Clinical trial • Phase IV • Musculoskeletal

LONAPEGSOMATROPIN for Achondroplasia

Phase IV trial of LONAPEGSOMATROPIN for Achondroplasia. open-label, none/not specified-controlled. 10 participants.

Overview

Trial Therapeutic Area
Musculoskeletal
Trial Disease
Achondroplasia
Trial Stage
Phase IV
Drug Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Paediatric Trial
Yes
Orphan Drug
Yes

Key dates

Initial CTIS Submission Date
22-12-2023
First CTIS Authorization Date
23-04-2024

Trial design

open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase IV trial across 2 sites in Denmark, Ireland.

Open Label
Yes
Comparator
None/Not specified
Target Sample Size
10
Trial Duration For Participant
1092

Eligibility

Recruits 10 paediatric patients.

Pregnancy Exclusion
Female participants who are pregnant, lactating or breastfeeding.
Vulnerable Population
Children aged 2 to 11 years are enrolled (vulnerable population). Consent is to be obtained via written, signed informed consent and/or assent (if applicable) by the parent(s) or legal representative(s) as required by the IRB/HREC/IEC. Age-specific assent and parent information/consent documents are provided (e.g., Assent for children who can read; Assent for children who cannot read; Assent Children 8 and Over; PIS and Parent ICFs, Parent Pregnancy ICF), with country-specific recruitment and consent procedures available for Denmark and Ireland.

Inclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Written, signed informed consent and/or assent (if applicable) by the parent(s) or legal representative(s) of the participant, and as required by the IRB/HREC/IEC.\n- Male or female between 2 to 11 years of age (inclusive) at the time of Visit 1.\n- Clinical diagnosis of ACH with genetic confirmation of heterozygote genotype present at Visit 1. Documentation of historic test results are acceptable for proof of diagnosis.\n- Able to stand without assistance.\n- Parent(s)/caregiver(s)/legal guardian(s) willing and able to administer weekly SC injections of IMP and comply with all protocol requirements.\n- At least 6 months of growth and disease history from TCC-NHS-01 or TCC-201 or comparable growth and disease history available from medical records."}

