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PaTH ForwardPaTH Forward: A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Trial With an Open-Label Extension, Investigating the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of TransCon PTH Administered Subcutaneously Daily in Adults With Hypoparathyroidism

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What is being tested

TransCon PTH

+ Placebo for TransCon PTH

Combination Product
Who is being recruted

Endocrine System Diseases

+ Hypoparathyroidism

+ Parathyroid Diseases

Over 18 Years
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Placebo-ControlledPhase 2
Interventional
Study Start: August 2019
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Summary

Principal SponsorAscendis Pharma A/S
Last updated: January 28, 2026
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Study start date: August 27, 2019

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

During the first four weeks of the trial, participants will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: three groups will receive fixed doses of TransCon PTH and one group will receive placebo. 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 four 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. This is a global trial that will be conducted in, but not limited to, the United States, Canada, Germany, Denmark, and Norway.

Official TitlePaTH Forward: A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Trial With an Open-Label Extension, Investigating the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of TransCon PTH Administered Subcutaneously Daily in Adults With Hypoparathyroidism
NCT04009291
Principal SponsorAscendis Pharma A/S
Last updated: January 28, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

59 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

Over 18 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Endocrine System DiseasesHypoparathyroidismParathyroid Diseases

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Males and females aged ≥18 years. 2. Subjects with postsurgical chronic HP or auto-immune, genetic, or idiopathic HP for at least 26 weeks. 3. On a stable dose for at least 12 weeks (or 4 weeks if on Natpara as of September 2019) prior to Screening of: * ≥0.25 μg BID of calcitriol (active vitamin D) or ≥0.5 μg BID or ≥1.0 μg daily of alfacalcidol (active vitamin D), and * ≥400 mg BID calcium citrate or carbonate. 4. Optimization of supplements prior to randomization to achieve the target levels of: * 25(OH) vitamin D levels of 30-70 ng/mL (75-175 pmol/mL) and * Magnesium level within the normal range and * Albumin-adjusted or ionized serum calcium (sCa) level in the lower half of the normal range. 5. BMI 17-40 kg/m2 at Visit 1. 6. If ≤25 years of age, radiological evidence of epiphyseal closure based on x-ray of non-dominant wrist and hand. 7. eGFR \>30 mL/min/1.73m2 during Screening. 8. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) within normal laboratory limits within the 12 weeks prior to Visit 1; if on suppressive therapy for thyroid cancer, TSH level must be ≥0.2 μIU/mL. 9. If treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy, the dose must be stable for at least 12 weeks prior to Visit 1. 10. Able to perform daily subcutaneous self-injections of study drug (or have a designee perform injection) via a pre-filled injection pen. 11. Written, signed, informed consent of the subject. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Known activating mutation in the calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) gene. 2. Impaired responsiveness to PTH (pseudohypoparathyroidism) which is characterized as PTH-resistance, with elevated PTH Levels in the setting of hypocalcemia. 3. Any disease that might affect calcium metabolism or calcium-phosphate homeostasis or PTH levels other than HP, such as active hyperthyroidism; Paget's disease; hypomagnesemia; type 1 diabetes mellitus or poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus; severe and chronic cardiac, liver, or renal disease; Cushing syndrome; rheumatoid arthritis; multiple myeloma; active pancreatitis; malnutrition; rickets; recent prolonged immobility; active malignancy (other than low-risk well differentiated thyroid cancer or basal cell skin cancer); parathyroid carcinoma within 5 years prior to Screening; acromegaly; multiple endocrine neoplasia types 1 and 2. 4. Use of loop diuretics, phosphate binders (other than calcium carbonate/calcium citrate), digoxin, lithium, methotrexate, or systemic corticosteroids (other than replacement therapy). 5. Use of thiazide diuretic within 4 weeks prior to the Screening 24-hour urine collection or the first dose adjustment of SOC during Screening. 6. Use of PTH-like drugs (whether commercially available or through participation in an investigational trial) including PTH(1-84), PTH(1-34), or other N-terminal fragments or analogs of PTH or PTH-related protein within 5 weeks prior to Visit 1. 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 Visit 1. 8. Use of bisphosphonates (oral or IV) or denosumab within 2 years prior to Visit 1. 9. Non-hypocalcemic seizure disorder with a history of a seizure within 26 weeks prior to Visit 1. 10. Increased risk for osteosarcoma, such as those with Paget's disease of bone or unexplained elevations of alkaline phosphatase, open epiphyses, 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. Note: Highly effective contraception (see Appendix 7) is required for sexually active women of childbearing potential during the trial and for 2 weeks after the last dose of study drug, and pregnancy testing will be performed throughout the trial. Sexually active women of childbearing potential who are unwilling to use highly effective contraception are excluded from the trial. 12. Diagnosis of drug or alcohol dependence within 3 years prior to Visit 1. 13. Disease processes that may adversely affect gastrointestinal absorption including but not limited to short bowel syndrome, bowel resection, gastric bypass, tropical sprue, active celiac disease, active ulcerative colitis, gastroparesis, AIRE gene mutations with malabsorption, and active Crohn's disease. 14. Chronic or severe cardiac disease within 26 weeks prior to Visit 1 including but not limited to congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, QTcF \>430 msec (males) or \>450 msec (females), severe or uncontrolled arrhythmias, bradycardia (resting heart rate \<50 beats/minute), symptomatic hypotension, systolic BP \<80 mm Hg or diastolic \<40 mm Hg, or poorly controlled hypertension (systolic BP \>150 mm Hg or diastolic \>95 mm Hg). 15. Cerebrovascular accident within 5 years prior to Visit 1. 16. History of renal colic or acute gout within 52 weeks prior to Visit 1. 17. Any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may 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 1-year duration of the trial. 18. Known allergy or sensitivity to PTH or any of the excipients. 19. Participation in another clinical trial in which receipt of investigational drug or device occurred within 8 weeks (or at least 5.5 times the half-life of the investigational drug) prior to Visit 1. 20. Likely to be non-compliant with respect to trial conduct.

Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

5 intervention groups are designated in this study

20% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Experimental
Subjects who complete the four-week blinded period are assigned to open-label treatment with TransCon PTH for up to 262 weeks, with up to an initial 14 weeks of TransCon PTH titration and standard of care optimization, followed by approximately 248 weeks of individualized dosing.

Group II

Experimental
TransCon PTH 15 mcg delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

Group III

Experimental
TransCon PTH 18 mcg delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

Group IV

Experimental
TransCon PTH 21 mcg delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

Group 5

Placebo
Placebo mimicking 15, 18, or 21 mcg of TransCon PTH delivered once daily by subcutaneous injection

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 15 locations

Suspended

Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site

Chicago, United StatesOpen Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site in Google Maps
Suspended

Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site

Rochester, United States
Suspended

Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site

Great Neck, United States
Suspended

Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site

New York, United States
Completed15 Study Centers
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