Hope for growth: new drug shows promise in Long-Term achondroplasia study
NCT ID NCT02724228
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at the long-term safety and effects of a daily injection called BMN 111 in children with achondroplasia, a common form of dwarfism. It includes 30 children who have already taken the drug for two years in a previous study. The goal is to see if the drug remains safe and can help improve growth over time.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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30 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2016
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2028
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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7 years and older
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * Have completed 24 months of BMN 111 treatment in Study 111-202. * Parent(s) or guardian(s) are willing and able to provide written, signed informed consent. Subjects under the age of majority are willing and able to provide written assent (if required). Subjects who reach the age of majority in their country will be asked to provide their own written consent upon reaching the legal age of majority. * If sexually active, willing to use a highly effective method of contraception while participating in the study. * Females \>= 10 years old or who have started menses must have a negative pregnancy test at baseline and be willing to have additional pregnancy tests during the study * Willing and able to perform all study procedures as physically possible * Parents/caregivers willing to administer daily injections to the subjects and complete the required training. Exclusion Criteria: * Requires any investigational agent prior to completion of study period. * Have a condition or circumstance that, in the view of the Investigator, places the subject at high risk for poor treatment compliance or for not completing the study. * Concurrent disease or condition that, in the view of the Investigator, would interfere with study participation or safety evaluations for any reason. * Permanently discontinued BMN 111 during the 111-202 study. * Subject is pregnant at Baseline visit or planning to become pregnant (self or partner) at any time during the study. * Current chronic therapy with restricted medications.
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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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Ann and Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Children's Hospital & Research Center Oakland
Oakland, California, 94609, United States
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Guys & St. Thomas NHS Foundation Trust Evelina Hospital
London, SE1 9RT, United Kingdom
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Harbor - UCLA Medical Center
Torrance, California, 90509, United States
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Institut Necker
Paris, 75015, France
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Johns Hopkins McKusick - Institute of Genetic Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee, 37232-2578, United States
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