Safety and Efficacy Study of Teduglutide in Subjects With Short Bowel Syndrome

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2007-07-06
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics (PK) of teduglutide compared with placebo in subjects with parenteral nutrition (PN)-dependent short bowel syndrome (SBS).

• Phase: Phase 3
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Shire
• Treatments: Teduglutide

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Men and women, aged 18 years of age or older at the time of signing the informed consent form (ICF)

• SBS as a result of major intestinal resection resulting in at least 12 months intravenous feeding

• Body weight must be less than 90 kg

• At baseline, subjects must require PN treatment to meet their caloric or electrolyte needs due to ongoing malabsorption at least 3 times weekly and to be on a stable PN regimen for 4 weeks before dosing

• Body mass index (BMI) 18 to 27 kg/m2

• Adequate hepatic and renal function

Exclusion Criteria:

• History of cancer or clinically significant lymphoproliferative disease with fewer than 5 years documented disease-free state

• History of alcohol or drug abuse (within previous year)

• Participation in a clinical study within 30 days prior to signing the ICF, or concurrent participation in any clinical study

• Clinically significant laboratory abnormalities at the time of randomization

• Previous use of teduglutide (ALX-0600)

• Prior use of native GLP-2 within 3 months of screening visit

• Hospital admission within 1 month prior to screening visit

• Pregnant or lactating women

• Any condition or circumstance, which in the investigator's opinion would put the subject at any undue risk, prevent completion of the study, or interfere with analysis of the study results.

• Presence of excluded disease: Radiation enteritis, Scleroderma, Celiac disease, Refractory/Tropical sprue, Pseudo-obstruction, Active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), Pre-malignant/malignant change in colonoscopy biopsy or polypectomy, Surgery scheduled within the time frame of the study, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive test, Immunological disorders, Possible allergies to teduglutide or its constituents, Significant, active, uncontrolled, untreated systemic diseases