New drug could free patients from daily calcium pills
NCT ID NCT05778071
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests eneboparatide, a lab-made hormone, in 165 adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism. The goal is to see if it can help patients stop taking high-dose calcium and vitamin D supplements while keeping calcium levels normal. Participants receive either the drug or a placebo for 24 weeks, then all receive the drug for up to 132 weeks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- eneboparatide (AZP-3601), a synthetic hormone that mimics natural parathyroid hormone
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this treatment could help people with chronic hypoparathyroidism reduce or stop daily calcium and vitamin D supplements, improving their quality of life.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 3 trial, but results are not yet known. The drug may not work better than placebo, and side effects could occur. Long-term safety is still being studied.
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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 165 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2023
- Expected to finish
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Jun 2027
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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18 to 80 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: 1. Males and Females, 18-80 years of age 2. Patients with cHP for ≥12 months at the time of screening 3. Two paired measurements of showing low parathyroid hormone (PTH) and serum calcium either below normal or within normal under standard of care 4. Requirement for therapy with calcitriol ≥0.5 mcg per day or alphacalcidol ≥1 mcg per day, and requirement for supplemental oral calcium treatment ≥1000 mg per day over and above patient's dietary calcium intake at Day 1 visit 5. Successful completion of the Optimization period based on two consecutive measurements of albumin-adjusted serum calcium at least 1 week apart within the range of 7.8 to 9.0 mg/dL and with no more than 25% of change in the daily dose of any of active vitamin D and oral calcium supplements between the two measurements 6. Thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) within the lower limit of normal and 1.5-fold of the upper limit of normal at screening; if on suppressive therapy for a history of thyroid cancer, TSH level must be ≥0.2 mIU/mL and thyroid medication should be stable for at least 6 weeks prior to treatment 7. Prior to start of treatment: * Magnesium level within laboratory normal limits * 25(OH) vitamin D levels of 30-70 ng/mL (75-175 nmol/L) 8. eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73m² during screening 9. Able to perform daily subcutaneous self-injections of study drug (or have a designee to perform injections) via a pre-filled injection pen 10. Female patients of non-childbearing potential or using an effective method of contraception throughout the study. Women of childbearing potential should have a negative pregnancy test. 11. Able and willing to provide written and signed informed consent in accordance with GCP Exclusion Criteria: 1. Mental incapacity, unwillingness, or language barriers precluding adequate understanding or cooperation 2. Clinically significant abnormal values at screening for hematology, clinical chemistry, coagulation or urinalysis 3. Abnormal arterial pressure at screening, defined as (1) systolic blood pressure \<100 mmHg, or (2) systolic blood pressure \>150 mmHg, and/or diastolic blood pressure \>100 mmHg. 4. Heart rate at rest outside the range of 50-100 beats/minute at screening 5. Clinically significant abnormal standard 12-lead electrocardiogram indicative of severe cardiac disease 6. Known history of autosomal-dominant hypocalcemia or known pseudohypoparathyroidism (impaired responsiveness to PTH) 7. Any current disease (other than hypoparathyroidism) that might affect calcium metabolism, calcium-phosphate homeostasis or PTH levels 8. Patients with increased risk for osteosarcoma 9. Current uncontrolled active disease processes that may adversely affect gastrointestinal absorption 10. History of cerebrovascular accident within 6 months prior to screening 11. History of active uncontrolled malignancy over the past 2 years at time of screening 12. History of any other cancer other than thyroid cancer (except basal cell skin cancer or squamous cell skin cancer) who have not been disease-free for a period of at least 2 years at the time of screening 13. Acute gout \<2 months prior to screening 14. Dependent on parenteral calcium infusions to maintain calcium homeostasis 15. Use of medications such as loop and thiazide diuretics, raloxifene hydrochloride, lithium, methotrexate, cardiac glycosides or systemic corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to start of treatment 16. Previous treatment with PTH/parathyroid hormone-related protein-like drugs, including PTH(1-84) and PTH(1-34) within 3 months of screening 17. Use of other drugs known to influence calcium and bone metabolism within 4 weeks of screening 18. Use of oral bisphosphonates within 6 months of screening or intravenous bisphosphonate within 12 months of screening 19. Use of denosumab within 18 months of screening 20. Seizure disorder/epilepsy with history of a seizure within 6 months of screening 21. History of symptomatic urinary tract calculi within 3 months of screening 22. Irradiation to the skeleton within 2 years of screening 23. Pregnant or breastfeeding female patients 24. Participation in any other interventional study in which the patient received an investigational drug or device within 2 months or within 5 times the half-life of the investigational drug (whichever comes first) prior to screening 25. Any disease or condition that, in the opinion of the investigator, may require treatment or make the subject unlikely to fully complete the trial, or any condition that presents undue risk from the study treatment or procedures, including treated malignancies that are likely to recur within the approximate duration of the trial 26. Any other reason that in the opinion of the investigator would prevent the subject from completing participation or following the trial schedule 27. Known allergy or sensitivity to PTH or any of the excipients
