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CompletedNCT05387070Updated Jan 16, 2026

PaTHway CHINA TRIAL: A Trial to Investigating the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of TransCon PTH in Adults With Hypoparathyroidism

A Phase 3 interventional study of TransCon PTH and placebo in Hypoparathyroidism, Parathyroid Hormone Deficiency and Endocrine System Diseases, sponsored by Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-01-16.

Sponsored by Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 9 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jul 2021, registered May 2022).
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
81
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study is limited to conduct in China only. The primary objective is to assess the treatment effect of daily TransCon PTH on serum calcium (sCa) levels within the normal range and stopping from therapeutic doses of active vitamin D (calcitriol) or active vitamin D analogue (alfacalcidol) and calcium at 26 weeks of treatment. All subjects will start with 18 mcg of study drug and will be individually and progressively titrated to an optimal dose over a 26-week double blind period, followed by an open label extension period up to 156 weeks. TransCon PTH or placebo will be administered as a subcutaneous injection using a pre-filled injection pen. Neither trial participants nor their doctors will know who has been assigned to each group. After the 26 weeks, participants will continue in the trial as part of a long-term extension study. During the extension, all participants will receive TransCon PTH, with the dose adjusted to their individual needs.

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Conditions studied

  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • Parathyroid Hormone Deficiency
  • Endocrine System Diseases
  • Parathyroid Diseases

Keywords

  • Hypoparathyroidism
  • TransCon PTH
  • Parathyroid Hormone deficiency
  • PTH1-34
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In context

Hypoparathyroidism

128 studies on the registry are indexed under Hypoparathyroidism; 30 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 81 is above the median of 50 across 77 interventional studies indexed under Hypoparathyroidism.

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Lead sponsor

Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  1. Males and females, ≥18 years of age
  2. Subjects with postsurgical chronic HP, or auto-immune, genetic, or idiopathic HP for at least 26 weeks. Diagnosis of HP is established based on historic hypocalcemia in the setting of inappropriately low (below the of local laboratory) serum PTH levels.
  3. Requirement for doses of SoC (e.g., calcitriol, alfacalcidol, calcium supplements) at or above a minimum threshold:

    • requirement for a dose of calcitriol ≥0.5 μg/day, or alfacalcidol ≥1.0 μg/day and (elemental) calcium ≥800 mg/day (e.g., calcium citrate, calcium carbonate etc.) for at least 12 weeks prior to Screening. In addition, the dose of calcitriol, or alfacalcidol, and calcium should be stable for at least 5 weeks prior to Screening
  4. Optimization of supplements prior to randomization to achieve the target serum levels of:

    • 25(OH) vitamin D levels of 10-100 ng/mL (25-250 nmol/L) and
    • Magnesium level in the normal range, or just below the normal range i.e.: ≥1.3 mg/dL (0.53 mmol/L) and
    • Albumin-adjusted sCa level in the normal range, or just below the normal range, i.e.: 7.8-10.6 mg/dL (or 1.95-2.64 mmol/L)
  5. The subject demonstrates a 24-hour uCa excretion of ≥125 mg/24h (on a sample collected within 52 weeks prior to Screening or during the Screening Period)
  6. 17- 40 kg/m2 at Screening
  7. If ≤25 years of age, radiological evidence of epiphyseal closure based on X-ray of non-dominant wrist and hand
  8. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) within normal laboratory limits within the 6 weeks prior to Visit 1; if on suppressive therapy for a history of thyroid cancer, TSH level must be ≥0.2 mIU/L
  9. If treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy, the dose must have been stable for at least 5 weeks prior to Screening
  10. ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 during Screening
  11. Able to perform daily SC self-injections of study drug (or have a designee to perform injections) via a pre-filled injection pen
  12. Able and willing to provide written and signed ICF in accordance with GCP

