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TerminatedNCT01748812Updated Jul 5, 2018

Cinacalcet for Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF23)-Mediated Hypophosphatemia (Hypophosphatemic Rickets)

A Phase 1 interventional study of Osteomalacia in Osteomalacia, sponsored by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 70 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2018-07-05.

Sponsored by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
1
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years to 70 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Background:

  • Hypophosphatemia is a condition where a person has low levels of phosphorus in the blood. Low blood phosphorus can cause muscle and bone weakness (such as rickets) and teeth problems. One cause of the condition is having too much fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). FGF23 is a hormone that causes the kidney to get rid of phosphorus in the urine. It can also prevent the body from making vitamin D, which helps the body absorb phosphorus in food.
  • Many people with low blood phosphorus take high doses of phosphorus and calcium medications. However, one side effect of these drugs is increased blood levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). The drug cinacalcet can help lower PTH levels, which may decrease the amount of phosphorus lost in the urine and increase the phosphorus levels in the blood. Researchers want to see if cinacalcet can help blood phosphorus and decrease the amount of phosphorus supplements that people need to take.

Objectives:

  • To see if cinacalcet can be a safe and effective treatment for people with low phosphorus conditions due to high FGF23.

Eligibility:

  • Individuals between 18 and 70 years of age who have different forms of hypophosphatemic rickets and tumor-induced hypophosphatemia

Design:

  • Participants will have up to 25 study visits over about 28 weeks.
  • Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected.
  • Up to three more lab visits for blood and urine tests will be required before treatment. Imaging studies of the bones, spine, and kidneys will be performed.
  • Participants will have a 3-night hospital stay to start treatment. They will take cinacalcet once a day. Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies.
  • Participants will continue to take cinacalcet once a day for 3 weeks. They will have regular study visits to monitor the treatment.
  • There will be up to two other overnight hospital stays (1 to 3 nights) to adjust cinacalcet doses. The dose will increase until the maximum dose is reached, or side effects develop.
  • After the end of the cinacalcet study, participants will have several more followup visits to monitor the effects of treatment.
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OBJECTIVES:

The primary objective of this protocol is to evaluate the tolerability of cinacalcet in individuals with fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23)-mediated hypophosphatemia, using an open-label, dose-titration study of once-daily dosing. Secondary objectives are to evaluate the pharmacodynamics of cinacalcet in this subject population and to explore the efficacy of cinacalcet by comparing a) level of oral phosphate required at baseline to the level required at maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and b) change in renal phosphate handling from baseline to MTD. Tertiary objectives are to evaluate tolerability, pharmacodynamics, and efficacy of twice daily dosing of each subject s MTD of cinacalcet after completion of the once-daily dose-titration phase. A final objective is to determine the length of time it takes for subjects to return to their pre-treatment steady state once treatment is complete.

STUDY POPULATION:

Up to 17 subjects with FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia will be treated.

DESIGN:

This study is an open-label, dose-titration study of once-daily dosing of cinacalcet, with up to 4 escalating doses given at approximately 3 week intervals. After an initial standard of care optimization period of 2-9 weeks, subjects will proceed to the cinacalcet dose-titration period. Subjects who experience extended toxicity or study drug related serious adverse events or other related, intolerable adverse events will be down titrated to a lower dose of study medication. After subjects have achieved their own maximum tolerated dose (MTD) and completed the once-daily dosing phase, they will continue the study medication for approximately 3 additional weeks with twice daily dosing at their MTD. At the end of the cinacalcet treatment phase of the study, cinacalcet will be discontinued and standard of care (SOC) medications will be adjusted/restarted on an individualized basis. Subjects will continue in this final SOC safety follow-up period for up to 4 weeks until their SOC medications have been re-equilibrated.

OUTCOME MEASURES:

Primary safety:

Whether or not a subject discontinued the study due to a toxicity, related serious adverse event (SAE), or related intolerable adverse event (AE).

Secondary safety:

  • \<TAB>Maximum tolerated dose of cinacalcet
  • \<TAB>Serum calcium levels
  • \<TAB>Urine calcium levels
  • \<TAB>Adverse events
  • \<TAB>Time from cinacalcet discontinuation to return to pre-treatment standard of care dosage levels

Secondary efficacy:

  • \<TAB>Pharmacodynamic assessments
  • \<TAB>Serum: FGF23, intact parathyroid hormone, calcium, creatinine, phosphorus
  • \<TAB>Urine: phosphorus, creatinine, calcium.
  • \<TAB>Tubular maximum reabsorption of phosphate/glomerular filtration rate
  • \<TAB>Tubular reabsorption of phosphate
  • \<TAB>Other
  • \<TAB>Change in oral phosphate and calcitriol intake required to maintain adequate phosphorus and calcium serum levels
  • \<TAB>Serum osteocalcin and alkaline phosphatase
  • \<TAB>Serum intact parathyroid hormone (PTH)

Tertiary efficacy:

  • \<TAB>Twice-Daily Dosing at MTD
  • \<TAB>Time from cinacalcet discontinuation of twice-daily dosing to return to pre-treatment standard of care dosage levels
  • \<TAB>Dental Evaluation
  • \<TAB>Visible Plaque Index (VPI)
  • \<TAB>Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI)
  • \<TAB>Position of Gingival Margin (PGM)
  • \<TAB>Relative Attachment Level (RAL)
  • \<TAB>Periodontal Probing Pocket Depth (PPD)
  • \<TAB>Gingival Crevicular Fluid (GCF) Biomarkers
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Conditions studied

  • Osteomalacia

Keywords

  • Tumor Induced Osteomalacia
  • Hypophosphatemic Rickets
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In context

Osteomalacia

34 studies on the registry are indexed under Osteomalacia; 3 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 1 is below the median of 15 across 17 interventional studies indexed under Osteomalacia.

