Clinical trial • Phase III • Rare Disease|Endocrinology
(S)-2-AMINO-6-(2-HYDROXYPROPANOYL)-7,8-DIHYDROPTERIDIN-4(3H)-ONE for Phenylketonuria (PKU)
Phase III trial of (S)-2-AMINO-6-(2-HYDROXYPROPANOYL)-7,8-DIHYDROPTERIDIN-4(3H)-ONE for Phenylketonuria (PKU). open-label, none/not specified-controlled.
Overview
- Trial Therapeutic Area
- Rare Disease|Endocrinology
- Trial Disease
- Phenylketonuria (PKU)
- Trial Stage
- Phase III
- Drug Modality
- Small molecule
- Paediatric Trial
- Yes
- Orphan Drug
- Yes
Key dates
- Initial CTIS Submission Date
- 19-12-2023
- First CTIS Authorization Date
- 02-02-2024
Trial design
open-label, none/not specified-controlled Phase III trial in France, Portugal, Denmark and others.
- Open Label
- Yes
- Comparator
- None/Not specified
- Target Sample Size
- 160
- Trial Duration For Participant
- 730
Eligibility
Recruits 160 paediatric patients.
- Pregnancy Exclusion
- A female who is pregnant or breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy
- Vulnerable Population
- Vulnerable populations include children/minors. Informed consent must be obtained; assent is required if necessary at the investigator’s discretion for children, with parental/legal guardian consent required. Age-specific subject information and consent/assent forms are provided (eg, parental ICFs, children 6-11, adolescent 12-17 forms) and the protocol explicitly addresses consent/assent handling.
Inclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- Informed consent and assent (if necessary, at the investigator’s discretion [ie, for children]) with parental/legal guardian consent"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Male or female subjects of any age"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Clinical diagnosis of PKU with HPA documented by past medical history of at least 2 blood Phe measurements ≥600 μmol/L"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Women of childbearing potential, as defined in the Clinical Trial Facilitation Group guidance (CTFG 2020), must have a negative pregnancy test at study entry and agree to abstinence or the use of at least one highly effective form of contraception (with a failure rate of <1% per year when used consistently and correctly): • Combined (estrogen and progestogen containing) hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: − Oral − Intravaginal − Transdermal • Progestogen-only hormonal contraception associated with inhibition of ovulation: − Oral − Injectable − Implantable • Intrauterine device • Intrauterine hormone-releasing system • Bilateral tubal occlusion • Vasectomized partner with confirmed azoospermia Highly effective contraception or abstinence must be continued for the duration of the study and for up to 90 days after the last dose of the study drug. All females will be considered of childbearing potential unless they are postmenopausal (at least 12 months consecutive amenorrhea in the appropriate age group without other known or suspected cause) or have been permanently sterilized surgically (eg, hysterectomy, bilateral salpingectomy, bilateral oophorectomy)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Males who are sexually active with women of childbearing potential who have not had a vasectomy must agree to use a barrier method of birth control during the study and for up to 90 days after the last dose of study drug. Males must also refrain from sperm donations during this time period."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willing and able to comply with the protocol and study procedures."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Willing to continue current diet unchanged while participating in the study (unless specifically instructed to change diet during the study by the investigator)."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Males who are abstinent will not be required to use a contraceptive method unless they become sexually active. Males who have undergone a vasectomy are not required to use a contraceptive method if at least 16 weeks post procedure."}
Exclusion criteria
- {"criterion_text":"- The individual, in the opinion of the investigator, is unwilling or unable to adhere to the requirements of the study"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: History of gastric surgery, including Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery or an antrectomy with vagotomy, or gastrectomy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: History of allergies or adverse reactions to synthetic BH4 or sepiapterin"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Current participation in any other investigational drug study or use of any investigational agent within 30 days prior to Screening"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Any clinically significant laboratory abnormality as determined by the investigator. In general, each laboratory value from Screening and baseline chemistry and hematology panels should fall within the limits of the normal laboratory reference range, unless deemed not clinically significant by the investigator"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Any abnormal physical examination and/or laboratory findings indicative of signs or symptoms of renal disease, including calculated GFR <60 mL/min/1.73 m2. In subjects ≥18 years of age, the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Equation should be used to determine GFR. In subjects <18 years of age, the Bedside Schwartz Equation should be used to determine GFR."}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Confirmed diagnosis of a primary BH4 deficiency as evidenced by biallelic pathogenic mutations in 6-pyruvoyltetrahydropterin synthase, recessive GTP cyclohydrolase I, sepiapterin reductase, quinoid dihydropteridine reductase, or pterin-4-alpha-carbinolamine dehydratase genes"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Major surgery within the prior 90 days of screening"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Unwillingness to washout from BH4 supplementation (eg, sapropterin dihydrochloride, KUVAN) or pegvaliase-pqpz (PALYNZIQ)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Inability to tolerate oral medication"}
