Trial to Confirm the Efficacy and Safety of Dasiglucagon in the Treatment of Hypoglycemia in T1DM Children

Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo/Active-controlled, Parallel-arm Trial to Assess Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Dasiglucagon Relative to Placebo/GlucaGen® as Rescue Therapy for Severe Hypoglycemia in Children With T1DM Treated With Insulin

A phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo- and active-controlled, parallel-arm trial to assess the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of dasiglucagon relative to placebo and GlucaGen® when administered as a rescue therapy for severe hypoglycemia in children with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) treated with insulin

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Hypoglycemia
• Intervention / Treatment: Drug: dasiglucagon; Drug: placebo; Drug: GlucaGen HypoKit

Detailed Description

At least 40 children ≥6 years and <18 years of age with T1DM were planned to be randomized into the trial (2:1:1 for dasiglucagon:placebo:GlucaGen) and stratified by age intervals: 6 years to <12 years, and 12 years to <18 years; and by injection site (abdomen or thigh). A minimum of 16 patients were enrolled into each age group, including a minimum of 8 patients in each age group in the dasiglucagon treatment arm. In Germany only, a staggered approach was applied, whereby a positive safety assessment needed to be available for at least 10 patients in the age group of 12 years to <18 years who had completed the dosing visit in the overall trial before younger patients (6 to 11 years of age) were allowed to be enrolled.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 42
• Phase: Phase 3

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• Germany
  • Hannover, Germany, 30173
    • Auf der Bult - Diabetes Center for Children
• Slovenia
  • Ljubljana, Slovenia, 1000
    • University Medical Center Ljubljana, Children's Hospital, Department for Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
• United States
  • California
    • Escondido, California, United States, 92025
      • Amcr Institute, Inc
  • Connecticut
    • New Haven, Connecticut, United States, 06520
      • Yale University School Of Medicine
  • Indiana
    • Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, 46202
      • Indiana University, Department of Pediatrics

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 6 years to 17 years (CHILD)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No
• Genders Eligible for Study: All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Following receipt of verbal and written information about the trial, patient, parent(s) or guardian(s) of the patient must provide signed informed consent before any trial-related activity is carried out
2. Female or male patients with T1DM for at least 1 year, diagnostic criteria as defined by the American Diabetes Association; and receiving daily insulin
3. At least 6.0 years of age (inclusive) and less than 18.0 years
4. Body weight ≥20 kg

5. Female patients must meet one of the following criteria:

   a. Participant is of childbearing potential and agrees to use one of the accepted contraceptive regimens throughout the entire duration of the trial from screening until last follow-up visit. An acceptable method of contraception includes at least one of the following: i. Abstinence from heterosexual intercourse ii. Systemic contraceptives (birth control pills, injectable/implant/ insertable hormonal birth control products, transdermal patch); if the participant is using systemic contraceptives, she must use an additional form of acceptable contraception (iii or iv, below) iii. Intrauterine device (with and without hormones) iv. Condom with spermicide or b. Participant is of non-childbearing potential due to pre-puberty status or a medical condition confirmed by the investigator

6. Male patients must meet the following criteria: If sexually active, uses condom and partner practices contraception during the trial from screening and until last follow-up visit

7. Willingness to adhere to the protocol requirements

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   Exclusion Criteria:

1. Females who are pregnant according to a positive urine pregnancy test, actively attempting to get pregnant, or are lactating 2. Known or suspected allergy to trial product(s) or related products 3. History of anaphylaxis or symptoms of severe systemic allergy (such as angioedema) 4. Previous randomization in this trial 5. History of an episode of severe hypoglycemia that required a third party assistance within a month prior to screening visit 6. History of hypoglycemic events associated with seizures or hypoglycemia unawareness in the last year prior to screening 7. History of epilepsy or seizure disorder 8. Receipt of any investigational drug within 3 months prior to screening 9. Active malignancy within the last 5 years 10. Congestive heart failure, New York Heart Association class II-IV 11. Current bleeding disorder, including anti-coagulant treatment 12. Known presence or history of pheochromocytoma (i.e. adrenal gland tumor) or insulinoma (i.e. insulin secreting pancreas tumor) 13. Use of a daily systemic beta-blocker drug, indomethacin, warfarin or anticholinergic drugs in the previous 28 days before Day 1 of this trial 14. Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) or alanine aminotransferase (ALT) >2.5 × the upper limit of the normal range (ULN), bilirubin >1.5 × ULN, estimated glomerular filtration rate <30 mL/min/1.73 m2 according to the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease study definition, or altered electrolyte values of clinical relevance for cardiac conduction, as judged by the investigator 15. Clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) at screening as judged by the investigator 16. Clinically significant illness within 4 weeks before screening, as judged by the investigator 17. Surgery or trauma with significant blood loss within the last 2 months prior to screening 18. Patients with mental incapacity or language barriers which preclude adequate understanding or cooperation, who are unwilling to participate in the trial, or who in the opinion of the investigator should not participate in the trial 19. Any condition interfering with trial participation or evaluation or that could be hazardous to the patient 20. The use of prescription or non-prescription medications known to cause QT prolongation

