Daily pill may replace growth hormone shots for children
NCT ID NCT07129759
First seen Jul 08, 2026 · Last updated Jul 09, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study evaluates the long-term safety of an oral medication called LUM-201 for children with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). Children who completed a prior 12-month trial can receive LUM-201 daily for up to 36 additional months. The goal is to see if the pill is safe and tolerable over the long term, offering a potential alternative to daily injections.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- LUM-201 (an oral drug to stimulate growth)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a daily pill alternative to daily injections for managing growth hormone deficiency in children.
- What could go wrong
- This is an extension study focused on safety, not on proving effectiveness. Long-term side effects or lack of sustained benefit remain possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 150 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Feb 2027
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2030
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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4 to 12 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Parent/caregiver must be willing to provide written informed consent, and the subject must sign the assent, as applicable. * Subject must have successfully completed 12 months of participation in the LUM-201 Phase 3 GHD trial, and be eligible for continuation of treatment, pending all other enrollment criteria are met. * Subject who is sexually active must use an acceptable form of contraception. * Subject must be eligible for the Day 1 visit as confirmed by the Investigator. Exclusion Criteria: * Subject has a medical or genetic condition that, in the opinion of the Investigator and/or MMs, adds unwarranted risk to use of LUM-201. * Pregnancy. * Subject has planned or is receiving current long-term treatment with medications known to prolong the QT interval or act as substrates, inducers, or inhibitors of the cytochrome system cytochrome P450 type 3A4 that metabolizes LUM-201 (see Appendix 6 for list of example medications). Subjects receiving shorter-term (two weeks or less) treatment with these medications should be evaluated on case-by-case basis by the Investigator in consultation with the MMs.
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Conditions
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