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Calcitriol Monotherapy for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia

Calcitriol Monotherapy for X-Linked Hypophosphatemia: Effects on Mineral Ions, Growth and Skeletal Parameters

Status
Completed
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03748966
Enrollment
16
Registered
2018-11-21
Start date
2019-03-28
Completion date
2026-02-26
Last updated
2026-05-07

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Hypophosphatemic Rickets, X-Linked Dominant, X-linked Hypophosphatemia

Keywords

XLH, calcitriol, x-linked hypophosphatemia, rickets, 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D, bone disorder, rare bone disease, vitamin D, hypophosphatemic rickets

Brief summary

Children and adults with XLH recruited will be treated with calcitriol alone (without phosphate supplementation) for one year, during which the calcitriol dose will be escalated during the first 3 months of therapy. The investigators hypothesize that treatment of adults and children with XLH alone will improve serum phosphate levels and skeletal mineralization without causing an increase in kidney calcifications. The study will also examine if calcitriol therapy will improve growth in children.

Interventions

DRUGCalcitriol

Adults and children (age 3-17) with X-linked hypophosphatemia will be treated with calcitriol therapy without phosphate supplementation. Doses of calcitriol will be escalated and optimized in the first three months of the study. Calcitriol is an oral medication taken once a day.

Sponsors

Massachusetts General Hospital
Lead SponsorOTHER
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
CollaboratorNIH

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

Adults or children (age 3-17) with X-linked hypophosphatemia (XLH) will be enrolled the study. All research subjects will be treated with optimized doses of calcitriol alone (without phosphate supplementation) for one year.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
3 Years to 70 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Clinical diagnosis of XLH with family history excluding male-to-male transmission, or positive genotype for PHEX mutation * Serum PTH levels less than 1.5x the upper limit of normal * Serum calcium levels less than 10.0 mg/dl * eGFR \>= 60 mL/min/1.73m2 * 25(OH) vitamin D level \>= 20 ng/dL

Exclusion criteria

* Known allergy to calcitriol * Pregnancy or breast feeding * Use of skeletally active agents such as bisphosphonates, teriparatide, SERMS, hormone replacement therapy and progesterone-only contraceptive agents (combination oral contraceptive use in premenopausal women is not an exclusion criterion). * Unwilling or unable to stop therapy with calcitriol and phosphate therapy for two weeks prior to study * Therapy with cinacalcet within the past two weeks * Current use of growth hormone therapy * Use of diuretics or medications that alter renal handling of mineral ions. * Use of glucocorticoids for more than 14 days in the past 12 months with the exception of inhaled agents. * History of malignancy except basal and squamous cell carcinoma of the skin. * Significant history of psychiatric disease per DSM-5. * Substance use disorder per DSM-5. * Significant cardiopulmonary disease (unstable CAD or stage D ACC/AHA heart failure). * Absence of laboratory values for serum calcium, phosphate and creatinine in the 24 months prior to enrollment.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Change in Serum Phosphate in Adults and Children With XLH Between Baseline and 12 Monthsbaseline and 12 monthsserum phosphate
Change From Baseline in TmP/GFR in Adults and Children With XLHbaseline and 12 monthsa measure of kidney resorption of phosphate
Rickets Score for Children With XLHbaseline and 12 monthsa score of rickets severity determined by reading x-rays of wrists and knees (10 point Thacher score with 0 being normal and 10 being severe)
Change From Baseline in Nephrocalcinosis Gradebaseline and 12 monthsdetermine if there is change in amount of calcifications in the kidneys: graded from grade 0 (normal) to grade IV (stone formation, solitary focus of echos at the tip of the renal pyramid)

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Growth in Children With XLHbaseline and 12 monthsZ-score of growth (this is full name of variable)- number represents standard deviation above or below the known mean of the general population at the corresponding age. Z score that is positive is above the mean, negative is below the mean.

Countries

United States

Contacts

PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOREva Liu, MD

Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital

Participant flow

Recruitment details

6 children with XLH were enrolled - Due to COVID and approval of burosumab, difficult to recruit children with XLH into trial 10 adults with XLH were enrolled

Baseline characteristics

Characteristic
Age, Continuous22.44 years
STANDARD_DEVIATION 12.31
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Hispanic or Latino
0 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Not Hispanic or Latino
6 Participants
Ethnicity (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
American Indian or Alaska Native
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Asian
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Black or African American
1 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
More than one race
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
Unknown or Not Reported
0 Participants
Race (NIH/OMB)
White
15 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Female
9 Participants
Sex: Female, Male
Male
2 Participants

Adverse events

Event typeEG000
affected / at risk
EG001
affected / at risk
deaths
Total, all-cause mortality
0 / 100 / 6
other
Total, other adverse events
2 / 105 / 6
serious
Total, serious adverse events
0 / 101 / 6

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: May 8, 2026