Treatment of children with growth failure due to growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Primary • To evaluate the efficacy and safety of weekly MOD-4023 administration compared to daily Genotropin® administration in Japanese pre-pubertal children with GHD. Secondary • To evaluate the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) profiles of three different doses of MOD-4023 in Japanese pre-pubertal children with GHD.
This is a 12-month, open-label, randomized, active controlled, parallel group study comparing the efficacy and safety of weekly MOD-4023 to daily recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH), Genotropin ®. Both drugs will be injected subcutaneously (SC) using a pen device. After a 4 week Screening period, patients meeting all the entry criteria and none of the exclusion criteria, will be eligible to participate in the study. Eligible patients will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio, to receive either: • MOD-4023 (investigational treatment): weekly MOD-4023 SC injections for 12 months; initially over the first 6 weeks, MOD-4023 will be administered in 3 stepwise escalating doses (0.25 mg/kg/week, 0.48 mg/kg/week and 0.66 mg/kg/week), each for two weeks sequentially. For the remaining 46 weeks, patients will continue to receive MOD-4023 at a dose of 0.66 mg/kg/week. Or • Genotropin® (reference treatment): daily Genotropin® (0.025 mg/kg/day which is equivalent to 0.175 mg/kg/week, divided equally into 7 daily injections over a week) SC injection for 12 months. After the 6-week PK/PD sampling period, the dose of MOD-4023 and Genotropin® will be adjusted every 3 months based on a patient's body weight. Doses may be decreased for safety reasons according to the pre-defined dose-adjustment criteria (which will be based on the severity of adverse events (AEs) or repeated, elevated levels of IGF-1 Standard Deviation Score (SDS)). The key safety data will be reviewed by an independent and external Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB). DSMB review will also include a review of the number or percentage of patients requiring dose reductions due to AEs. Following the completion of the12-month treatment period, eligible patients will be consented to enroll into an open-label long term extension (LTE) period, and an amendment to this study protocol will be submitted prior to the first patient completes the 12 months treatment period. Eligible Genotropin®-treated patients will be switched to a MOD-4023 dose of 0.66 mg/kg/week in the LTE. The LTE is planned to continue until MOD-4023 marketing registration in Japan.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
44
MOD-4023 is a long-acting modified recombinant human growth hormone (r-hGH) which utilizes C-terminal peptide (CTP) technology. It will be provided as a solution for injection containing 20 or 50 mg/mL MOD-4023 in a multi-dose disposable pre-filled PEN. MOD-4023 will be administered as a SC injection once weekly, using a delivery device.
Genotropin® is dispensed in a 2-chamber cartridge. The front compartment contains recombinant somatropin, glycine, mannitol, sodium dihydrogen phosphate anhydrous and disodium phosphate anhydrous. The rear compartment contains m-Cresol and mannitol in water for injections. A delivery device (Genotropin®) will be used for daily (evening/bedtime) SC administration of Genotropin® into the region of the upper arms, buttocks, thighs or abdomen (8 locations). Injection sites should be rotated. Dose regimen for Genotropin®: 0.025 mg/kg/day (or 0.175 mg/kg/w divided equally to 7 injections over a week).
Annual Height Velocity (HV) After 12 Months
Annual Height Velocity in cm/year after 12 months of treatment.
Time frame: 12 months
Height Velocity at 6 Months
Annualized height velocity (cm/year) for the MOD-4023 and the daily hGH treatment groups
Time frame: 6 months
Change in Height Standard Deviation Score (SDS) Compared to Baseline After 12 Months
Change in height standard deviation score (SDS) for the MOD-4023 and the daily hGH treatment groups Height Standard Deviation Score (SDS) is the number of standard deviations above or below the mean height for age and sex. Height in cm is converted to height standard deviation score (SDS) by subtracting the mean and dividing by the SD. A higher Height Standard Deviation Score (SDS) indicates a better outcome
Time frame: 12 months
Change in Bone Maturation (BM) After 12 Months
Change in bone maturation (bone age / chronological age) with the method of TW2 using a central bone age reader.
Time frame: 12 months
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