A Trial to Evaluate Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Elamipretide in Subjects With Barth Syndrome (TAZPOWER)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03098797 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : April 4, 2017
Last Update Posted : March 9, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Barth Syndrome | Drug: Elamipretide | Phase 2 Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 12 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Crossover Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | 28 wks, double-blinded cross over followed by 168 wks open label long term safety & tolerability trial. |
Masking: | Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2 Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Crossover Trial to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, and Efficacy of Subcutaneous Injections of Elamipretide (MTP-131) in Subjects With Genetically Confirmed Barth Syndrome Followed by an Open-Label Treatment Extension |
Actual Study Start Date : | May 1, 2017 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | October 11, 2021 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2, 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Experimental: Elamipretide
Patients will be randomized to receive 12 weeks of elamipretide in one of the two treatment periods. All subjects will receive 12 weeks of elamipretide and 12 weeks of placebo.
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Drug: Elamipretide
40 mg daily subcutaneous injection for 12 weeks
Other Name: MTP-131 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Patients will be randomized to receive 12 weeks of placebo in one of the two treatment periods. All subjects will receive 12 weeks of placebo and 12 weeks of elamipretide.
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Drug: Elamipretide
40 mg daily subcutaneous injection for 12 weeks
Other Name: MTP-131 |
- Change in distance walked during the 6-minute walk test (6MWT) [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in muscle strength as measured by handheld dynamometry [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in five times sit-to-stand test [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in 2-D and 3-D echocardiographic measurements [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in accelerometry counts [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in SWAY application balance assessments [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in Patient Reported Outcomes [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in Clinician Global Impression [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Change in biomarkers [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]
- Number of participants with treatment related adverse events [ Time Frame: 12 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 12 Years and older (Child, Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | Male |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Genetically confirmed Barth Syndrome
- Male aged 12 and above
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At the screening visit, eGFR must meet the following:
- Body weight >30 kg AND eGFR > 90mL/min at screening
- Body weight >40kg AND eGFR >60 but <90mL/min at screening
- Ambulatory and impaired during the 6MWT
- On stable medication for 30 days prior to the baseline visit
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participated in another interventional clinical trial within 30 days of or is currently enrolled in a non-interventional clinical trial at the baseline visit potentially confounding with this trial
- Prior or current medical condition that would prevent the subject from safely participating in the trial
- Undergone any inpatient hospitalizations within 30 days of the baseline visit
- Is undergoing an apparent pubertal growth spurt
- Has uncontrolled hypertension
- History of substance abused within the year before the baseline visit or is likely to be uncompliant
- History of heart transplantation or current placement on the waiting list for a heart transplant
- For subjects with an ICD: known occurrance of ICD discharge in the 3 months prior to the baseline visit
- For subjects without an ICD: expected to undergo an implantation of an ICD during the conduct of the study
- Currently receiving treatment with chemotherapeutic agents or immunosuppressant agents or has received prior radiation therapy to the chest
- Recipient of stem cell or gene therapy or is currently being treated by a therapeutic investigational device

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03098797
United States, Maryland | |
McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine | |
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 21287 |
Responsible Party: | Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03098797 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
SPIBA-201 |
First Posted: | April 4, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | March 9, 2022 |
Last Verified: | March 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Barth Syndrome elamipretide MTP-131 |
Stealth Stealth BT BTHS |
Barth Syndrome Syndrome Disease Pathologic Processes Heart Defects, Congenital Cardiovascular Abnormalities Cardiovascular Diseases Heart Diseases |
Abnormalities, Multiple Congenital Abnormalities Genetic Diseases, X-Linked Genetic Diseases, Inborn Lipid Metabolism, Inborn Errors Metabolism, Inborn Errors Lipid Metabolism Disorders Metabolic Diseases |