RZ358 Treatment for Congenital Hyperinsulinism

Congenital hyperinsulinism (HI) is the most common cause of recurrent hypoglycemia in neonates and infants with an incidence of approximately 1 in 25,000 to 1 in 50,000 live births in the general population, and as high as 1 in 2,500 in certain populations with substantial consanguinity. Despite improved recognition, there is no satisfactory treatment or cure for congenital HI. Current medical therapies for congenital HI are directed at reducing or eliminating insulin production and/or secretion from the beta-cell. These current medications, however, achieve suboptimal glycemic control and/or have undesirable side effects. A therapy which safely and effectively attenuates the activity of insulin would address an important unmet need for these and other conditions associated with HI. This is a Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled (SOC alone), parallel-arm, efficacy, and safety study of RZ358 in participants with congenital HI who have not achieved adequate hypoglycemia control with reasonable attempts at using usual SOC medical therapy. The study will randomize approximately 48 participants (≥1 year to ≤45 years of age) in a 1:1 ratio into 2 dosing arms (5 or 10 mg/kg with) and further randomize participants within each dosing level in a 2:1 ratio to receive RZ358 as add-on to SOC or placebo as add-on to SOC. An additional open-label (OL) arm will be conducted in parallel for participants who are ≥3 months to <1 year old (n=8), Upon completion of the pivotal treatment period (24-weeks), participants may roll-over to the OLE period at the discretion of the investigator and Sponsor.