A Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, Active-Controlled Phase III Clinical Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Inpegsomatropin Injection, s.c Once a Week, Compared With Recombinant Human Growth Hormone (rhGH) Injection in Children With Idiopathic Short Stature (ISS).
This is a multicenter, randomized, open-label, active-controlled Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Inpegsomatropin injection，once a week，compared with recombinant human growth hormone (rhGH) in children with idiopathic short stature (ISS). It plans to enroll 300 children with ISS, who will be randomized , stratified by gender and age, and assigned to either the experimental group or the positive controlled group. Each participant will undergo a screening period (up to 12 weeks), a treatment period (52 weeks), and a post-treatment follow-up period (5 weeks). And the safety and efficacy will be evaluated.
• Prepubertal children: boys aged ≥3 years and \<11 years at screening with testicular volume \<4 mL; girls aged ≥3 years and \<10 years at screening with breast development at Tanner Stage I, i.e., no palpable breast glandular tissue.
• Compared to chronological age, bone age is advanced by no more than 1 year or delayed by no more than 2 years (i.e., -2 years ≤ bone age - chronological age ≤ 1 year).
• Height at screening is below -2 standard deviations (SD) from the mean for age and sex, with height reference to Appendix 1.
• Body mass index (BMI) is within the 5th to 95th percentile for age and sex of healthy children, with reference to Appendix 2.
• Peak GH level ≥10.0 ng/ml in at least one GH stimulation test.
• No prior systemic pharmacological treatment for growth promotion (continuous use ≥1 month), including but not limited to growth hormone, insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), etc.
• The legal guardian understands and signs the informed consent form. If the participants is ≥8 years old, they must also sign the informed consent form. For participants under 8 years old who are able to express their consent, their assent should be clearly documented.