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Aarhaus University Hospital
Aarhus, 8200, Denmark
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Academy of Diabetes, Thyroid and Endocrine
El Paso, Texas, 79935, United States
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Arthritis Northwest, PLLC
Spokane, Washington, 99204, United States
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi
Florence, 50134, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Pisana-Ospedale di Cisanello
Pisa, 56124, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria de Bologna, Policlinico Sant Orsola Malpighi
Bologna, 40138, Italy
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Bone Research and Education Center
Oakville, Ontario, L6M 1M1, Canada
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CHU de Nantes - Hôtel-Dieu
Nantes, 44093, France
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CHU de Quebec Research Centre
Québec, G1V 4G2, Canada
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Cendrum Zdrowi MDM - EB Group Sp.
Warsaw, 00189, Poland
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Centro Hospital Vila Nova de Faia/Espinho
Porto, 4434-502, Portugal
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Churchill Hospital
Oxford, OX3 7LE, United Kingdom
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Clinica Universidad de Navarra
Pamplona, 31008, Spain
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Colombia University Irving Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruna
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
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Denver Endocrinology Diabetes and Thyroid Center
Denver, Colorado, 80113, United States
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Eastern Regional Health Authority Health Sciences Centre
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, A1B 3V6, Canada
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Eramus MC - University Medical Center
Rotterdam, 3015 GD, Netherlands
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Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano
Milan, 20122, Italy
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Harbor UCLA Medical Center Endocrinology
Torrance, California, 90502, United States
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Hopital de la Conception-APHM
Marseille, 13385, France
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Hospital Bicetre AP-HP
Paris, 94275, France
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Hospital da Luz Lisboa
Lisbon, 1500-650, Portugal
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Indiana University (IU) Health University Hospital
Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States
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Instytut Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki. Klinika Endokrynologii Chorob Metabolicznych
Lodz, 93-338, Poland
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Kanazawa University Hospital
Kanazawa, Japan
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Leiden University Medical Center
Leiden, 2333, Netherlands
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Medicover Neuroendokrinologie MVZ
Munich, 81667, Germany
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Medycyny Nuklearnej i Chorob Wewnetrznych
Krakow, 30-688, Poland
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Norfolk & Norwich University NHS Foundation Trust, Quadrum Institute
Norwich, NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom
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North Shore University Health System
Evanston, Illinois, 60201, United States
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Northern Nevada Endocrinology
Reno, Nevada, 89511, United States
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Osaka City Hospital
Osaka, Japan
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Osaka Metropolital University Hospital
Osaka, Japan
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Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem
Pécs, 7624, Hungary
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Physician's East Endocrinology
Greenville, North Carolina, 27834, United States
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Rigshospitalet
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Semmelweis Egyetem Belgyogyaszati es Hematologiai Klinika
Budapest, 1083, Hungary
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Teikyo University Chiba Medical Center
Chiba, Japan
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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The Children's Hospital of Philadephia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107, United States
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Tokushima University Hospital
Tokushima, Japan
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Tottori University Hospital
Tottori, Japan
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Universitaetsklinikum Wuerzburg
Würzburg, 97080, Germany
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Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus an der TU Dresden
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Leicester, LE1 5WW, United Kingdom
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University of Chicago - Medical Center
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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Via Alvaro del Portillo, 200, Roma, Italy 00128
Roma, 00128, Italy
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