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For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02152761




Registration number
NCT02152761
Ethics application status
Date submitted
8/05/2014
Date registered
2/06/2014
Date last updated
19/08/2020

Titles & IDs
Public title
Study of Efficacy and Safety of Bimagrumab in Patients After Hip Fracture Surgery
Scientific title
A 24-week Double-blind Treatment and 24-week Follow-up, Randomized, Multicenter, Placebo-controlled, Phase IIa/IIb Study to Evaluate Safety and Efficacy of i.v. Bimagrumab on Total Lean Body Mass and Physical Performance in Patients After Surgical Treatment of Hip Fracture
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
2013-003439-31
Secondary ID [2] 0 0
CBYM338D2201
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Muscle Wasting (Atrophy) After Hip Fracture Surgery 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Other muscular and skeletal disorders
Diet and Nutrition 0 0 0 0
Other diet and nutrition disorders
Other 0 0 0 0
Research that is not of generic health relevance and not applicable to specific health categories listed above
Injuries and Accidents 0 0 0 0
Fractures

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - bimagrumab
Other interventions - placebo

Experimental: bimagrumab 700 mg - Approximately 70 patients who met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria were treated with the bimagrumab high dose administered via intravenous infusion starting Day 1 until Week 20

Experimental: bimagrumab 210 mg - Approximately 70 patients who met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria were treated with the bimagrumab medium dose administered via intravenous infusion starting Day 1 until Week 20

Placebo comparator: placebo - Approximately 70 patients who met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria received matching placbo administered via intravenous infusion starting Day 1 until Week 20

Experimental: Bimagrumab 70 mg - Approximately 35 patients who met all inclusion criteria and none of the exclusion criteria were treated with bimagrumad low dose administered via intravenous infusion starting Day 1 until Week 20


Treatment: Drugs: bimagrumab
Bimagrumab was administered as intravenous infusion starting on Day 1 until week 20.

Other interventions: placebo
Matching placebo was administered as intravenous infusion starting on Day 1 until week 20.
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Intervention code [2] 0 0
Other interventions
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Total Lean Body Mass Measured by DXA (Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry) at Weeks 12 and 24
Timepoint [1] 0 0
baseline, weeks 12 and 24
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Gait Speed at Week 24 (Meters/Sec)
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Baseline, Week 24
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Change From Baseline in Short Physical Performance Battery at Weeks 24
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Incidence of Falls up to Week 48
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Up to Week 48

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
Must have X-ray confirmed successful hip fracture repair; Must have completed surgical wound healing; Ability to walk a specified distance with or without a walking aid; Must weigh at least 35 kg.
Minimum age
60 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
Must not have history of any other lower limb fractures in the past 6 months; Must not have certain cardiovascular conditions; Must not have a chronic active infection (e.g. HIV, hepatitis B or C, etc); Must not have used high-dose corticosteroid medications for at least 3 months in the past year;

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s
The people administering the treatment/s
The people assessing the outcomes
The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 2
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
16/09/2014
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
25/10/2018
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
251
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
SA
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
Novartis Investigative Site - Bedford Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5041 - Bedford Park
Recruitment outside Australia
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United States of America
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Arizona
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United States of America
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California
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Colorado
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Georgia
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Minnesota
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United States of America
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New York
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Argentina
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Ciudad Autonoma de Bs As
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Austria
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Graz
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Belgium
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Brugge
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Belgium
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Genk
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Belgium
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Gent
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Chile
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Santiago
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Colombia
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Valle Del Cauca
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Colombia
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Barranquilla
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Czechia
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Czech Republic
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Czechia
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Praha 10
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France
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Lille Cedex
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France
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Montpellier
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Germany
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Bad Abbach
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Germany
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Dresden
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Germany
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Magdeburg
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Germany
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Würzburg
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Hungary
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Hatvan
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Japan
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Hyogo
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Japan
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Kanagawa
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Japan
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Kochi
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Japan
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Kumamoto
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Japan
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Okayama
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Japan
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Toyama
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Mexico
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Aguascalientes
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Mexico
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San Luis Potosi
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Russian Federation
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Saint-Petersburg
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Russian Federation
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Sestroretsk
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Russian Federation
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St.- Petersburg
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Russian Federation
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Yaroslavl
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Spain
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Andalucia
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Spain
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Catalunya
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Spain
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Madrid
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Switzerland
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Genève 14
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Taiwan
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Kaohsiung
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Taiwan
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Taipei
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Taiwan
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Taoyuan
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Turkey
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Istanbul
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Turkey
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Izmir
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United Kingdom
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Bath

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address
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Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
The purpose of this study was to assess if bimagrumab is safe and effective in patients with muscle wasting (atrophy) after hip fracture surgery.
Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02152761
Trial related presentations / publications
Hofbauer LC, Witvrouw R, Varga Z, Shiota N, Cremer M, Tanko LB, Rooks D, Auberson LZ, Arkuszewski M, Fretault N, Schubert-Tennigkeit AA, Papanicolaou DA, Recknor C. Bimagrumab to improve recovery after hip fracture in older adults: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, phase 2a/b trial. Lancet Healthy Longev. 2021 May;2(5):e263-e274. doi: 10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00084-2.
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Address 0 0
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Contact person for scientific queries



Summary Results

For IPD and results data, please see https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT02152761