- {"criterion_text":"- A female who is pregnant or breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Serious neuropsychiatric illness (eg, major depression) not currently under medical control, that in the opinion of the investigator or PTC, would interfere with the subject’s ability to participate in the study or increase the risk of participation for that subject"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Past medical history and/or evidence of renal impairment and/or condition including moderate/severe renal insufficiency (glomerular filtration rate [GFR] <60 mL/min as estimated most recently during qualifying participation in a feeder study) and/or under care of a nephrologist"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Any other condition that in the opinion of the investigator or PTC, would interfere with the subject’s ability to participate in the study or increase the risk of participation for that subject"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Requirement for concomitant treatment with any drug known to inhibit folate synthesis (eg, methotrexate)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Concomitant treatment with BH4 supplementation (eg, sapropterin dihydrochloride, KUVAN) or pegvaliase-pqpz (PALYNZIQ)"}
- {"criterion_text":"- Additional criteria for subjects who did not participate in a feeder study: Gastrointestinal disease (such as irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, chronic gastritis, and peptic ulcer disease, etc) that could affect the absorption of study drug"}
Endpoints
Primary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Safety of long-term treatment with PTC923 will be measured by number of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), including assessment of severity of TEAEs, clinical laboratory tests, vital signs, and physical examinations.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Measured by number of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), assessment of severity of TEAEs, clinical laboratory tests, vital signs, and physical examinations."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- The primary efficacy endpoint is the change from baseline in dietary Phe/protein consumption measured during Dietary Phe Tolerance Assessment period.","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Change from baseline in dietary phenylalanine (Phe)/protein consumption measured during the Dietary Phe Tolerance Assessment period."}
Secondary endpoints
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in QOL using PKU-QOL questionnaire in the subset of subjects who are able to complete the PKU-QOL (ie, subjects whose primary language is English [British or American], Turkish, Dutch, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, or French) (ages 6 to 8 years Parent PKU-QOL; ages 9 to 11 years Child PKU-QOL; ages 12 to 17 years Adolescent PKU-QOL; ages ≥18 years Adult PKU-QOL)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed using PKU-QOL instrument in language-appropriate subset; age-specific PKU-QOL versions applied (parent proxy for ages 6-8, child 9-11, adolescent 12-17, adult ≥18)."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Changes from baseline in QOL using the EQ-5D (EQ-5D-Y Proxy Version 1 [3 to 7 years]; EQ-5D-Y [8 to 15 years]; EQ-5D-5L ([≥16 years])","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Quality of life assessed using EQ-5D instruments appropriate by age: EQ-5D-Y proxy 3-7 yrs, EQ-5D-Y 8-15 yrs, EQ-5D-5L ≥16 yrs."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- PK assessment of sepiapterin and BH4 concentrations in plasma following dosing of sepiapterin","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Pharmacokinetic assessment measuring plasma concentrations of sepiapterin and tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) following PTC923 dosing."}
- {"endpoint_text":"- Acceptability scores (<12 years); taste and palatability scores (<18 years)","definition_or_measurement_approach":"Acceptability and palatability/taste measured by study-specific scores for participants <12 years (acceptability) and <18 years (taste/palatability assessments)."}
Recruitment
- Planned Sample Size
- 160
- Recruitment Window Months
- 59
- Consent Approach
- Informed consent obtained from adult participants. For minors, parental/legal guardian consent is required and assent is obtained if necessary at the investigator’s discretion. Age-specific participant information and consent/assent forms are provided (eg, parental ICFs; children forms for 6-11 years; adolescent forms for 12-17 years). Documents are available in multiple languages (examples across member states include English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, German, Danish, Slovenian, Czech, Polish) as evidenced by country-specific ICF documents.
