
Multiple operational responsibilities listed (sponsorDuties codes: 1,2,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15) including patient recruitment and retention, patient insight (code 15).

Third parties

  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Medidata Solutions Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 3, 7","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Greenphire LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 15 (Patient Costs Reimbursement in Hungary)","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Ireland","full_name":"Parexel International (IRL) Limited","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties codes: 1,2,5,6,7,8,10,11,12,13,14,15 (includes Patient recruitment and retention, Patient Insight for code 15)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Clario Medical Imaging Inc.","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 15 (Medical imaging)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"CluePoints","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 15 (Data surveillance)","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Eurofins Central Laboratory LLC","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
PLENVU Pulver zur Herstellung einer Losung zum Einnehmen
Active Substance
ascorbic acid; sodium ascorbate; potassium chloride; sodium chloride; macrogol 3350 (polyethylene glycol 3350)
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Authorised (euMpNumber PRD5854215; authorisationCountryCode: DE; productPharmForm: ORAL SOLUTION)
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 2 DF dosage form
Investigational Product Name
SODIUM PICOSULFATE
Active Substance
sodium picosulfate
Modality
Small molecule
Routes Of Administration
ORAL
Route
ORAL
Authorisation Status
Product information present (euSubstNumber SUB10569MIG); marketing authorisation number not provided; MIA number DE_BB_01_MIA_2022_0016 listed for comparator.
Maximum Dose
maxTotalDoseAmount 2 DF dosage form

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