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Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Interventional Model: PARALLEL
• Masking: QUADRUPLE

Number of Arms

3

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
EXPERIMENTAL: dasiglucagon; Single fixed dose (s.c.injection) of dasiglucagon	Drug: dasiglucagon; glucagon analog; Other Names: ZP4207
PLACEBO_COMPARATOR: placebo; Single fixed dose (s.c.injection) of placebo	Drug: placebo; placebo for dasiglucagon; Other Names: placebo for dasiglucagon
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: GlucaGen®; Single fixed dose (s.c.injection) of GlucaGen®	Drug: GlucaGen HypoKit; native glucagon

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Time to Plasma Glucose Recovery	Plasma glucose recovery was defined as first increase in plasma glucose of ≥20 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L) from baseline during the hypoglycemic clamp procedure without administration of rescue intravenous (IV) glucose. Patients who received rescue IV glucose before 45 minutes and patients not recovering within 45 minutes after dosing were censored at 45 minutes. Time to plasma glucose recovery was summarized for each treatment group using Kaplan Meier (KM) estimates together with the 95% confidence interval. Note that the upper confidence limit for the placebo median was not estimable, but is set to 45 minutes (censored value) here.	0-45 minutes after dosing

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Plasma Glucose Recovery	Plasma glucose recovery within 30 minutes, within 20 minutes, within 15 minutes, and within 10 minutes after study drug injection without administration of rescue intravenous (IV) glucose. Plasma glucose recovery was defined as the first increase in plasma glucose of ≥20 mg/dL (1.1 mmol/L) from baseline without administration of rescue intravenous glucose.	0-30 minutes after dosing: assessed at 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after study drug injection
Plasma Glucose Changes From Baseline	Plasma glucose changes from baseline within 30 minutes, within 20 minutes, within 15 minutes, and within 10 minutes after trial product injection or at the time of rescue intravenous (IV) glucose	0-30 minutes after dosing: assessed at 10, 15, 20 and 30 minutes after study drug injection
Pharmacodynamics - Area Under the Effect Curve (0-30 Minutes)	Plasma glucose response as area under the effect curve above baseline from time 0 to 30 minutes (AUE0-30min). Plasma glucose was determined at pre-dose and at 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 20, 30, and 45 minutes (and at 60 minutes if the patient weighed ≥21 kg) after dosing.	0-30 minutes
Administration of Rescue IV Glucose Infusion After IMP Injection	Number of patients receiving IV rescue glucose administration for hypoglycemia after administration of IMP. IV = intravenous. IMP = investigational medicinal product.	0-45 minutes
Time to First IV Glucose Infusion After IMP Administration	Time to first IV rescue glucose administration for hypoglycemia after administration of IMP. IV = intravenous. IMP = investigational medicinal product.	0-45 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: AUC0-30 Min	Area under the plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen concentration versus time curve from 0 to 30 minutes post-dose. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-30 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: AUC0-300min	Area under the plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen concentration versus time curve from 0 to 300 minutes post-dose. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: AUC0-inf	Area under the plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen concentration versus time curve from 0 to infinitely post-dose. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: Cmax	Maximum of all valid plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen concentration measurements from 0 to 300 minutes post-dose. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: Tmax	Time to maximum of plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen concentration measurements. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: λz	Terminal elimination rate constant of plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: t½	Terminal plasma elimination half-life of dasiglucagon or GlucaGen. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: CL/f	Total body clearance of plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: Vz/f	Volume of distribution of plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes
Pharmacokinetics: MRT	Mean residence time of plasma dasiglucagon or GlucaGen. Samples were collected before dosing and at 10, 20, 30, 40, 60, 90, 140, 220, and 300 minutes after dosing.	0-300 minutes

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Zealand Pharma

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (ACTUAL): September 28, 2018
• Primary Completion (ACTUAL): June 28, 2019
• Study Completion (ACTUAL): June 28, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: September 7, 2018
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 7, 2018
• First Posted (ACTUAL): September 12, 2018

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (ACTUAL): June 30, 2021
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: May 31, 2021
• Last Verified: May 1, 2021

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Glucagon; Dasiglucagon
• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Glucose Metabolism Disorders; Metabolic Diseases; Hypoglycemia; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Gastrointestinal Agents; Hormones; Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists; Glucagon
• Other Study ID Numbers: ZP4207-17086

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: Yes
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No