About this trial
The purpose of the present Phase 3 trial is to confirm the efficacy and safety of glepaglutide 10 mg twice weekly in a patient population with SBS-IF and generate additional long-term safety data.
Glepaglutide is the International Nonproprietary Name and United States Adopted Name (USAN) for ZP1848.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Signed informed consent;
Age of 18 to 90 years;
A diagnosis of SBS, defined as having a small bowel with an estimated length of less than 200 cm (equal to 79 inches) in continuity (latest intestinal resection ≥6 months before screening);
Stable PS need of ≥3 days per week;
Disqualifiers
More than 2 SBS- or PS-related hospitalizations within 6 months before screening;
Poorly controlled Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) that is moderately or severely active or a fistula that can interfere with the measurements or examinations required in the trial;
History of colorectal cancer or any other type of cancer (except for margin-free resected cutaneous basal, squamous cell carcinoma or adequately treated in situ cervical cancer) unless the patient has been disease-free for at least 5 years; ongoing bowel obstruction;
BMI <18.5 kg/m².
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Glepaglutide
DrugSubcutaneous (SC) injections twice weekly
Placebo
Other interventionSC injections twice weekly
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Change in weekly Parenteral Support (PS) volume
Secondary outcomes
Proportion of participants achieving clinical response
Defined as achieving a reduction of at least 20% in weekly PS volume
Proportion of participants achieving clinical response
Defined as achieving a reduction of at least 20% in weekly PS volume
Proportion of participants with a reduction in days on PS ≥1 day/week
Proportion of participants with a reduction in days on PS ≥1 day/week
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