Do patients and doctors really understand this parathyroid drug?
NCT ID NCT05556629
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study checked how well patients and doctors understand the risks and safe use of NATPARA, a drug for hypoparathyroidism. About 200 people took a survey online, by phone, or on paper. No medicine was given—the goal was just to measure knowledge and attitudes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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200 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2015
- Finished
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Nov 2025
- 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.
Who is studied
Participants who have been approved for NATPARA and a part of the SUP program prior to survey implementation and prescribing physicians who can provide a 10-digit NPI number and who are certified in the NATPARA REMS by successfully completing the NATPARA REMS program training module for prescribing physicians, including the knowledge assessment, and submitting a NATPARA REMS program prescribing physician enrollment form are eligible for participation in the survey.
- Ages
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18 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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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Participant inclusion criteria: • Participants who are 18 years of age or older and who have been approved for NATPARA and a part of the SUP Program prior to survey implementation are eligible to participate in the survey. * A caregiver may participate in this survey on behalf of a participant who is a part of the SUP Program and who is eligible but unable to complete the survey. Prescribing physician inclusion criteria: • HCPs in the United States (US) who can provide a 10-digit NPI number and who are certified in the NATPARA REMS by successfully completing the NATPARA REMS Program Training Module for Prescribing Physicians, including the Knowledge Assessment, and submitting a NATPARA REMS Program Prescribing Physician Enrollment Form are eligible for participation in the survey and a part of the SUP Program. Participant and Prescribing Physician exclusion criteria: * Respondents who do not agree to participate in the survey will be excluded. * Survey respondents who have been employed or whose immediate family members have been employed by NPS, Shire, Takeda, United BioSource LLC, (UBC), or the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are not eligible to participate in the survey and will be excluded. * Respondents who reported having a conflict of interest will be excluded. * Respondents who are not part of the SUP program will be excluded. Participant exclusion criteria: * Participants who do not agree to participate in the survey will be excluded. * Participants who have opted out of receiving communications will be excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Shire-NPS Pharmaceuticals, INC. (Shire now part of Takeda)
Lexington, Massachusetts, United States
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