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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT00448747
Date of registration: 16/03/2007
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: AEterna Zentaris
Public title: Investigation of a New, Oral Growth Hormone Secretagogue, AEZS-130 as a Growth Hormone Stimulation Test.
Scientific title: A Multi-center, Study Investigating a New, Oral Growth Hormone Secretagogue (GHS)(AEZS 130, Formerly Ardana (ARD)-07) as a Growth Hormone (GH) Stimulation Test in Terms of Safety and Efficacy
Date of first enrolment: June 2007
Target sample size: 101
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00448747
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Crossover Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Beverly MK Biller, MD
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Affiliation:  Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion for Matched Control Subjects:

- Undergone normal growth and development

- Normal serum prolactin (PRL) concentrations

- Females should have a history of regular, age-appropriate menses

- Males should have normal serum testosterone concentrations

- Matched GHD subject already enrolled in study; matched in terms of sex, age, BMI and
Estrogen status (women only)

Exclusion Criteria for Matched Control Subjects:

- Inability or unwillingness to comply with study medication

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Clinically relevant ECG abnormalities (including QT/QTc interval > 450 ms) at any time
prior to dosing at Visit 2

- Treatment with any drugs that might prolong QT/QTc

Inclusion criteria dor Adult GHD Subjects:

- Confirmed GH deficiency with a low IGF-1

- 3 months of stable treatment for those requiring hormone replacement therapy for
hormones deficiencies other than GHD

- subjects with hypogonadism must be treated with sex steroid therapy, excluding women
over 50 yr of age

- women on estrogen therapy, for whatever reason, must be on stable treatment for ar
least 3 months prior to study

Exclusion criteria for Adult GHD Subjects:

- Untreated hypothyroidism

- Known hypersensitivity to any excipient in study medication

- Inability or unwillingness to comply with study procedures

- Intracranial lesions stable for less than 12 months

- GH therapy within one month of study entry

- Clinically significant cardiovascular, or cerebrovascular disease

- Current active malignancy other than non-melanoma skin cancer

- Renal or hepatic dysfunction (> 3 x ULN liver function enzymes (LFEs) - aspartate
amino transferase (ASAT); alanine amino transferase (ALAT); gamma-glutamyltransferase
(GGT) or creatinine > 2x ULN)

- Pregnancy or lactation

- Active Cushing's disease

- Clinically relevant ECG abnormalities (including QT/heart rate corrected QT interval
(QTc) interval > 450 ms) at any time prior to dosing at Visit 2

- Treatment with any drugs that might prolong QT/QTc



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Diagnosis of Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency (AGDH)
Intervention(s)
Drug: AEZS-130 (formerly ARD-07)
Drug: L-ARG+GHRH
Primary Outcome(s)
Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) Analysis on Peak GH (Growth Hormon) Concentrations [Time Frame: GH sampling: pre-dose and 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 120, 150 min post-dose]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants With Drug Related Adverse Events (AEs) [Time Frame: 14 days]
Classification and Regression Tree (CART) Analysis of Peak Growth Hormone (GH) Following Macimorelin Administration [Time Frame: GH sampling: pre-dose and 30, 45, 60, 75, 90, 120, 150 min post-dose]
Peak Insulin-Like Growth Factor (IGF)-1 Concentration Following Treatment [Time Frame: 15 min. before macimorelin administration and at 150 min after macimorelin administration]
Secondary ID(s)
AEZS 130 047
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 23/07/2019
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00448747
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