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CompletedNCT05838885Updated Jan 24, 2024

A Trial of YPEG-rhGH in Children With Short Stature

A Phase 2 interventional study of YPEG-rhGH and YPEG-rhGH in Idiopathic Short Stature, Small for Gestational Age and Turner Syndrome, sponsored by Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd.. Completed at 19 sites in China. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 11 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-01-24.

Sponsored by Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 1 month after the study started (first participant enrolled Feb 2022, registered Mar 2023).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
78
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
4 Years to 11 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

To explore the dose-response relationship between pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of Y- Shaped Pegylated growth hormone injection (YPEG-GH) in children with short stature (idiopathic short stature (ISS), small for gestational age (SGA), Turner syndrome (TS)).

To evaluate its tolerability, safety and efficacy and to provide evidence for dose selection and titration for future clinical development and clinical application in these population.

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Conditions studied

  • Idiopathic Short Stature
  • Small for Gestational Age
  • Turner Syndrome

Keywords

  • Growth hormone
  • Somatotropin
  • Short stature
  • Idiopathic short stature
  • Small for gestational age
  • Turner syndrome
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In context

Turner Syndrome

125 studies on the registry are indexed under Turner Syndrome; 33 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 78 is above the median of 67 across 52 interventional studies indexed under Turner Syndrome.

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Lead sponsor

Xiamen Amoytop Biotech Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 32 studies on the registry; 12 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
4 Years to 11 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  1. Prepubertal (Tanner I), aged older than 4 years and younger than10 years for girls and 11 years for boys.
  2. Body weight: 12kg ≤ body weight ≤ 50kg.
  3. For children with idiopathic short stature: a) Birth length and weight were at the 10th percentile and above of normal reference values for infants of the same gestational age and sex; b) Height at screening was 2.0 standard deviations (SD) below the mean height for chronological age and sex c) Exclude other causes such as systemic diseases, other endocrine diseases, nutritional diseases, chromosomal abnormalities, skeletal dysplasia, psycho-emotional disorders, etc. were excluded d) GH peak ≥10.0ng/ml confirmed by two different drug GH provocation tests; e) Bone age (BA)-chronological age (CA) ≤1 year.
  4. For children with small for gestational age: a) Birth length and weight were at the 10th percentile and below the normal reference values for infants if the same gestational age and sex; b) Gestational age at birth ≥ 24 weeks; c) Height at screening was below -2 SD of the mean for the same age and sex, and please refer to the protocol annex 1 for height.
  5. For children with Turner syndrome: a) Chromosome karyotype: 45, X; 45, X/46, XXqi; 45, X/46, XXr; 45, X/46, XX; 46, XXqi; 46, XXpi; 45, X/47, XXX; 46, XXp-; 45, X/46, XXp-; 46, XXq-; 45, x/46, XXq-; 45, X/46, XX/47, XXX, etc.; b) Having at least one specific physical characteristic: Including but not limited to low posterior hairline, facial skin nevus, neck flips, short neck, low ear position, small jaw, high palatal arch, shield chest, wide breast spacing, elbow ectropion, knee ectropion, short 4th and 5th metacarpal, nail dysplasia, scoliosis, ptosis, strabismus, cardiovascular system abnormalities such as aortic stenosis, bicuspid aortic valve, hypertension, and reproductive system abnormalities such as primary gonadal insufficiency, renal malformation, hypothyroidism and middle ear disease; c) The height at screening was below the mean -2SD of the same age and gender, and please refer to the protocol annex 1 for height.
  6. Understands and signs the form voluntarily by the subject's parent(s) and/or legal guardian(s). And written assent of the subject is required if the subject is 8 years of age or older).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. For children with small for gestational: confirmed or suspected Bloom syndrome.
  2. For children with Turner syndrome: containing a Y chromosome or a fragment derived from a Y chromosome.
  3. Children with closed epiphysis.
  4. Children who diagnosed or highly suspected growth hormone deficiency (GHD), or other types of growth abnormalities: e.g., Noonan syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, Russell-Silver syndrome, etc.
  5. Children who have previously received systemic growth-promoting therapy, including but not limited to rhGH, aromatase inhibitors, sex hormones, etc., for at least 1 month or longer.
  6. Children who are now receiving or plan to receive the therapy of , methylphenidate, and any other drugs that may have an effect on growth.
  7. Children with abnormal values of liver and kidney function ( > 1.5 , Cr > 1 ULN).
  8. Concomitant with chronic , AIDS, tuberculosis, and any other chronic infectious disease.
  9. Patients with severe allergic constitutions or allergic to growth hormone or its such as mannitol, lysine, sodium chloride and other ingredients.
  10. Patients with a previous history of or are currently suffering from active malignancy, including intracranial tumors.
  11. Patients with abnormal glucose regulation (including abnormal fasting glucose and/or abnormal glucose tolerance) or diabetes.
  12. Patients who are mentally ill or have a family history of mental illness.
  13. Patients who are suffering from chronic systemic diseases, such as malnutrition, individuals, asthma, etc.
  14. Patients with congenital intracranial hypertension.
  15. Patients with slipped capital femoral epiphysis (SCFE).
  16. Patients with scoliosis exceeding 15°;
  17. Patients who have participated in any drug clinical study (as a subject) within 3 months prior to screening and have received a drug intervention
  18. Patients who the investigators considered unfit for the study.
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Corticosteroids (steroids)

