New drug aims to help short-statured children grow taller
NCT ID NCT06455059
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a drug called vosoritide to see if it can safely help children with hypochondroplasia grow faster. About 80 children aged 3 to 17 with a confirmed genetic diagnosis and very short stature will receive either the drug or a placebo for one year. The main goal is to measure how much their growth rate improves compared to those on placebo.
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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 80 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jun 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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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3 to 17 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. Participants must be ≥ 3 to \< 18 years of age at enrollment 2. A confirmed genetic diagnosis of HCH 3. A height Z score of ≤ - 2.0 standard deviations (SDs) in reference to the general population of the same age and sex, as calculated using the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts 4. Males and females are eligible to participate in this clinical study. 5. Females ≥ 10 years old or who have begun menses must have a negative pregnancy test at the Screening Visit and be willing to have additional pregnancy tests during the study. 6. If sexually active, participants must be willing to use a highly effective method of contraception while participating in the study. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Short stature condition other than HCH 2. Have an unstable condition likely to require surgical intervention during the study. 3. Evidence of decreased growth velocity and/or growth plate closure 4. Taking any of the prohibited medications 5. Treated with growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), or anabolic steroids 6. Planned or expected to have limb-lengthening surgery during the study period. 7. Planned or expected bone-related surgery (ie, surgery involving disruption of bone cortex, excluding tooth extraction), during the study period 8. Require any investigational agent prior to completion of study period. 9. Received vosoritide or another investigational product or investigational medical device in the past 10. Have used any investigational product or investigational medical device for the treatment of HCH or short stature at any time, including vosoritide 11. Have current malignancy, history of malignancy, or currently under work-up for suspected malignancy. 12. Have known hypersensitivity to vosoritide or its excipients. 13. Concurrent disease or condition that, in the view of the investigator, would interfere with study participation or safety evaluations, for any reason.
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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 & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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CHU de Toulouse
Toulouse, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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Children's National Medical Center
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20010, United States
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Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Italy
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Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust
London, United Kingdom
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Hopital Necker-Enfants Malade
Paris, France
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Hopital de la Timone
Marseille, France
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Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hopital Femme Mere Enfant
Lyon, France
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Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, Japan
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Instituto Giannina Gaslini
Genoa, Italy
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Parkville, Victoria, 3052, Australia
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Nemours Alfred I. DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States
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Osaka University Hosptial
Osaka, Japan
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Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
Rome, Italy
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SickKids - The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Tokushima University Hospital
Tokushima, Japan
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Tottori University Hospital
Tottori, Japan
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Uniklinik Koln
Cologne, Germany
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Univeristatskinderklinik Magdeburg
Magdeburg, Germany
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University of Alberta Stollery Children's Hospital
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Vithas Hospital San Jose
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
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