Geography
- Total Number Of Sites
- 19
- Total Number Of Participants
- 80
France
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 18-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 10
Sites
- Site Name
- Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire De Tours
- Department Name
- Service de médecine interne
- Principal Investigator Name
- François Maillot
- Principal Investigator Email
- francois.maillot@univ-tours.fr
- Contact Person Name
- François Maillot
- Contact Person Email
- francois.maillot@univ-tours.fr
- Site Name
- Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
- Department Name
- Service des maladies métaboliques pédiatriques
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jean-Baptiste Arnoux
- Principal Investigator Email
- jean-baptiste.arnoux@aphp.fr
- Contact Person Name
- Jean-Baptiste Arnoux
- Contact Person Email
- jean-baptiste.arnoux@aphp.fr
Portugal
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Hospital De Santa Maria E.P.E.
- Department Name
- Pediatric Service
- Principal Investigator Name
- Patrícia Janeiro
- Principal Investigator Email
- unidade.metabolicas.pediatria@chln.min-saude.pt
- Contact Person Name
- Patrícia Janeiro
- Contact Person Email
- unidade.metabolicas.pediatria@chln.min-saude.pt
- Site Name
- Hospital De Santa Maria E.P.E.
- Department Name
- General Emergency Service
- Principal Investigator Name
- Anabela Oliveira
- Principal Investigator Email
- anabela.oliveira@chln.min-saude.pt
- Contact Person Name
- Anabela Oliveira
- Contact Person Email
- anabela.oliveira@chln.min-saude.pt
- Site Name
- Centro Hospitalar Universitario De Santo Antonio E.P.E.
- Department Name
- Metabolic Diseases
- Principal Investigator Name
- Arlindo Guimas
- Principal Investigator Email
- geral.investigacao.defi@chporto.min-saude.pt
- Contact Person Name
- Arlindo Guimas
- Contact Person Email
- geral.investigacao.defi@chporto.min-saude.pt
Denmark
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 02-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 3
Sites
- Site Name
- Rigshospitalet
- Department Name
- Department of Rare Metabolic Diseases, 4062
- Principal Investigator Name
- Allan Lund
- Principal Investigator Email
- allan.lund@regionh.dk
- Contact Person Name
- Allan Lund
- Contact Person Email
- allan.lund@regionh.dk
Italy
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 12-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 4
Sites
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedale-Universita Padova
- Department Name
- Inherited Metabolic Diseases
- Principal Investigator Name
- Alberto Burlina
- Principal Investigator Email
- alberto.burlina@unipd.it
- Contact Person Name
- Alberto Burlina
- Contact Person Email
- alberto.burlina@unipd.it
- Site Name
- Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I
- Department Name
- Human Neuroscience
- Principal Investigator Name
- Filippo Manti
- Principal Investigator Email
- filippo.manti@uniroma1.it
- Contact Person Name
- Filippo Manti
- Contact Person Email
- filippo.manti@uniroma1.it
Netherlands
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 02-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 8
Sites
- Site Name
- Beatrix Children's Hospital
- Department Name
- Metabolic diseases Pediatrics
- Principal Investigator Name
- Francjan van Spronsen
- Principal Investigator Email
- f.j.van.spronsen@umcg.nl
- Contact Person Name
- Francjan van Spronsen
- Contact Person Email
- f.j.van.spronsen@umcg.nl
Spain
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 7
Sites
- Site Name
- Sant Joan De Deu Barcelona Hospital
- Department Name
- Neurology
- Principal Investigator Name
- Jaume Campistol Plana
- Principal Investigator Email
- jaime.campistol@sjd.es
- Contact Person Name
- Jaume Campistol Plana
- Contact Person Email
- jaime.campistol@sjd.es
- Site Name
- Hospital Universitario Ramon Y Cajal
- Department Name
- Metabolic Diseases Unit
- Principal Investigator Name
- Amaya Belanger-Quintana
- Principal Investigator Email
- amaya.belanger@salud.madrid.org
- Contact Person Name
- Amaya Belanger-Quintana
- Contact Person Email
- amaya.belanger@salud.madrid.org
- Site Name
- University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L.
