New hope for toddlers with bladder nerve damage: mirabegron trial launches
NCT ID NCT05621616
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a liquid medicine called mirabegron in children aged 6 months to 3 years who have bladder problems due to nerve damage (neurogenic detrusor overactivity). The goal is to see if the medicine helps the bladder hold more urine safely, reducing leaks and pressure. Children take the medicine once daily for up to a year, starting with a low dose that may be increased. The study involves about 7 participants who already use a catheter to empty their bladder.
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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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7 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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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6 months to 3 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: * Participant's weight is a minimum of 9 kg. * Participant has a previous myelomeningocele (documented at the screening visit). * Participant has a diagnosis of neurogenic detrusor overactivity (NDO) confirmed by urodynamic investigation at baseline (day 1). The diagnosis of NDO should be confirmed by the presence of ≥ 1 involuntary detrusor contraction \> 15 cm H2O from baseline detrusor pressure, and/or a decrease in bladder compliance leading to an increase in baseline detrusor pressure of \> 20 cm H2O. * Participant has a diagnosis of detrusor sphincter dyssynergia (DSD). * Participant is using clean intermittent catheterization (CIC). * Participant is suitable for a regimen of 4 to 6 CICs per day, fixed for the duration of the study using the 7-day baseline e-diary. * Participant is able to swallow the study drug. * Participant's legally authorized representative (LAR) is willing and able to comply with the study requirements (including compliant use of the e-diary) and with the concomitant medication restrictions. * Participant's LAR agree not to allow participant to participate in another interventional study while receiving study intervention and throughout the pretreatment period. Exclusion Criteria: * Participant has a bladder capacity less than 25% of expected age-related capacity, confirmed by urodynamic investigation at baseline (day 1). * Participant has vesicoureteral reflux grade 3 to 5. * Participant has a known genitourinary condition, other than NDO, that may cause overactive contractions and/or incontinence (e.g., bladder exstrophy, urinary tract obstruction, urethral diverticulum or fistula) or kidney/bladder stones or another persistent local pathology that may cause urinary symptoms. * Participant has had an indwelling urinary catheter within 4 weeks prior to the baseline visit. * Participant has undergone bladder augmentation surgery. * Participant with surgically corrected underactive sphincter. * Participant receives electrostimulation therapy, if started within 30 days before visit 1 screening or is expected to start during the study period. Participants who are on an established regimen (defined as starting more than 30 days before visit 1 screening) may remain on this for the duration of the study. * Participant has been administered intravesical botulinum toxin; except if given \> 4 months prior to visit 1 screening and the participant experiences symptoms comparable to those existing prior to the botulinum toxin injections. * Participant has a current symptomatic urinary tract infection (UTI) confirmed by urinalysis (urine culture containing \> 100,000 cfu/mL) at baseline. If at screening and start of washout a UTI is present, the participant will be eligible for enrollment if the UTI has been treated successfully prior to baseline. If a symptomatic UTI is present at baseline, all baseline assessments should be postponed for a maximum of 7 days until the UTI is successfully treated. Successful treatment is defined as a symptom free patient with a white blood cell count in the urine \< 100/microliter and urine culture below 100,000 cfu/mL. * Participant is using prohibited medications. * Participant has a diagnosis of central or congenital nephrogenic diabetes insipidus. * Participant with severe gastrointestinal (GI) condition (including toxic megacolon) or any of the following GI conditions: partial or complete obstruction, decreased motility like paralytic ileus or at risk for gastric retention. * Participant suffers from malnutrition or is severely overweight. * Participant has an average QT interval corrected by Bazett's formula (QTcB) \> 440 ms (based on the QTcB mean from the screening and baseline ECG triplicates), history of QTc prolongation or risk of QT prolongation (e.g., hypokalemia, Long QT Syndrome (LQTS), or family history of LQTS, exercise induced syncope). * Participant has severe renal impairment (estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 30 mL/min per 1.73 m\^2 for participants 1 year of age and older; serum creatinine ≥ 2 × ULN, with ULN defined as 97.5th percentile for participants 6 to \< 12 months of age.). * Participant's aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) is ≥ 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN) or total bilirubin (TBL) greater than or equal to 1.5 × ULN. * Participant has a current or previous history of epilepsy. * Participant has a history or presence of any malignancy prior to visit 1 screening. * Participant has any other clinically significant out of range results of urinalysis, biochemistry, hematology or coagulation. * Participant has an established hypertension and systolic or diastolic blood pressure greater than the 99th percentile of their normal range determined by gender, body size and age, plus 5 mmHg. * Participant has a (median) resting heart rate \> 99th percentile. * Participant has any clinically significant or unstable medical condition or disorder which precludes the participant from participating in the study. * Participant has known or suspected hypersensitivity to mirabegron, any of the excipients used in the current formulation or previous severe hypersensitivity to any drug. * Participant has participated in another clinical trial and/or has taken an investigational drug within 30 days (or 5 half-lives of the drug, or the limit set by national law, whichever is longer) prior to visit 1 screening. * Participant is being breast-fed by a woman taking any prohibited medication or fed with a milk product in which the presence of prohibited medication ingredients cannot be excluded.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Site PH63001
Quezon, Philippines
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Site PH63002
Quezon City, Philippines
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Site PL48001
Gdansk, Poland
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