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NCT Number: NCT03811535

A Research Study in Children With a Low Level of Hormone to Grow. Treatment is Somapacitan Once a Week Compared to Norditropin® Once a Day (REAL4)

The study compares 2 medicines for children who do not have enough hormone to grow: somapacitan given once a week (a new medicine) and Norditropin® given once a day (the medicine doctors can already prescribe). Researchers will test to see how well somapacitan works. The study will also test if somapacitan is safe. Participants will either get somapacitan or Norditropin® - which treatment participants get, is decided by chance. Both participants and the study doctor will know which treatment participants get. The study will last for 4 years. Participants will attend 19 clinic visits and have 1 phone call with the study doctor.

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Key information

Conditions

Growth Hormone Deficiency in Children

Age range

Up to 11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 3

Primary location

CHU Bab El Oued Pediatrics Dept, Algiers, Algeria

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Prepubertal children: a) Boys: Age more than or equal to 2 years and 26 weeks and less than 11.0 years at screening. Testis volume less than 4 ml. b) Girls: Age more than or equal to 2 years and 26 weeks and less than 10.0 years at screening. Tanner stage 1 for breast development (no palpable glandular breast tissue)
  • Confirmed diagnosis of growth hormone deficiency determined by two different growth hormone stimulation tests performed within 12 months prior to randomisation, defined as a peak growth hormone level of less than or equal to 10.0 ng/ml using the World Health Organisation (WHO) International Somatropin 98/574 standard
  • Impaired height defined as at least 2.0 standard deviations below the mean height for chronological age and gender at screening according to the standards of Center for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Impaired height velocity, defined as annualised height velocity below the 25th percentile for chronological age and gender according to the standards of Prader calculated over a time span of minimum 6 months and maximum 18 months prior to screening
  • Insulin-like Growth Factor-I (IGF-I) less than -1.0 SDS at screening, compared to age and gender normalized range measured at central laboratory
  • No prior exposure to growth hormone therapy or IGF-I treatment

Exclusion criteria

  • Any known or suspected clinically significant abnormality likely to affect growth or the ability to evaluate growth with standing height measurements
  • Current inflammatory diseases requiring systemic corticosteroid treatment for longer than 2 consecutive weeks within the last 3 months prior to screening
  • Children requiring inhaled glucocorticoid therapy at a dose of greater than 400 μg/day of inhaled budesonide or equivalents for longer than 4 consecutive weeks within the last 12 months prior to screening
  • Diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Concomitant administration of other treatments that may have an effect on growth, e.g. but not limited to methylphenidate for treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Prior history or presence of malignancy including intracranial tumours

Treatment and study plan

Somapacitan

Drug

Somapacitan will be administered subcutaneously (s.c.; under the skin) once weekly by PDS290 pen-injector. Somapacitan can be injected any time during the once weekly dosing day. The dose will be calculated based on the subject's current body weight.

Norditropin®

Drug

Norditropin® will be administered s.c. once daily by FlexPro® pen-injector. Norditropin® should be injected daily in the evening. The dose will be calculated based on the subject's current body weight.

Primary outcomes

  1. Height Velocity: In-trial Observation Period

    Time frame: From baseline (week 0) to visit 7 (week 52)

    Height velocity (HV) was derived from height measurements taken at baseline and Week 52 visit as: HV = (height at 52 weeks visit - height at baseline)/(time from baseline to 52 weeks visit in years). Data is reported for 'in-trial' observation period. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  2. Height Velocity: On-treatment Observation Period

    Time frame: From baseline (week 0) to visit 7 (week 52)

    Height velocity was derived from height measurements taken at baseline and Week 52 visit as: HV = (height at 52 weeks visit - height at baseline)/(time from baseline to 52 weeks visit in years). Data is reported for 'on-treatment' observation period. On-treatment observation period: from first administration and up until last trial contact, visit 7 or 14 days after last administration, whichever comes first.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Bone Age

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 52

    Change from baseline (week -2) in bone age at week 52 is presented. X-ray images of left hand and wrist for bone age assessment according to the Greulich and Pyle atlas were taken. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  2. Change in Height Standard Deviation Score (HSDS)

