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Trial · Interventional

CompletedPhase 3Results postedRegistry data

Efficacy And Safety Evaluation of Glepaglutide in Treatment of Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS)

Short name EASE SBS 1

Overview

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 3
Enrollment
106 participants (actual)
Sponsor
Zealand Pharma · Industry
Design
Randomized · Quadruple masking
Countries
9 countries

United States, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom

Start
4 Oct 2018
Primary completion
26 Jul 2022
Completion
26 Jul 2022
First posted
1 Oct 2018
Last update posted
17 Jul 2025
Conditions
Short Bowel Syndrome

Timeline

1 trial · 1 completed · 1 with posted results

  • Completed
  • Ongoing
  • Not yet recruiting
  • Stopped
  • Estimated dates (est.)
  • Results posted
201820192020202120222023
  1. Ph 3

    EASE SBS 1

    NCT03690206

    4 Oct 2018 to 26 Jul 2022

Registry summary

Text and fields below are the sponsor's entries at ClinicalTrials.gov, shown as posted.

The primary objective of the trial is to confirm the efficacy of glepaglutide in reducing parenteral support volume in patients with short bowel syndrome. Glepaglutide is the International Nonproprietary Name and USAN for ZP1848.

Interventions

  • glepaglutideDrug
  • PlaceboDrug

Arms3

  • Experimental

    Glepaglutide SC injections twice weekly

    Intervention: Glepaglutide

  • Experimental

    Glepaglutide SC injections once weekly and placebo once weekly

    Intervention: Glepaglutide

  • Placebo comparator

    Placebo SC injections twice weekly

    Intervention: Placebo

Primary outcomes1

Outcomes the sponsor listed as primary.

  1. Change in Weekly Parenteral Support (PS) Volume

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Change in weekly PS volume from baseline to Week 24. Baseline actual weekly PS volume was defined as the actual PS volume derived from a valid 7-day period prior to visit 1 (Day 1), i.e. during the stabilization phase. The actual weekly PS volume at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20, and 24 was derived as the actual weekly PS volume received during the valid 7-day period prior to the visit. The source for the derivation was the PS volumes recorded by the patients in the eDiary.

Secondary outcomes(13)
  1. Clinical Response in PS Volume

    Time frame · 20 and 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Clinical response, defined as at least 20% reduction in actual weekly PS volume from baseline to both Weeks 20 and 24.

  2. Days Off PS

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Achieving 1 or more days per week off PS

  3. Clinical Response in PS Volume

    Time frame · 12 and 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Reduction of at least 20 percent in PS volume from baseline to both 12 and 24 weeks.

  4. Weaned Off PS

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Reduction in weekly PS volume of 100 percent (weaned off)

  5. Energy Content

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Change in weekly energy content of PS from baseline

  6. Days on PS

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Change in number of days on PS per week from baseline

  7. Change in PS Volume Per Week

    Time frame · 20 and 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Achieving reduction of at least 40 percent in PS volume from baseline to both 20 and 24 weeks

  8. Patient Global Impression of Change Scale (PGIC)

    Time frame · 24 weeks

    Registry description

    Patient Global Impression of Change scale (PGIC) improvement at Weeks 4, 12, 20, and 24 PGIC improvement was defined as responding "Very Much Improved" or "Much Improved" on a 7-point Likert Scale. Improvement between each glepaglutide treatment regimen compared to placebo was tested by week, using the CMH test adjusted for the stratification factor. Improvement between each glepaglutide treatment regimen versus placebo was tested using collapsed categories of Improvement, No Change, and Worsening, where Improvement is defined as a response of "Very Much Improved" or "Much Improved" or "Minimally Improved", and No Change is defined as the response of "No Change", and Worsening is defined as a response of "Minimally Worse" or "Much Worse" or "Very Much Worse". Improvement using collapsed categories between each glepaglutide treatment regimen compared to placebo was tested by week using a Mantel-Haenszel chi-squared test for ordered categories.

  9. Safety - Adverse Events

    Time frame · 28 weeks

    Registry description

    Incidence and type of Adverse Events over an average of 28 weeks (24 weeks treatment + 4 weeks follow up)

  10. Number of Patients With Clinically Significant Changes in 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG)

    Time frame · 28 weeks

    Registry description

    Number of patients with clinically significant changes in ECG will be reported. Monitored ECG parameters included heart rate (beats/min), PR interval (ms), PR interval Aggregate (ms), QRS duration aggregate (ms), QT interval aggregate (ms), QTcF interval aggregate (ms), and RR interval (ms), as well as the overall interpretation of each subject's ECG recorded as Normal, Abnormal Not Clinically Significant, or Abnormal Clinically Significant.

  11. Safety - Changes in Blood Pressure From Baseline

    Time frame · Week 1, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 20, and Week 24

    Registry description

    Changes in blood pressure are reported at Week 1, Week 2, Week 4, Week 8, Week 12, Week 16, Week 20, and Week 24 The data collected data are of seated diastolic and systolic blood pressure (mmHg). During treatment phase visits, vital signs were collected before investigational product injection.

  12. Safety - Changes in Body Temperature From Baseline

    Time frame · 28 weeks

    Registry description

    Changes in body temperature are reported The body temperature (ºC or ºF) was measured according to the site's usual procedure. During treatment phase visits, vital signs were collected before investigational product injection.