Exclusion criteria

  • {"criterion_text":"- Participation in any interventional clinical trial within three months prior to screening (except TCC-201 or ASND0039).\n- QT corrected using Fridericia's correction (QTcF) ≥ 450 msec at screening.\n- Known history or presence of condition that impacts haemodynamic stability (such as autonomic dysfunction and orthostatic intolerance).\n- Closed epiphysis at screening.\n- Known history or presence at screening of the following: a. Chronic anaemia (iron deficiency anaemia that is resolved or considered adequately treated in the Investigator’s opinion is allowed). b. Chronic renal insufficiency defined as estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) according to the revised bedside Schwartz equation less than <60 mL/min/1.73 m2 for >3 months. c. Chronic or recurrent illness that can affect hydration or volume status, including conditions associated with decreased nutritional intake or increased volume loss. d. Acute critical illness following open heart surgery, abdominal surgery, multiple accidental trauma, acute respiratory failure or similar conditions for which lonapegsomatropin treatment is contraindicated.\n- Known history or presence of malignant disease.\n- Hepatic transaminases (aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine transferase (ALT)) greater than 3x upper limit of normal (ULN) at screening.\n- Serum 25-hydroxy-vitamin D (25OHD) level of <30 nmol/L (<12 ng/mL) at screening. Participants with 25OHD levels between 30-50 nmol/L (12-20 ng/mL) may be enrolled provided treatment with Vitamin D supplementation is initiated.\n- Any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may make the participant unlikely to fully complete the trial, may confound interpretation of trial results, or may present undue risk from receiving trial treatment. This could include family situations, complications or manifestations, or medications that might impact safety or be considered confounding.\n- Sexually active male and female participants who are unwilling or unable to use a highly effective form of contraception for the entire trial period and for 90 days after last dose of trial treatment\n- Female participants who are pregnant, lactating or breastfeeding.\n- Cervicomedullary decompression surgery within 6 months prior to Screening or with anticipated need for repeat decompression surgery during the time of the trial.\n- History of or suspected hypersensitivity to the IMP or related products.\n- Findings on fundoscopy at screening consistent with intracranial hypertension, papilledema, or evidence of any other retinal disease for which GH therapy is contraindicated.\n- Have a growth disorder or medical condition other than ACH that results in short stature or abnormal growth such as severe ACH with developmental delay and acanthosis nigricans (SADDAN), hypochondroplasia, GHD, Turner syndrome, pseudoachondroplasia, inflammatory bowel disease, celiac disease, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, pre-diabetes, or diabetes mellitus.\n- Have received any dose of prescription and/or investigational medications or device intended to affect stature, growth, or body proportionality at any time prior to screening, except for those participants enrolled in Cohort B who will have prior navepegritide exposure.\n- Receiving concurrent treatment with any agent that might influence growth or interfere with GH secretion or action: a. Inhaled corticosteroid therapy at a dose of >400 µg/day of inhaled budesonide or equivalent for more than 28 consecutive days total over the course of 12 months prior to screening. b. Require, or anticipated to require, chronic (>4 weeks) or repeated treatment (more than twice/year and >3 weeks/year) with systemic corticosteroids during participation in the trial. c. Currently using or have used within 12 months prior to screening any sex steroids (for example estrogen), non-steroidal anabolic agents (for example, oxandrolone) or gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues treatment. d. Treatment for attention-deficit hyperactive disorder (ADHD) such as methylphenidate.\n- Known history or presence of injury or disease of the growth plate(s), other than ACH, that affects growth potential of long bones.\n- Known history of any bone-related surgery affecting growth potential of long bones, such as Orthopaedic reconstructive surgery for bone lengthening (procedures for leg bowing such as 8-plate are not exclusionary).\n- Known or suspected intracranial pathology. Participants with a history of known intracranial pathology, such as a tumour or significant hydrocephalus, clinical resolution must be confirmed by an MRI scan at screening.\n- Evidence at screening consistent with severe cervicomedullary junction compression based on clinical and/or radiologic findings that indicate immediate surgical intervention is required.\n- Ventriculoperitoneal shunt and laminectomy with full recovery within 6 months prior to Screening.\n- Salter-Harris fracture within 6 months prior to screening (within 2 months for fracture of digits and buckle fractures).\n- Clinically significant musculoskeletal disease, such as Salter-Harris fractures or clinical and/or radiographic evidence of severe hip pathology\n- Planned or expected surgical intervention during trial participation that may significantly affect trial parameters (confounding of safety events) or would prevent the participant from performing trial procedures. Minimally invasive surgeries such as insertion of grommets, adenoidectomy, tonsillectomy, or myringotomy tube placement, are permitted during the trial.\n- Severe untreated sleep apnoea or newly initiated sleep apnoea treatment (e.g., Continuous Positive Airway Pressure [CPAP] in the previous 2 months prior to screening).\n- Clinically significant finding or arrhythmia as determined by the investigator that indicates abnormal cardiac function or conduction that includes, but is not exclusive to: a. Repaired or unrepaired coarctation. b. Moderate or greater complexity congenital heart disease including tetralogy of Fallot, Atrioventricular septal defects, truncus arteriosus, total anomalous pulmonary venous return, double outlet right ventricle, or single ventricle heart disease."}

Endpoints

Primary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- AGV (cm/year) (Week 52).\n- TEAEs.","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Secondary endpoints

  • {"endpoint_text":"- AGV (cm/year) (Week 52).\n- AGV (cm/year) (Week 26, 104, 156). Change from baseline in height Z-score (Week 13, 26, 52, 104, 156).\n- Achondroplasia Child Experience Measures (Week 26, 52, 104, 156). • ACEM-OSM. ACEM-Impact. Achondroplasia Parent Experience Measure (Week 26, 52, 104, 156): APEM-Impact\n- Change from baseline in the following COAs (Week 26, 52, 104, 156). - QoLISSY. - SF-10. - PGIS. - PGIC. - HCRU. - CGI-S.\n- Change from baseline of investigator reported sleep apnoea, quality of sleep and snoring pattern (Week 26, 52, 104, 156).\n- Change from baseline in length of long bones (e.g., femur, humerus, tibia, fibula, tibia/fibula ratio), other measurements (mechanical axis lines), and vertebral column (cobb angles, vertebral posterior element morphometry, vertebral body morphometry, spinal height) using standardized radiologic assessment (Week 52, 104, 156).\n- Change from baseline in body composition including body fat, lean mass, skeletal muscle and bone mineral density using DXA assessment (Week 52, 104, 156).\n- Change from baseline in number of rises during a 1-MSTST (Week 52, 104, 156). Change from baseline in maximal knee extensor muscle strength (Week 52, 104, 156).\n- Safety assessments throughout the trial (Vital signs, ECG, safety laboratory tests, physical and skeletal examinations, injection site reactions, and fundoscopy). Bone age based on X-ray (Week 26, 52, 104 and 156).\n- Plasma concentration of Total CNP, Free CNP and mPEG. Serum concentrations of hGH and lonapegsomatropin.\n- Serum concentrations of IGF-1 and IGFBP3.\n- Detection and characterisation of both antidrug and anti-prodrug antibodies.","definition_or_measurement_approach":""}

