Purpose

The purpose of the present Phase 3 trial is to confirm the efficacy and safety of glepaglutide 10 mg twice weekly in a patient population with SBS-IF and generate additional long-term safety data. Glepaglutide is the International Nonproprietary Name and United States Adopted Name (USAN) for ZP1848.

Condition

Eligibility

Eligible Ages
Between 18 Years and 90 Years
Eligible Sex
All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
No

Inclusion Criteria

  • Signed informed consent; - Age of 18 to 90 years; - A diagnosis of SBS, defined as having a small bowel with an estimated length of less than 200 cm (equal to 79 inches) in continuity (latest intestinal resection ≥6 months before screening); - Stable PS need of ≥3 days per week; - No restorative surgery planned during the trial period; - Having a stoma or colon in continuity.

Exclusion Criteria

  • More than 2 SBS- or PS-related hospitalizations within 6 months before screening; - Poorly controlled Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) that is moderately or severely active or a fistula that can interfere with the measurements or examinations required in the trial; - History of colorectal cancer or any other type of cancer (except for margin-free resected cutaneous basal, squamous cell carcinoma or adequately treated in situ cervical cancer) unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years; ongoing bowel obstruction; - BMI <18.5 kg/m^2.

Study Design

Phase
Phase 3
Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention Model
Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description
Participants are randomly assigned to one of two groups (arms) in parallel: one group receives glepaglutide, and the other group receives a placebo. After this initial phase, both groups receive open-label treatment with glepaglutide.
Primary Purpose
Treatment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)

Arm Groups

ArmDescriptionAssigned Intervention
Experimental
Glepaglutide Group
  • Drug: Glepaglutide
    Subcutaneous (SC) injections twice weekly
    Other names:
    • ZP1848
Placebo Comparator
Placebo Group
Placebo for glepaglutide
  • Other: Placebo
    SC injections twice weekly

Recruiting Locations

Washington University Center for Advanced Medicine
St Louis 4407066, Missouri 4398678 63110
Contact:
Deborah Rubin, MD
314-747-3969
drubin@wustl.edu

More Details

Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Zealand Pharma

Study Contact

Detailed Description

The trial is a phase 3, double-blind, randomized, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, multicenter trial to confirm the efficacy and safety of glepaglutide 10 mg twice weekly, followed by a long-term, open-label safety evaluation in patients with short bowel syndrome-intestinal failure (SBS-IF).

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