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Lead sponsor

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) is the lead sponsor of 94 studies on the registry; 9 are open to participants now.

Of its 8 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 5 (63%) have results posted.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 70 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. \<TAB>Chronological age: 18-70 years

    1. \<TAB>Diagnosis of a genetic form of FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia:

      1. \<TAB>X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets (XLH)
      2. \<TAB>Autosomal dominant hypophosphatemic rickets (ADHR)
      3. \<TAB>Autosomal recessive hypophosphatemic rickets (ARHR)

      Or, diagnosis of a non-genetic form of FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia, i.e. tumor-induced osteomalacia (TIO)

    2. \<TAB>Ability to understand and provide
    3. \<TAB>Ability to complete the protocol scheduled assessments and medication regimen
    4. \<TAB>Women of (not surgically sterile via tubal ligation, bilateral oophorectomy or hysterectomy, or who are not for greater than or equal to 1 year) must agree to practice adequate that may include, but is not limited to, abstinence, monogamous relationship with vasectomized partner, barrier methods such as condoms, diaphragms, spermicides, intrauterine devices, and licensed hormonal methods for the duration of the treatment portion of the study.

Exclusion criteria

EXCLUSION CRITERIA:

  1. \<TAB>Chronic or recurrent hypocalcemia defined by a serum calcium \< 8.4 mg/dL (2.1 mmol/L)
  2. \<TAB>Tertiary hyperparathyroidism as evidenced by concurrent PTH and calcium levels above the
  3. \<TAB>History of parathyroid surgery and/or hypoparathyroidism
  4. \<TAB>Hypercalciuria as defined as > 4 mg/kg/day (0.1 mmol/kg/day) on optimized conventional therapy (as determined during SOC optimization phase)
  5. \<TAB>Moderate to severe hepatic insufficiency as defined by total > 2 mg/dL and serum albumin \< 3 g/dL and (INR) >2 OR presence of ascites or hepatic encephalopathy.
  6. \<TAB>A calculated \< 50 mL/min/1.73 m(2), using the CKD-EPI equation
  7. \<TAB>History of a non-febrile seizure disorder
  8. \<TAB>History of a cardiac arrhythmia
  9. \<TAB>History of chronic gastrointestinal disease
  10. \<TAB>Current therapy (at the time of ) bisphosphonates, calcitonin, diuretics or medications that may have a significant drug interaction with cinacalcet
  11. \<TAB>Known to cinacalcet or any of its constituents
  12. \<TAB>Positive pregnancy test or lactation
  13. \<TAB>Use of another agent (i.e., in the context of a clinical trial, use of an investigational product that may have impact on the study) within the last 3 months
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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

Postmenopausal

Periods have stopped for good: usually no period for 12 months in a row without another medical reason, sometimes confirmed by a blood test (FSH).

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

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ULN (upper limit of normal)

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“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

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Clinically significant

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Hypersensitivity

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Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
1 participant (actual)

Interventions

  • DrugOsteomalacia
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Evaluate the tolerability of cinacalcet in individuals with FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia

    Time frame: 4 years

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Study locations

1 site
  • National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike
    Bethesda, Maryland 20892, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Chen L, Liu H, Sun W, Bai X, Karaplis AC, Goltzman D, Miao D. Fibroblast growth factor 23 overexpression impacts negatively on dentin mineralization and dentinogenesis in mice. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2011 Jun;38(6):395-402. doi: 10.1111/j.1440-1681.2011.05526.x. PubMed 21488937 ↗
  • Makitie O, Doria A, Kooh SW, Cole WG, Daneman A, Sochett E. Early treatment improves growth and biochemical and radiographic outcome in X-linked hypophosphatemic rickets. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003 Aug;88(8):3591-7. doi: 10.1210/jc.2003-030036. PubMed 12915641 ↗
  • Bastepe M, Juppner H. Inherited hypophosphatemic disorders in children and the evolving mechanisms of phosphate regulation. Rev Endocr Metab Disord. 2008 Jun;9(2):171-80. doi: 10.1007/s11154-008-9075-3. Epub 2008 Mar 26. PubMed 18365315 ↗
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 5, 2018, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT01748812
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 13, 2012
Start date
Nov 16, 2012
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2016
Completion
Dec 31, 2016
Last update
Jul 5, 2018

Study contacts

Rachel I Gafni, M.D.
principal investigator · National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
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