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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT02339090
Date of registration: 07/01/2015
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Versartis Inc.
Public title: Versartis Long-Acting Growth Hormone in Children Compared to Daily rhGH VELOCITY
Scientific title: Comparison of Somavaratan (VRS-317), a Long-acting Human Growth Hormone, to Daily rhGH in a Phase 3, Randomized, One-year, Open-label, Multi-center, Non-inferiority Trial in Pre-pubertal Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency.
Date of first enrolment: August 24, 2015
Target sample size: 136
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02339090
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Canada Netherlands Poland Sweden United States
Contacts
Name:     Will Charlton, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Sponsor GmbH
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Chronological Age = 3.0 years and = 10.0 (girls) and = 11.0 (boys).

- Pre-pubertal status: Absent breast development in girls, testicular volume < 4.0 mL in
boys.

- Diagnosis of GHD as documented by two or more GH stimulation test results = 10.0
ng/mL.

- Height SD score = -2.0 at screening.

- Weight for Stature = 10th percentile.

- IGF-I SD score = -1.0 at screening.

- Delayed bone age (= 6 months).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Prior treatment with any growth promoting agent

- History of or concurrent significant disease (e.g. diabetes, cystic fibrosis, renal
insufficiency).

- Chromosomal aneuploidy, significant gene mutations (other than those that cause GHD)
or confirmed diagnosis of a named syndrome.

- A diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

- Daily use of anti-inflammatory doses of glucocorticoid.

- Prior history of leukemia, lymphoma, sarcoma or cancer.

- Treatment with an investigational drug in the 30 days prior to screening.

- Known allergy to constituents of the study drug formulation.

- Ocular findings suggestive of increased intracranial pressure and/or retinopathy at
screening.

- Significant spinal abnormalities including scoliosis, kyphosis and spina bifida
variants.

- Significant abnormality in screening laboratory studies



Age minimum: 3 Years
Age maximum: 11 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Growth Disorders
Intervention(s)
Drug: Daily rhGH
Drug: somavaratan
Primary Outcome(s)
Efficacy (Annual height velocity) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Safety as measured by he number of patients with adverse events, concomitant medications, safety labs, vital signs, physical exams, and repeat dose immunogenicity. [Time Frame: 12 Months]
Pharmacodynamics (IGF-I and IGFBP-3 responses to study drug administration) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
14VR4
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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