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 52

    Change from baseline (week 0) in HSDS at week 52 is presented. HSDS was derived using Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) standards. The range for HSDS was -10 to +10. Negative scores indicated a height below the mean height for a child with the same age and gender, whereas positive scores indicated a height above the mean height for a child with the same age and gender. Positive value in change from baseline in HSDS indicated that HSDS was better than baseline HSDS. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  3. Change in Height Velocity Standard Deviation Score (HV SDS)

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 52

    Change from baseline (week 0) in HV SDS at week 52 is presented. HV SDS was calculated using the formula: HV SDS = (height velocity - mean)/standard deviation (SD), where height velocity was the height velocity variable measured, mean and SD of height velocity by gender and age for the reference population. The range for HV SDS was -10 to +10. Negative scores indicated a height velocity below the mean height velocity for a child with the same age and gender, whereas positive scores indicated a height velocity above the mean height velocity for a child with the same age and gender. Positive value in change from baseline in HV SDS indicated that HV SDS was better than baseline HV SDS. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  4. Change in Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 52

    Change from baseline (week -2) in FPG at week 52 is presented.

  5. Change in FPG at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 104

  6. Change in FPG at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 156

  7. Change in FPG at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 208

  8. Change in Homeostatic Model Assessment Steady State Beta Cell Function (HOMA-B) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 52

    Change from baseline (week -2) in HOMA-B at week 52 is presented. HOMA-B is a measure of the beta cell function and was calculated as follows: HOMA-B = (20 * fasting insulin (picomoles per liter [pmol/L]) * 1/6(microunit per milliliter [µU/mL]))/ FPG(mmol/L)-3.5). Negative change from baseline in HOMA-B indicated a worse outcome.

  9. Change in HOMA-B at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 104

  10. Change in HOMA-B at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 156

  11. Change in HOMA-B at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 208

  12. Change in Homeostatic Model Assessment Insulin Resistance (HOMA-IR) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 52

    Change from baseline (week -2) in HOMA-IR at week 52 is presented. HOMA-IR is an evaluation of the insulin resistance and was calculated as HOMA-IR = fasting insulin (pmol/L) * 1/6(µU/mL) * FPG(mmol/L) / 22.5. Positive change from baseline in HOMA-IR indicated a worse outcome.

  13. Change in HOMA-IR at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 104

  14. Change in HOMA-IR at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 156

  15. Change in HOMA-IR at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 208

  16. Change in Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 52

    Change from baseline (week -2) in HbA1c at week 52 is presented.

  17. Change in HbA1c at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 104

  18. Change in HbA1c at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 156

  19. Change in HbA1c at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week -2), week 208

  20. Change in Insulin-like Growth Factor I (IGF-I) Standard Deviation Score (SDS) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 52

    Change from baseline (week 0) in IGF-I SDS at week 52 is presented. The range for IGF-I SDS was from -10 to +10. Negative scores indicated a IGF-I below the mean IGF-I for a child with the same age and gender, whereas positive scores indicated a IGF-I above the mean IGF-I for a child with the same age and gender. For participants with low IGF-I SDS at baseline, a positive change from baseline in IGF-I SDS indicated a better outcome. Data is reported for 'in-trial' observation period. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  21. Change in IGF-I SDS at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 104

  22. Change in IGF-I SDS at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 156

  23. Change in IGF-I SDS at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 208

  24. Change in Insulin-like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 (IGFBP-3) Standard Deviation Score (SDS) at Week 52

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 52

    Change from baseline (week 0) in IGFBP-3 SDS at week 52 is presented. The range for IGFBP-3 SDS was from -10 to +10. Negative scores indicated a IGFBP-3 below the mean IGFBP-3 for a child with the same age and gender, whereas positive scores indicated a IGFBP-3 above the mean IGFBP-3 for a child with the same age and gender. For participants with low IGFBP-3 SDS at baseline, a positive change from baseline in IGFBP-3 SDS indicated a better outcome. Data is reported for 'in-trial' observation period. In-trial observation period: from first administration and up until visit 7 or last trial contact, whichever comes first.

  25. Change in IGFBP-3 SDS at Week 104

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 104

  26. Change in IGFBP-3 SDS at Week 156

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 156

  27. Change in IGFBP-3 SDS at Week 208

    Time frame: Baseline (week 0), week 208

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Novo Nordisk A/S

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Trial Comparing the Effect and Safety of Once Weekly Dosing of Somapacitan With Daily Norditropin® in Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency

Acronym: REAL4

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2021
Study completion
2025
First posted
Jan 22, 2019
Registry last updated
May 22, 2026

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