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NCT Number: NCT02152761

Study of Efficacy and Safety of Bimagrumab in Patients After Hip Fracture Surgery

The purpose of this study was to assess if bimagrumab is safe and effective in patients with muscle wasting (atrophy) after hip fracture surgery.

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Key information

Age range

60 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Novartis Investigative Site, Ciudad Autonoma de Bs As, Argentina

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

Must have X-ray confirmed successful hip fracture repair; Must have completed surgical wound healing; Ability to walk a specified distance with or without a walking aid; Must weigh at least 35 kg.

Exclusion criteria

Must not have history of any other lower limb fractures in the past 6 months; Must not have certain cardiovascular conditions; Must not have a chronic active infection (e.g. HIV, hepatitis B or C, etc); Must not have used high-dose corticosteroid medications for at least 3 months in the past year;

Treatment and study plan

Bimagrumab

Drug

Bimagrumab was administered as intravenous infusion starting on Day 1 until week 20.

Other names: BYM338

Placebo

Other

Matching placebo was administered as intravenous infusion starting on Day 1 until week 20.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Total Lean Body Mass Measured by DXA (Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry) at Weeks 12 and 24

    Time frame: baseline, weeks 12 and 24

    Mixed Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM) of change from baseline in total LBM (kg) by treatment and visit To assess dose-response relationship of bimagrumab and facilitate an adequate dose selection for future phase III studies, without the need for supportive data from another dose-response finding study, at least three doses were required, ranging from a non-effective or minimally effective dose to a dose where maximal efficacy is expected. Original study was initiated with only two doses of bimagrumab, therefore, a lower dose arm of 70mg has been added to this study with Amendment 2, changing the randomization ratio from 1:1:1 to 2:1:2:2 to either placebo, bimagrumab 70mg, bimagrumab 210mg, or bimagrumab 700mg. Since the 70mg dose was expected to show suboptimal efficacy and fewer patients were randomized to this group, it was used only for dose response modelling and not for hypothesis testing. Consequently, no efficacy evaluations for the bimagrumab 70mg Arm were performed

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Gait Speed at Week 24 (Meters/Sec)

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 24

    Mixed Model for Repeated Measures (MMRM) of change from baseline in derived gait speed (m/sec) by treatment and visit

    To assess dose-response relationship of bimagrumab and facilitate an adequate dose selection for future phase III studies, without the need for supportive data from another dose-response finding study, at least 3 doses were required, ranging from a non-effective or minimally effective dose to a dose where maximal efficacy is expected. Original study was initiated with only two doses of bimagrumab, therefore, a lower dose arm of 70mg was added to this study with Amendment 2, changing the randomization ratio from 1:1:1 to 2:1:2:2 to either placebo, bimagrumab 70mg, bimagrumab 210mg, or bimagrumab 700mg. Since the 70mg dose was expected to show suboptimal efficacy and fewer patients were randomized to this group, it was used only for dose response modelling and not for hypothesis testing. Consequently, no efficacy evaluations for the bimagrumab 70mg Arm were performed

  2. Change From Baseline in Short Physical Performance Battery at Weeks 24

    Time frame: Week 24

    MMRM change from baseline in total score by treatment & visit to Week 24 in physical performance measured by Short Physical Performance Battery (SPPB) that evaluates lower extremity function. Score range is 0 (worst performance) to 12 (best) to assess dose-response relationship of bimagrumab & facilitate adequate dose selection for future phase III studies, without need for supportive data from another dose-response finding study, at least 3 doses were required, ranging from non- or minimally effective dose to a dose where maximal efficacy was expected. Original study was initiated with only 2 doses, therefore, lower 70mg arm was added to this study, changing randomization ratio from 1:1:1 to 2:1:2:2 to either placebo, bimagrumab 70mg, 210mg, or 700mg. Since 70mg dose was expected to show suboptimal efficacy, fewer patients were randomized to this group & it was used only for dose response modelling & not hypothesis testing. Consequently, no efficacy evaluation for 70mg were performed

  3. Incidence of Falls up to Week 48

    Time frame: Up to Week 48

    Group falls rate

    The frequency of having at least one fall up to Week 48 was summarized by treatment groups

    Incidence of falls was calculated for each arm up to Week 48. The ratio of these fall rates versus Placebo were calculated and presented as the Falls Rate Ratio. As mentioned in comment 5.1 above, the Falls Rate Ratio for Placebo does not apply because it would entail comparing the group to itself

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A 24-week Double-blind Treatment and 24-week Follow-up, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Phase IIa/IIb Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of i.v. Bimagrumab on Total Lean Body Mass and Physical Performance in Patients After Surgical Treatment of Hip Fracture

Important dates

Study start
2014
Primary completion
2018
Study completion
2018
First posted
Jun 2, 2014
Registry last updated
Aug 19, 2020

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