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

Last updated: January 14, 2026
Sponsor: Visen Pharmaceuticals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Parathyroid Disease

Hypoparathyroidism

Parathyroid Disorders

Treatment

TransCon PTH

placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT05387070
TCP-306
CTR20212047
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

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.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Males and females, ≥18 years of age

  2. Subjects with postsurgical chronic HP, or auto-immune, genetic, or idiopathic HP forat least 26 weeks. Diagnosis of HP is established based on historic hypocalcemia inthe setting of inappropriately low (below the ULN of local laboratory) serum PTHlevels.

  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.) forat least 12 weeks prior to Screening. In addition, the dose of calcitriol, oralfacalcidol, and calcium should be stable for at least 5 weeks prior to Screening

  1. Optimization of supplements prior to randomization to achieve the target serumlevels 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.: ≥1.3mg/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)

  1. The subject demonstrates a 24-hour uCa excretion of ≥125 mg/24h (on a samplecollected within 52 weeks prior to Screening or during the Screening Period)

  2. BMI 17- 40 kg/m2 at Screening

  3. If ≤25 years of age, radiological evidence of epiphyseal closure based on X-ray ofnon-dominant wrist and hand

  4. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) within normal laboratory limits within the 6 weeksprior to Visit 1; if on suppressive therapy for a history of thyroid cancer, TSHlevel must be ≥0.2 mIU/L

  5. If treated with thyroid hormone replacement therapy, the dose must have been stablefor at least 5 weeks prior to Screening

  6. eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 during Screening

  7. Able to perform daily SC self-injections of study drug (or have a designee toperform injections) via a pre-filled injection pen

  8. Able and willing to provide written and signed ICF in accordance with GCP

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Impaired responsiveness to PTH (pseudohypoparathyroidism) which is characterized asPTH-resistance, with elevated PTH levels in the setting of hypocalcemia

  2. Any disease that might affect calcium metabolism or calcium-phosphate homeostasis orPTH levels other than HP, such as active hyperthyroidism; Paget disease of bone;severe hypomagnesemia; type 1 diabetes mellitus or poorly controlled type 2 diabetesmellitus (HbA1C >9%, documented HbA1C result drawn within 12 weeks prior toScreening is acceptable); severe and chronic liver, or renal disease; Cushingsyndrome; multiple myeloma; active pancreatitis; malnutrition; rickets; recentprolonged immobility; active malignancy (other than low-risk well differentiatedthyroid cancer or non-melanoma skin cancer); active hyperparathyroidism; parathyroidcarcinoma within 5 years prior to Screening; acromegaly;or multiple endocrineneoplasia

  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 corticosteroids (other than as replacement therapy)

  5. Use of thiazide diuretic within 4 weeks prior to the 24-hour urine collectionscheduled to occur within 1 week prior to Visit 1

  6. Use of PTH-like drugs (whether commercially available or through participation in aninvestigational trial), including PTH (1-84), PTH (1-34), or other N-terminalfragments or analogs of PTH or PTH-related protein, within 4 weeks prior toScreening

  7. Use of other drugs known to influence calcium and bone metabolism, such ascalcitonin, 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 romosozumabtherapies within 2 years prior to Screening

  9. Non-hypocalcemic seizure disorder with a history of a seizure within 26 weeks priorto Screening

  10. Increased risk for osteosarcoma, such as those with Paget's disease of bone orunexplained elevations of alkaline phosphatase, hereditary disorders predisposing toosteosarcoma, or with a prior history of substantial external beam or implantradiation therapy involving the skeleton

  11. Pregnant or lactating women

  12. Male who has a female partner who intends to become pregnant or is of childbearingpotential and is unwilling to use adequate contraceptive 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 butnot limited to short bowel syndrome, significant small bowel resection, gastricbypass, tropical sprue, active celiac disease, active ulcerative colitis, activeCrohn's disease, gastroparesis and AIRE gene mutations with malabsorption

  15. Severe cardiac disease within 26 weeks prior to Screening including but not limitedto congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction, severe or uncontrolledarrhythmias, bradycardia (resting heart rate <48 beats/minute, unless chronic andasymptomatic), symptomatic hypotension or systolic BP <80 mm Hg or diastolic <40 mmHg or poorly controlled hypertension (systolic BP >165 mm Hg or diastolic >95 mmHg). In the absence of a prior history of hypertension, an isolated BP >165/95 mm Hgin the setting of white coat hypertension/anxiety may not be exclusionary and ameasurement 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 acutegout. Subjects with asymptomatic renal stones are permitted

  18. Participation in any other interventional trial in which receipt of investigationaldrug or device occurred within 8 weeks (or within 5.5 times the half-life of theinvestigational drug) (whichever comes first) prior to Screening

  19. Any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may requiretreatment or make the subject unlikely to fully complete the trial, or any conditionthat presents undue risk from the investigational product or procedures, includingtreated malignancies that are likely to recur within the approximate 3.5-yearduration of the trial

  20. Known allergy or sensitivity to PTH or any of the excipients [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 subjectfrom completing participation or following the trial schedule

Study Design

Total Participants: 81
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: TransCon PTH
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
July 28, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
January 08, 2026

Study Description

Not Provided

Connect with a study center

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing, Beijing 100730
    China

    Site Not Available

  • Peking Union Medical College Hospital

    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349 100730
    China

    Site Not Available

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