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ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

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Hepatitis B tests

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Cancer (malignancy)

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Immunosuppression

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
78 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    YPEG-GH low dose group

    Drug: YPEG-rhGH

  • Experimental
    YPEG-GH high dose group

    Drug: YPEG-rhGH

  • Active comparator
    rhGH low dose group

    Drug: rhGH

  • Active comparator
    rhGH high dose group

    Drug: rhGH

Interventions

  • DrugYPEG-rhGH

    YPEG-rhGH, 140μg/kg, s.c., once a week, for 52 weeks

  • DrugYPEG-rhGH

    YPEG-rhGH, 280μg/kg, s.c., once a week, for 52 weeks

  • DrugrhGH

    rhGH, 245μg/kg/week, divided into 7 subcutaneous injections, once daily, for 52 weeks

  • DrugrhGH

    rhGH, 470μg/kg/week, divided into 7 subcutaneous injections, once daily, for 52 weeks

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Pharmacokinetic-area under plasma concentration versus time curve

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

  2. Pharmacokinetic-maximum serum concentration

    Time frame: up to 52weeks

  3. Pharmacokinetic-time to reach the maximum plasma concentration

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

  4. Pharmacokinetic-terminal disposition phase half-life

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

  5. Pharmacokinetic-terminal elimination rate constant

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

  6. Pharmacokinetic-apparent clearance after extravascular administration

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

  7. Pharmacokinetic-apparent volume of distribution

    Time frame: up to 52 weeks

Secondary outcomes

  1. Pharmacodynamics-the properties of Insulin-like growth facto1 and Insulin-like growth factor binding receptor 3.

    Time frame: up to 57 weeks

  2. Height velocity (HV, cm/year)

    Time frame: At 52 weeks of treatment

  3. Change of height velocity compared to baseline (ΔHV, cm/year)

    Time frame: At 52 weeks of treatment

  4. Height standard deviation according to chronological age (Ht SDS CA)

    Time frame: At 52 weeks of treatment

  5. Change in bone age

    Time frame: At 52 weeks of treatment

  6. Adverse events (including injection site reactions), changes from baseline in vital signs and laboratory tests

    Time frame: up to 57 weeks

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Study locations

19 sites
  • The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
    Hefei, Anhui, China
  • The Second Hospital of Anhui Medical University
    Hefei, Anhui, China
  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen University
    Xiamen, Fujian, China
  • Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • The Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
    Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
  • Sanya Central Hospital (Hainan Third People's Hospital)
    Sanya, Hainan, China
  • Henan Children's Hospital Zhengzhou Children's Hospital
    Zhengzhou, Henan, China
  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of HUST
    Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • Wuhan Children's Hospital
    Wuhan, Hubei, China
  • Hunan Children's Hospital
    Changsha, Hunan, China
  • Children's Hospital of Nanjing Medical University
    Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
  • Children's Hospital of Soochow University
    Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
  • Affiliated Hospital of Jiangnan University
    Wuxi, Jiangsu, China
  • Jiangxi Provincial Children's Hospital
    Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
  • Chengdu Women's and Children's Central Hospital
    Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University
    Chengdu, Sichuan, China
  • Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
  • Children's Hospital, Capital Institute of Pediatrics
    Beijing, China
  • Children's Hospital of Shanghai
    Shanghai, China
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jan 24, 2024, 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
NCT05838885
Collaborators
Tongji Hospital
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 3, 2023
Start date
Feb 15, 2022
Primary completion
Oct 23, 2023
Completion
Dec 19, 2023
Last update
Jan 24, 2024

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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