Higher dose hormone therapy aims to control rare calcium disorder
NCT ID NCT07081997
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 25, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests higher daily doses (over 30 mcg) of palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath) in 36 adults with chronic hypoparathyroidism. Participants already on the drug will have their dose adjusted to find the best level for controlling calcium without needing extra vitamin D or calcium supplements. The study lasts 78 weeks and focuses on safety and effectiveness.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- palopegteriparatide (Yorvipath)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a more effective way to manage hypoparathyroidism with higher doses, reducing the need for calcium and vitamin D supplements.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, open-label trial with only 36 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Higher doses may also increase side effects.
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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 36 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2026
- Expected to finish
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Jun 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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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.
Inclusion criteria: 1. Males and females, ≥18 years of age at the time of providing informed consent 2. Participants with postsurgical chronic hypoparathyroidism (HP), or auto-immune, genetic, or idiopathic HP, for at least 26 weeks 3. Receiving doses of palopegteriparatide at or above 30 µg/day For individuals receiving 30 µg/day: evidence that dose is insufficient to keep serum calcium in the normal range, defined as: Documented hypocalcemia within 12 weeks prior to Screening; and/or Standing dose of calcitriol ≥0.25 μg/day, and / or (elemental) calcium ≥1500 mg/day (e.g., calcium citrate, calcium carbonate etc.) for at least 4 weeks prior to Screening For individuals receiving 33 µg/day or greater: no requirement for documented hypocalcemia or minimum doses of calcitriol or elemental calcium 4. Confirmation of laboratory parameters (Central or Local) within 2 weeks of screening visit and prior to randomization: 25(OH) vitamin D levels of ≥ 20 ng/mL (≥49 nmol/L) and Magnesium level in the normal range, or just below the normal range i.e.: ≥1.3 mg/dL (≥0.53 mmol/L) and Albumin-adjusted or ionized sCa level in the normal range or just below the normal range * Albumin-adjusted sCa 7.8 - 10.6 mg/dL (or 1.95 - 2.64 mmol/L) * Ionized sCa 4.40 - 5.29 mg/dL (1.10 - 1.32 mmol/L) 5\. BMI 17- 40 kg/m2 at Screening 6\. If ≤25 years of age, radiological evidence of epiphyseal closure based on locally interpreted X-ray of non-dominant wrist and hand 7\. eGFR ≥30 mL/min/1.73 m2 during Screening using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) formula Exclusion criteria 1. Impaired responsiveness to PTH (pseudohypoparathyroidism), which is characterized as PTH-resistance, with elevated PTH levels in the setting of hypocalcemia 2. Any disease that might affect calcium metabolism or calcium-phosphate homeostasis or PTH levels other than HP 3. Use of loop diuretics, phosphate binders (other than calcium supplements), digoxin, lithium, methotrexate, biotin \>30 µg/day, or systemic corticosteroids (other than as replacement therapy) 4. Use of thiazide diuretic within 4 weeks prior to the 24-hour urine collection scheduled to occur within 1 week prior to Visit 1 5. Use of PTH-like drugs other than palopegteriparatide (whether commercially available or through participation in an investigational trial), including PTH(1-34), or other N-terminal fragments, analogs of PTH or PTH-related protein, or PTH1R biased agonists within 4 weeks prior to Screening 6. Use of drugs known to influence calcium and bone metabolism within 12 weeks prior to Screening 7. Use of denosumab or romosozumab within 2 years prior to Screening. Use of raloxifene within 4 weeks prior to Screening. 8. Non-hypocalcemic seizure disorder with occurrence of a seizure within 26 weeks prior to Screening. 9. Increased risk for osteosarcoma 10. Women who are pregnant, intend to become pregnant, or are lactating 11. Diagnosed drug or alcohol dependence within 3 years prior to Screening 12. Chronic or severe cardiac disease within 26 weeks prior to Screening 13. Cerebrovascular accident within 5 years prior to Screening. 14. Within 26 weeks prior to Screening: acute colic due to nephrolithiasis, or acute gout 15. Participation in any other interventional trial in which receipt of investigational drug or device other than palopegteriparatide occurred within 8 weeks (or within 5.5 times the half-life of the investigational drug) (whichever comes first) prior to Screening. 16. Known allergy or sensitivity to PTH or any of the excipients \[metacresol, mannitol, succinic acid, NaOH/(HCl)\] of the investigational product
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Conditions
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The places running it
7 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGMinneota, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGReno, Nevada, 89511, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGGreenville, North Carolina, 27834, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGHouston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site
RECRUITINGSpokane Valley, Washington, 99216, United States
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