Clinical trial • Phase IV • Other
LEFLUTROZOLE for Non-obstructive azoospermia | Male infertility
Phase IV trial of LEFLUTROZOLE for Non-obstructive azoospermia | Male infertility. 15 participants.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Other
- Trial Disease
- Non-obstructive azoospermia | Male infertility
- Trial Stage
- Phase IV
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 19-12-2025
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 07-04-2026
Trial design
Phase IV trial across 1 site in Denmark.
- Target Sample Size
- 15
Eligibility
Recruits 15 No vulnerable population selected. Consent requirements: Signed informed consent by participant; signed informed consent by participant’s partner (if applicable) must be obtained before the participant starts treatment at Visit 1. Mental incapacity or language barriers are listed as exclusions ("Mental incapacity, language barriers or unwillingness to comply...")..
- Vulnerable Population
- No vulnerable population selected. Consent requirements: Signed informed consent by participant; signed informed consent by participant’s partner (if applicable) must be obtained before the participant starts treatment at Visit 1. Mental incapacity or language barriers are listed as exclusions ("Mental incapacity, language barriers or unwillingness to comply...").
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Signed informed consent by participant\n- Signed informed consent by participant’s partner (must just be obtained before the participant starts treatment at Visit 1), if applicable, regarding blood samples, data col-lection about fertility treatment as well as pregnancy and pregnancy outcome\n- 18-55 years\n- Azoospermia verified by at least 2 semen samples, average semen volume >= 1,0 ml with no identifiable sign of obstruction (samples taken at Visit -1 and at Visit 0 prior to confirmation of eligibility and dosing).\n- Serum AMH or Inhibin B level above the lower limit of quantification (LLOQ) at screening or within 6 months prior to screening\n- Testosterone < 15 nmol/L at screening or within 6 months prior to screening\n- Serum estradiol above the lower limit of normal range (48 pmol/L) at screening or within 6 months prior to screening"}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Klinefelter or other major genetic conditions including large deletions on sex chromo-somes\n- Osteoporosis requiring medical treatment\n- Use of any prescription or non-prescription medication (apart from routine vitamins, occasional use of paracetamol, acetylsalicylic acid, or ibuprofen) which could interfere with pharmacokinetic or pharmacodynamic results, as judged by the investigator, such as: o Herbal products and non-routine vitamins o Insulin o Medication such as systemic corticosteroids, tricyclic antidepressants, and atypical antipsychotics\n- Surgery scheduled for the trial duration period, except for minor, non-gastrointestinal surgical procedures at the discretion of the investigator\n- Cancer (past or present, except basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer), which in the investigator’s opinion could interfere with the results of the trial\n- Serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) > 3 ng/mL at screening or within 6 months prior to screening\n- Hematocrit >50% at screening or within 6 months prior to screening\n- Mental incapacity, language barriers or unwillingness to comply with the requirements of the protocol, which may preclude adequate understanding or co-operation during the trial, as judged by the investigator\n- Average testis size > 20 mL unless obstruction has been excluded\n- TESE procedure < ½ year ago\n- LH concentration > 15 IU/L at screening\n- Current abuse of steroids\n- BMI > 45 kg/m2\n- Severe chronic diseases requiring daily medication\n- Prior thromboembolic event within the last 24 months\n- Cardiovascular event within the last 6 months judged as significant by the investigator"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary endpoint is proportion of patients with spermatozoa in the ejaculate at Week 12-20.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Assessed as the proportion of participants with presence of spermatozoa in the ejaculate measured at Week 12-20."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in serum reproductive hormones (FSH, LH, Testosterone, Estradiol, Inhibin B, AMH, SHBG)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed serum reproductive hormones."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in the concentration of RANKL, OPG, AMH, and Inhibin B in seminal fluid","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in concentrations of listed markers in seminal fluid."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in serum Inhibin B/FSH ratio, Testosterone/LH ratio, Testosterone/Estradiol and AMH/Testosterone ratio","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Calculated changes in specified serum hormone ratios."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in BMI","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change in body mass index."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in HbA1c, fasting- glucose, c-peptide, insulin and HOMA-IR","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed glycaemic and insulin-resistance biomarkers."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in lipids (total cholesterol, LDL, HDL and triglycerides)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed lipid parameters."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in hematocrit","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured change in hematocrit."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in circulating markers of bone resorption and formation (PINP and CTX)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in circulating PINP and CTX."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in mineral homeostasis in spot urine (albumin, calcium, magnesium, iron, ferritin, phosphate, zinc, bicarbonate, citrate)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed urinary minerals and markers from spot urine samples."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in mineral homeostasis in serum (albumin, calcium, phosphate, magnesium, iron, ferritin, transferrin, hepcidin, zinc)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed serum minerals and related markers."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in mineral homeostasis in seminal fluid (albumin, calcium, phosphate, magne-sium, iron, ferritin, zinc)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed seminal fluid minerals and markers."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in calciotropic hormones (PTH, Klotho and FGF23)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed calciotropic hormones."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in serum vitamin D metabolites (cholecalciferol, 25OHD, 24,25OHD, 1,25OH2D3 and cholecalciferol/25OHD ratio, 25OHD/24,25OHD ratio)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed serum vitamin D metabolites and ratios."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes in androstenedione, cortisone and DHEAS","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in listed steroid hormones."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Plasma and semen concentrations of leflutrozole in the participant and plasma concentrations of leflutrozole in the female partner","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured leflutrozole concentrations in plasma and semen of participants and plasma of female partners."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Change in sperm count, concentration, motility, and morphology when possible.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured changes in sperm count, concentration, motility, and morphology where assessment is possible."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 15
- Recruitment Window Months
- 13
- Consent Approach
- Signed informed consent by participant is required. Signed informed consent by participant’s partner must be obtained before the participant starts treatment at Visit 1 if applicable. Subject information and informed consent form documents are listed in the trial documents. No details on assent, age-specific documents, or languages provided.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 1
- Total Number Of Participants
- 15
Denmark
- Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
- 19-02-2026
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 07-04-2026
- Processing Time Days
- 47
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 15
Sites
- Site Name
- Herlev Hospital
- Department Name
- Divison of Translational Endocrinology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Martin Blomberg Jensen
- Principal Investigator Email
- martin.blomberg.jensen@regionh.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Martin Blomberg Jensen
- Contact Person Email
- martin.blomberg.jensen@regionh.dk
- Number Of Participants
- 15
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- Herlev Hospital
- Organisation Type
- Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility
- Country Of Registered Address
- Denmark
Third parties
- {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"GCP-enheden ved Københavns Universitetshospital","duties_or_roles":"sponsorDuties code: 1","organisation_type":"Health care"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- Leflutrozole (RPN-001)
- Active Substance
- LEFLUTROZOLE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL
- Route
- ORAL
- Maximum Dose
- 0.3 mg per day; max total 6 mg
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