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The Optimised Use of Romozosumab Study (OPTIMIST)

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University of Aarhus

Status and phase

Enrolling
Phase 4

Conditions

Osteoporosis

Treatments

Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Romosozumab

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT06059222
CT-2023-505940-20-00

Details and patient eligibility

About

OPTIMIST is a two-year, randomised, active controlled, open-label, multicentre intervention trial. OPTIMIST includes 3 treatment groups each comprising combinations of romosozumab (ROMO) and zoledronate (ZOL) treatment used in standard doses (210 mg monthly (sc) and 5 mg yearly (iv), respectively).

The study will investigate if it is possible to maximize the effect of romosozumab by giving it in 2 periods of 6 months interrupted by zoledronate for 12 months compared to romosozumab for 12 months uninterrupted followed by zoledronate for 12 months. The investigators will also evaluate if 6 months of romosozumab followed by 18 months of zoledronate is non-inferior to the standard regimen of romosozumab for 12 months followed by zoledronate for 12 months.

Full description

Recent clinical trials have demonstrated the benefit of bone anabolic treatment over no treatment or antiresorptive treatment in terms of increasing bone mineral density (BMD) and reducing fracture risk for patients with osteoporosis. However, the bone anabolic treatment is expensive and therefore restricted to a limited group of patients.

This study is based on the hypothesis that treatment with romosozumab for 6 months, zoledronate for 12 months, and romosozumab for 6 months results in larger gains in bone mineral density than treatment regimens based on romosozumab treatment for 6 or 12 months followed by zoledronate for a total of 24 months of treatment due to reappearance of the bone anabolic effect of romosozumab upon retreatment.

The OPTIMIST study is a two-year, randomised, active controlled, open-label, intervention trial. The study includes 270 postmenopausal women who will be randomised to 3 groups. Group 1 (n=90) will receive romosozumab for 12 months followed by zoledronate for 12 months. Group 2 (n=90) will receive romosozumab for 6 months followed by zoledronate for 12 months and romosozumab for 6 months. Group 3 (n=90 ) will receive romosozumab for 6 months followed by zoledronate for 18 months.

The investigational drugs in this study are romosozumab 210 mg/2,34 mL and zoledronate 5 mg/100 mL

This study will include 270 treatment naïve postmenopausal women. When inclusion and exclusion criteria have been reviewed, and the participant meets the requirements for study participation and continues to participate in the study, the patients will be randomized 1:1:1 Data will be registered in RedCAP (eCRF) and site monitoring assessed by the local Good Clinical Practice unit (GCP-unit).

The patients will be recruited from the outpatient clinics and the Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometry (DXA) units to which patients are referred from their general practitioner or fracture liaison services (FLS) at:

Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital Department of Endocrinology, Køge Hospital Department of Endocrinology, Hvidovre Hospital Department of Endocrinology, Bispebjerg Hospital

During the intervention phase, there will be obtained fasting blood test, high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT),Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT), DXA, Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) and biochemistry at different time stamps. From 105 patients there will be obtained bone marrow aspirates and performed jamshidi bone biopsies.

The study will therefore show if it would be possible to treat twice as many patients for the same prize but also if the treatment for 12 months can be optimized. The knowledge about the optimal use of romosozumab will be included in an update of osteoporosis treatment guidelines. This will lead to optimized treatment of patients with severe osteoporosis.

Enrollment

270 estimated patients

Sex

Female

Ages

50+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

  • Postmenopausal women (postmenopausal for at least two years)
  • BMD T-score < -2.5 at lumbar spine, total hip, or femoral neck
  • Osteoporotic fracture within the last 3 years at the spine, hip, pelvis, humerus or forearm after the age of 50 years.

Exclusion criteria

  • Osteoporosis treatment including hormone replacement therapy within the last 5 years
  • Metabolic bone disease
  • Known disorders affecting bone metabolism, e.g., uncontrolled thyrotoxicosis, liver dysfunction (baseline phosphatase higher than twice upper limit), rheumatism, severe COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), hypopituitarism, Cushing's disease
  • Ongoing treatment with glucocorticoids (systemic)
  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) < 35 mL/min
  • Contraindications for zoledronate according to the Supplementary protection certificates (SPC)
  • Contraindications for romosozumab according to the SPC
  • For the subgroup with Jamshidi biopsies contraindications for local anaesthetics according to the SPC
  • For the subgroup with Jamshidi biopsies contraindications for tetracycline or doxycykline according to the SPC

Trial design

Primary purpose

Treatment

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Parallel Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

270 participants in 3 patient groups

Group 1 - ROMO 12 months, ZOL 12 months
Active Comparator group
Description:
90 patients 12 months of romosozumab (ROMO) followed by 12 months of zoledronate (ZOL)
Treatment:
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Romosozumab
Group 2 - ROMO 6 months, ZOL 12 months, ROMO 6 months
Active Comparator group
Description:
90 patients 6 months of romosozumab followed by 12 months of zoledronate and lastly 6 months of romosozumab.
Treatment:
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Romosozumab
Group 3 - ROMO 6 months, ZOL 18 months
Active Comparator group
Description:
90 patients 6 months of romosozumab followed by 18 months of zoledronate .
Treatment:
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Zoledronate
Drug: Romosozumab
Drug: Romosozumab

Trial contacts and locations

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Central trial contact

Vivi Makinen, MD

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