- Department Name
- Endocrinology and Nutrition
- Principal Investigator Name
- Eva María Venegas Moreno
- Principal Investigator Email
- evam.venegas.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
- Contact Person Name
- Eva María Venegas Moreno
- Contact Person Email
- evam.venegas.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es
Czechia
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 24-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- Fakultni Nemocnice Kralovske Vinohrady
- Department Name
- Klinika dětí a dorostu
- Principal Investigator Name
- Renáta Tyčová
- Principal Investigator Email
- renata.tycova@fnkv.cz
- Contact Person Name
- Renáta Tyčová
- Contact Person Email
- renata.tycova@fnkv.cz
Germany
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 05-02-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 3
- Number Of Participants
- 14
Sites
- Site Name
- Universitaet Muenster
- Department Name
- Department of general pediatrics
- Principal Investigator Name
- Frank Rutsch
- Principal Investigator Email
- frank.rutsch@ukmuenster.de
- Contact Person Name
- Frank Rutsch
- Contact Person Email
- frank.rutsch@ukmuenster.de
- Site Name
- Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg AöR
- Department Name
- Division of Neuropediatrics & Metabolic Medicine
- Principal Investigator Name
- Thomas Opladen
- Principal Investigator Email
- thomas.opladen@uni-heidelberg.de
- Contact Person Name
- Thomas Opladen
- Contact Person Email
- thomas.opladen@uni-heidelberg.de
- Site Name
- University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
- Department Name
- University Children’s hospital
- Principal Investigator Name
- Ania Carolina Muntau
- Principal Investigator Email
- muntau@uke.de
- Contact Person Name
- Ania Carolina Muntau
- Contact Person Email
- muntau@uke.de
Slovenia
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 01-10-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 1
- Number Of Participants
- 6
Sites
- Site Name
- University Medical Center Ljubljana
- Department Name
- Department of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism
- Principal Investigator Name
- Urh Grošelj
- Principal Investigator Email
- urh.groselj@kclj.si
- Contact Person Name
- Urh Grošelj
- Contact Person Email
- urh.groselj@kclj.si
Poland
- Latest Decision Or Authorization Date
- 11-11-2024
- Number Of Sites
- 2
- Number Of Participants
- 18
Sites
- Site Name
- Pomeranian Medical University
- Department Name
- Centrum Wsparcia Badań Klinicznych
- Principal Investigator Name
- Maria Giżewska
- Principal Investigator Email
- cwbk@pum.edu.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Maria Giżewska
- Contact Person Email
- cwbk@pum.edu.pl
- Site Name
- Instytut Matki I Dziecka
- Department Name
- Klinika Wrodzonych Wad Metabolizmu i Pediatrii
- Principal Investigator Name
- Joanna Tayber
- Principal Investigator Email
- klinika.wwmip@imid.med.pl
- Contact Person Name
- Joanna Tayber
- Contact Person Email
- klinika.wwmip@imid.med.pl
Sponsor
Primary sponsor
- Full Name
- PTC Therapeutics Inc.
- Organisation Type
- Pharmaceutical company
- Country Of Registered Address
- United States
Contract research organisations
- Name
- Syneos Health Inc.
- Responsibilities
- codes: 4
- Name
- Icon Development Solutions LLC
- Responsibilities
- codes: 4
- Name
- Novotech Clinical Research (Cyprus) Limited
- Responsibilities
- codes: 1|5
Third parties
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Inclin Inc.","duties_or_roles":"codes: 2|6","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United Kingdom","full_name":"York Bioanalytical Solutions Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes: 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Syneos Health Inc.","duties_or_roles":"codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Cyprus","full_name":"Novotech Clinical Research (Cyprus) Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes: 1|5","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"United States","full_name":"Icon Development Solutions LLC","duties_or_roles":"codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
- {"country":"Belgium","full_name":"MEDPACE LABORATORIES","duties_or_roles":"codes: 4","organisation_type":"Laboratory/Research/Testing facility"}
- {"country":"Australia","full_name":"Agilex Biolabs Pty Limited","duties_or_roles":"codes: 4","organisation_type":"Pharmaceutical company"}
Investigational products
- Investigational Product Name
- PTC923
- Active Substance
- (S)-2-AMINO-6-(2-HYDROXYPROPANOYL)-7,8-DIHYDROPTERIDIN-4(3H)-ONE
- Modality
- Small molecule
- Routes Of Administration
- ORAL USE
- Route
- ORAL USE
- Authorisation Status
- Authorised (prodAuthStatus=1)
- Orphan Designation
- Yes
- Maximum Dose
- 60 mg/kg
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