  13. Immunogenicity - Occurrence of Anti-drug Antibodies

    Time frame · 28 weeks

    Registry description

    Occurrence of antibodies against glepaglutide The occurrence of glepaglutide-binding antibodies (ADA), M2 binding antibodies (M2 BAb), glepaglutide neutralizing antibodies (NAb) and GLP-2 cross-reacting antibodies (GLP-2 CR) was tested.

Posted results

Values are shown as posted at ClinicalTrials.gov, with their units. PepBank has not converted, pooled or compared them.

Primary outcome results

Primary outcomeLeast squares mean· 24 weeks

Change in Weekly Parenteral Support (PS) Volume

GroupValue (L/week)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly-5.13
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly-3.76
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly-2.85
Secondary and other outcome results(7)
Secondary outcomeCount of participants· 20 and 24 weeks

Clinical Response in PS Volume

GroupValue (Participants)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly23
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly16
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly14
Secondary outcomeCount of participants· 24 weeks

Days Off PS

GroupValue (Participants)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly18
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly12
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly7
Secondary outcomeCount of participants· 12 and 24 weeks

Clinical Response in PS Volume

GroupValue (Participants)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly19
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly15
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly13
Secondary outcomeCount of participants· 24 weeks

Weaned Off PS

GroupValue (Participants)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly5
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly4
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly0
Secondary outcomeMedian· 24 weeks

Energy Content

GroupValue (kJ/week)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly-7360.6
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly-3085.9
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly-734.2
Secondary outcomeMedian· 24 weeks

Days on PS

GroupValue (days/week)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly-1.00
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly0.00
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly0.00
Secondary outcomeCount of participants· 20 and 24 weeks

Change in PS Volume Per Week

GroupValue (Participants)
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice Weekly15
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once Weekly10
Placebo SC Injections Twice Weekly8

Adverse events, as posted

Adverse events as posted: participants affected out of participants at risk, by group
GroupDeathsSerious eventsOther events
Glepaglutide SC Injections Twice WeeklyIntervention: Glepaglutide glepaglutide: Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog0 / 359 / 3530 / 35
Glepaglutide SC Injections Once Weekly and Placebo Once WeeklyIntervention: Glepaglutide glepaglutide: Glucagon-Like Peptide-2 (GLP-2) analog Placebo: Placebo for glepaglutide0 / 3510 / 3531 / 35
Placebo SC Injections Twice WeeklyIntervention: Placebo Placebo: Placebo for glepaglutide0 / 367 / 3625 / 36

Each cell reads participants affected / participants at risk, as the registry posted them.

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Indexing hint: Randomized controlled trial · 2025

Corrected

Glepaglutide, a Long-Acting Glucagon-like Peptide-2 Analogue, Reduces Parenteral Support in Patients With Short Bowel Syndrome: A Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial.

Jeppesen et al. 2025Gastroenterologycited by 22

PMID 39708985DOI 10.1053/j.gastro.2024.11.023PUB-39708985

Full text at the publisher

Eligibility

Who could join, as posted.

Sex
All
Age
from 18 Years up to 90 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
Inclusion and exclusion criteria, as posted
Inclusion Criteria: * Informed consent obtained before any trial-related activity. * Diagnosis of SBS defined as remaining small bowel in continuity of estimated less than 200 cm and considered stable with regard to PS need. No restorative surgery planned in the trial period. * Requiring PS at least 3 days per week and maintains a stable PS volume for at least 2 weeks. * In case of remnant colon: documented colonoscopy which does not give rise to any safety concerns. Exclusion Criteria: * More than 2 SBS-related or PS-related hospitalizations within 6 months prior to Screening. No SBS-related hospitalizations within 30 days prior to randomization. * Poorly controlled inflammatory bowel disease that is moderately or severely active or fistula interfering with measurements or examinations required in the trial. * Bowel obstruction. * Known radiation enteritis or significant villous atrophy. * Cardiac disease defined as: decompensated heart failure (New York Heart Association \[NYHA\] Class III-IV), unstable angina pectoris, and/or myocardial infarction within the last 6 months prior to Screening. * Clinically significant abnormal ECG. * Repeated systolic blood pressure measurements \> 180 mm Hg. * Human immunodeficiency virus positive, acute liver disease, or unstable chronic liver disease. * Any history of colon cancer. History of any other cancers unless disease-free state for at least 5 years. * Estimated creatinine clearance \< 30 mL/min. * Severe hepatic impairment. * Use of GLP-1, GLP-2, human growth hormone, somatostatin, or analogs thereof, within 3 months prior to Screening. * Use of dipeptidyl peptidase (DPP)-4 inhibitors within 3 months prior to Screening. * Unstable systemic immunosuppressive therapy within 3 months prior to Screening. * Unstable biological therapy within 6 months prior to Screening. * Females of childbearing potential, who are pregnant, breast-feeding, intend to become pregnant or are not using highly effective contraceptive methods. * Previous exposure to glepaglutide. * Current, or within 30 days prior to Screening, participation in another interventional clinical trial that includes administration of an active compound. * Any condition or disease or circumstance that in the Investigator's opinion would put the patient at any undue risk, prevent completion of the trial, or interfere with the analysis of the trial results.

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