A Long-Term Trial Investigating Safety and Efficacy of TransCon hGH in Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency Who Have Completed a Prior TransCon hGH Clinical Trial (enliGHten)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03344458 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 17, 2017
Last Update Posted : October 14, 2021
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Growth Hormone Deficiency, Pediatric Endocrine System Diseases Hormone Deficiency Pituitary Diseases | Drug: TransCon hGH | Phase 3 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 300 participants |
Allocation: | N/A |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Intervention Model Description: | All study participants will receive TransCon hGH |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | enliGHten: A Multicenter, Phase 3, Long-Term, Open-Label Trial Investigating Safety and Efficacy of TransCon hGH Administered Once-Weekly in Children With Growth Hormone Deficiency (GHD) Who Have Completed a Prior TransCon hGH Clinical Trial |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 19, 2017 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2026 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: TransCon hGH
Once weekly subcutaneous injection of TransCon hGH
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Drug: TransCon hGH
Once weekly subcutaneous injection of TransCon hGH |
- Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events [Long-Term Safety and Tolerability] [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]Long-term safety and tolerability of weekly TransCon hGH treatment
- Annualized height velocity (HV) with long-term dosing of weekly TransCon hGH treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]
- Proportion of subjects with IGF-1 standard deviation score (SDS) in the normal range of 0.0 to +2.0 with long-term dosing of weekly TransCon hGH treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]
- Change in height standard deviation scores with long-term dosing of weekly TransCon hGH treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]
- Incidence of antibodies against TransCon hGH with long-term dosing of weekly TransCon hGH treatment [ Time Frame: Up to 4 years ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 1 Year to 18 Years (Child, Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children who have completed a prior phase 3 TransCon hGH trial
- Children who have not permanently discontinued study drug in the prior trial
- Written, signed, informed consent of the parent or legal guardian of the subject and written assent of the subject as required by the IRB/HREC/IEC
Exclusion Criteria:
- Poorly-controlled diabetes mellitus (HbA1c ≥ 8.0%) or diabetic complications
- Evidence of closed epiphyses, defined as bone age > 14.0 years for females or > 16.0 years for males
- Major medical conditions unless approved by Medical Expert
- Known hypersensitivity to the components of the trial medication
- Likely to be non-compliant with respect to trial conduct (in regards to the subject and/or the parent/legal guardian/caregiver)
- Pregnancy
- Any other reason that in the opinion of the investigator would prevent the subject from completing participation or following the trial schedule

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT03344458
United States, Alabama | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233 | |
United States, California | |
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Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048 | |
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Orange, California, United States, 92868 | |
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Sacramento, California, United States, 95821 | |
United States, Colorado | |
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Centennial, Colorado, United States, 80112 | |
United States, Florida | |
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Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207 | |
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Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806 | |
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Tallahassee, Florida, United States, 32308 | |
United States, Minnesota | |
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Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States, 55102 | |
United States, Mississippi | |
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Jackson, Mississippi, United States, 39216 | |
United States, New Hampshire | |
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Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756 | |
United States, New York | |
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Mineola, New York, United States, 11501 | |
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New York, New York, United States, 10029 | |
United States, Ohio | |
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195 | |
United States, Oklahoma | |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104 | |
United States, Oregon | |
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Portland, Oregon, United States, 97227 | |
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Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239 | |
United States, Texas | |
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Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390 | |
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Fort Worth, Texas, United States, 76104 | |
United States, Virginia | |
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Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22908 | |
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Norfolk, Virginia, United States, 23507 | |
United States, Washington | |
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Tacoma, Washington, United States, 98405 | |
Armenia | |
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Yerevan, Armenia, 0075 | |
Australia, Victoria | |
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Clayton, Victoria, Australia, 3168 | |
Belarus | |
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Minsk, Belarus, 220020 | |
Bulgaria | |
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Varna, Bulgaria, 9010 | |
Georgia | |
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Tbilisi, Georgia, 0159 | |
Greece | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Athens, Greece, 11527 | |
New Zealand | |
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Auckland, New Zealand, 1010 | |
Poland | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Gdańsk, Poland, 80-952 | |
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Warsaw, Poland, 02-691 | |
Russian Federation | |
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Izhevsk, Russian Federation, 426009 | |
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Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation, 660022 | |
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Moscow, Russian Federation, 117036 | |
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Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, 194100 | |
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Saratov, Russian Federation, 410054 | |
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Ufa, Russian Federation, 450008 | |
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Vologda, Russian Federation, 160022 | |
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Voronezh, Russian Federation, 394024 | |
Ukraine | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Kharkiv, Ukraine, 61093 | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Kyiv, Ukraine, 01021 | |
Ascendis Pharma Investigational Site | |
Odesa, Ukraine, 65031 |
Study Director: | Michael Beckert, MD | Ascendis Pharma A/S | |
Study Director: | Aimee D Shu, MD | Ascendis Pharma, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | Ascendis Pharma A/S |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT03344458 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
TransCon hGH CT-301EXT 2017-003410-20 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | November 17, 2017 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 14, 2021 |
Last Verified: | October 2021 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Human Growth Hormone hGH GHD rhGH Pediatric Growth Hormone Deficiency Long Acting Growth Hormone Somatropin |
Prodrug Growth Failure Growth Hormone Replacement Therapy Sustained Release Growth Hormone Growth Hormone Deficiency TransCon GH |
Dwarfism, Pituitary Pituitary Diseases Endocrine System Diseases Hypothalamic Diseases Brain Diseases Central Nervous System Diseases Nervous System Diseases |
Dwarfism Bone Diseases, Developmental Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Bone Diseases, Endocrine Hypopituitarism |