Recruitment

Planned Sample Size
10
Recruitment Window Months
38
Consent Approach
Written, signed informed consent and/or assent (if applicable) by the parent(s) or legal representative(s) as required by IRB/HREC/IEC. Age-specific assent and consent documents are prepared (assent forms for children who can read, assent for children who cannot read, assent for children 8 and over, parent ICFs, parent pregnancy ICFs). Country-specific recruitment and informed consent procedures/documents are available for Denmark and Ireland.

Geography

Total Number Of Sites
2
Total Number Of Participants
10

Denmark

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
25-03-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
29-10-2025
Processing Time Days
583
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
4

Sites

Site Name
Rigshospitalet
Department Name
Clinical Trial Unit for Children and adolescents
Contact Person Name
Hanne Hove
Contact Person Email
hanne.buciek.hov@regionh.dk
Number Of Participants
4

Ireland

Earliest CTIS Part Ii Submission Date
11-03-2024
Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
08-12-2025
Processing Time Days
637
Number Of Sites
1
Number Of Participants
6

Sites

Site Name
Children's Health Ireland
Department Name
Paediatric Endocrinology & Diabetes
Contact Person Name
Ciara McDonnell
Number Of Participants
6

Sponsor

Primary sponsor

Full Name
Ascendis Pharma Growth Disorders A/S
Organisation Type
Pharmaceutical company
Country Of Registered Address
Denmark

Contract research organisations

Name
Celerion Switzerland AG
Responsibilities
Pharmacokinetic Analysis
Name
Bioagilytix Labs LLC
Responsibilities
Immunogenicity assessments
Name
BioAgilytix Europe GmbH
Responsibilities
Immunogenicity assessments
Name
ICON Bioanalytical Laboratories
Responsibilities
Pharmacokinetic Analysis
Name
Celerion Inc.
Responsibilities
Pharmacokinetic Analysis
Name
Bioclinica Inc.
Responsibilities
Medical image analysis/ review - X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.

Third parties

  • {"country":"Switzerland","full_name":"Celerion Switzerland AG","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacokinetic Analysis","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Bioagilytix Labs LLC","duties_or_roles":"Immunogenicity assessments","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Telerx Marketing Inc.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"LKF Laboratorium fuer Klinische Forschung GmbH","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"Germany","full_name":"BioAgilytix Europe GmbH","duties_or_roles":"Immunogenicity assessments","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Eresearchtechnology Inc.","duties_or_roles":"ECG","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"ICON Bioanalytical Laboratories","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacokinetic Analysis","organisation_type":"Health care"}
  • {"country":"Sweden","full_name":"SVAR Life Science AB","duties_or_roles":"Immunogenicity assessments","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Fortrea Inc.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"Atom International Limited","duties_or_roles":"Anthropometrics measurements review and guidance on equipment for anthropometric measurements","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"Denmark","full_name":"University of Copenhagen","duties_or_roles":"Imaging data processing","organisation_type":"Educational Institution"}
  • {"country":"Netherlands","full_name":"Propharma Group The Netherlands B.V.","duties_or_roles":"On site monitoring Regulatory expertise","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Celerion Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacokinetic Analysis","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Bioclinica Inc.","duties_or_roles":"Medical image analysis/ review - X-ray, MRI, ultrasound, etc.","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Scout Clinical","duties_or_roles":"Participant Travel and Accommodation","organisation_type":"Hospital/Clinic/Other health care facility"}
  • {"country":"India","full_name":"Cognizant Technology Solutions India Private Limited","duties_or_roles":"Pharmacovigilance","organisation_type":"Non-Pharmaceutical company"}
  • {"country":"United States","full_name":"Veeva Systems Inc.","duties_or_roles":"","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}

Investigational products

Investigational Product Name
TransCon hGH
Active Substance
LONAPEGSOMATROPIN
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Route
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Orphan Designation
Yes
Frequency
Once weekly
Maximum Dose
0.05 mg/kg
Investigational Product Name
TransCon CNP
Active Substance
NAVEPEGRITIDE
Modality
Peptide/protein/enzyme
Routes Of Administration
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Route
SUBCUTANEOUS INJECTION
Authorisation Status
Authorised
Orphan Designation
Yes
Frequency
Once weekly
Maximum Dose
14.3 µg/Kg
Combination Treatment
Yes

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