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Impaired responsiveness to PTH (pseudohypoparathyroidism) which is characterized as PTH-resistance, with elevated PTH levels in the setting of hypocalcemia
  2. Any disease that might affect calcium metabolism or calcium-phosphate homeostasis or PTH levels other than HP, such as active hyperthyroidism; Paget disease of bone; severe hypomagnesemia; type 1 diabetes mellitus or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus ( >9%, documented HbA1C result drawn within 12 weeks prior to Screening is acceptable); severe and chronic liver, or renal disease; Cushing syndrome; multiple myeloma; active pancreatitis; malnutrition; rickets; recent prolonged immobility; active (other than low-risk well differentiated thyroid cancer or non-melanoma skin cancer); active hyperparathyroidism; parathyroid carcinoma within 5 years prior to Screening; acromegaly;or multiple endocrine neoplasia
  3. High risk thyroid cancer within 2 years, requiring suppression of TSH \<0.2 mIU/L
  4. Long term use of loop diuretics, phosphate binders (other than calcium supplements), digoxin, lithium, methotrexate, biotin >30 µg/day, or systemic (other than as replacement therapy)
  5. Use of thiazide diuretic within 4 weeks prior to the 24-hour urine collection scheduled to occur within 1 week prior to Visit 1
  6. Use of PTH-like drugs (whether commercially available or through participation in an trial), including PTH (1-84), PTH (1-34), or other N-terminal fragments or analogs of PTH or PTH-related protein, within 4 weeks prior to Screening
  7. Use of other drugs known to influence calcium and bone metabolism, such as calcitonin, fluoride tablets (>0.5 mg/day), strontium, or cinacalcet hydrochloride, within 12 weeks prior to Screening
  8. Use of osteoporosis therapies known to influence calcium and bone metabolism, i.e., bisphosphonate (oral or intravenous [IV]), denosumab, raloxifene, or romosozumab therapies within 2 years prior to Screening
  9. Non-hypocalcemic seizure disorder with a history of a seizure within 26 weeks prior to Screening
  10. Increased risk for osteosarcoma, such as those with Paget's disease of bone or unexplained elevations of alkaline phosphatase, hereditary disorders predisposing to osteosarcoma, or with a prior history of substantial external beam or implant radiation therapy involving the skeleton
  11. Pregnant or lactating women
  12. Male who has a female partner who intends to become pregnant or is of and is unwilling to use adequate methods during the trial
  13. Diagnosed drug or alcohol dependence within 3 years prior to Screening
  14. Disease processes that adversely affect gastrointestinal absorption, including but not limited to short bowel syndrome, significant small bowel resection, gastric bypass, tropical sprue, active celiac disease, active ulcerative colitis, active Crohn's disease, gastroparesis and AIRE gene mutations with malabsorption
  15. Severe cardiac disease within 26 weeks prior to Screening including but not limited to congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, severe or uncontrolled arrhythmias, bradycardia (resting heart rate \<48 beats/minute, unless chronic and asymptomatic), symptomatic hypotension or systolic BP \<80 mm Hg or diastolic \<40 mm Hg or poorly controlled hypertension (systolic BP >165 mm Hg or diastolic >95 mm Hg). In the absence of a prior history of hypertension, an isolated BP >165/95 mm Hg in the setting of white coat hypertension/anxiety may not be exclusionary and a measurement can be repeated prior to randomization
  16. Cerebrovascular accident within 5 years prior to Screening
  17. Within 26 weeks prior to Screening: acute colic due to nephrolithiasis, or acute gout. Subjects with asymptomatic renal stones are permitted
  18. Participation in any other interventional trial in which receipt of investigational drug or device occurred within 8 weeks (or within 5.5 times the half-life of the investigational drug) (whichever comes first) prior to Screening
  19. Any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may require treatment or make the subject unlikely to fully complete the trial, or any condition that presents undue risk from the investigational product or procedures, including treated malignancies that are likely to recur within the approximate 3.5-year duration of the trial
  20. Known allergy or sensitivity to PTH or any of the [metacresol, mannitol, succinic acid, NaOH/(HCl)]
  21. Likely to be non-compliant with respect to trial conduct
  22. Any other reason that in the opinion of the investigator would prevent the subject from completing participation or following the trial schedule
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(10)

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ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

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

BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

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.

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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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.

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.

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.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
81 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    TransCon PTH

    TransCon PTH at a starting dose of 18 mcg delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

    Drug: TransCon PTH

  • Placebo comparator
    placebo

    Placebo for TransCon PTH at a starting dose of 18 mcg delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

    Drug: placebo

Interventions

  • TransCon PTH is supplied as a solution with a concentration of 0.3 mg PTH(1-34)/mL in a single-patient-use prefilled pen intended for SC injection.

  • Drugplacebo

    Placebo is supplied as a solution containing the formulation buffer for TransCon PTH in a single-patient-use prefilled pen intended for subcutaneous injection.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The proportion of subjects who meet primary efficacy endpoint at 26 weeks of treatment

    The proportion of subjects with albumin-adjusted sCa within the normal range, and independence from active vitamin D, and independence from therapeutic doses of calcium (i.e., taking calcium supplements ≤600 mg/day), and no increase in prescribed study drug within 4 weeks prior to Week 26 visit

    Time frame: 26 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in HPES Symptom - Physical Domain score

    Change from baseline in Hypoparathyroidism Patient Experience Scale (HPES) Symptom - Physical Domain score, a disease-specific patient reported outcome, at 26 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 26 weeks

Other outcomes

  1. Change from baseline in HPES Symptom - Cognitive Domain score

    Change from baseline in Hypoparathyroidism Patient Experience Scale (HPES) Symptom - Cognitive Domain score, a disease-specific patient reported outcome, at 26 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 26 weeks

  2. Change from baseline in HPES Impact - Physical Functioning Domain score

    Change from baseline in Hypoparathyroidism Patient Experience Scale (HPES) Impact - Physical Functioning Domain score, a disease-specific patient reported outcome, at 26 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 26 weeks

  3. Change from baseline in HPES Impact - Daily Life Domain score

    Change from baseline in Hypoparathyroidism Patient Experience Scale (HPES) Impact - Daily Life Domain score, a disease-specific patient reported outcome, at 26 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 26 weeks

  4. Change from baseline in SF-36 Physical Functioning subscale score

    Change from baseline in the 36-item Short Form Survey (SF-36) Physical Functioning subscale score, a generic health survey, at 26 weeks of treatment

    Time frame: 26 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital
    Beijing, Beijing Municipality 100730, China
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Ran from Jul 2021 to primary completion in Jan 2023, 17 months.

Of 15 phase 3 interventional studies under Hypoparathyroidism, half reached primary completion within 17 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 86. This study's 17 months is close to that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
May 18, 2022
First posted
May 24, 2022
StartActual
Jul 28, 2021
Primary completionActual
Jan 4, 2023
CompletionActual
Jan 8, 2026
Last update
Jan 16, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 16, 2026, 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
NCT05387070
Lead sponsor
Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 24, 2022
Start date
Jul 28, 2021
Primary completion
Jan 4, 2023
Completion
Jan 8, 2026
Last update
Jan 16, 2026

Study contacts

Weibo Xia, MD
principal investigator · Department of endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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