a phase 3 study to compare biosimilar denosumab with prolia®

Conditions: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis

Summary: this is a phase 3 randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, active-controlled study to compare the efficacy, safety, pharmacodynamics, pharmacokinetics, and immunogenicity of enzene denosumab (enz215) and prolia® in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis


Eligibility criteria:
inclusion criteria: 1. willing to provide voluntary written informed consent and able to comply with the protocol requirements 2. postmenopausal women aged ≥ 55 and ≤ 85 years 3. body weight ≥ 50 kg and ≤ 90 kg 4. diagnosed with osteoporosis, with absolute bmd at the lumbar spine (l1-l4 region) as measured by dual-energy x ray absorptiometry (dxa) at screening 5. at least 5 years of postmenopausal status confirmed by follicle-stimulating hormone (fsh) levels at screening 6. at least one hip joint and two vertebrae in l1-l4 region evaluable by dxa 7. no other clinically significant medical history, vital signs, physical examination, laboratory profiles as deemed by the investigator or designee exclusion criteria: 1. known hypersensitivity to denosumab or any of the excipients of the study drug 2. known intolerance to, or malabsorption of calcium or vitamin d supplements 3. previous exposure to prolia® or any other denosumab biosimilar 4. previous use of oral bisphosphonates 5. use of intravenous bisphosphonates within the past 5 years prior to screening 6. use of parathyroid hormone or its derivatives, systemic hormone replacement therapy, selective estrogen-receptor modulators, or tibolone or calcitonin within 12 months prior to enrollment 7. any prior use of fluoride or strontium 8. systemic glucocorticoids (≥ 5 mg prednisone equivalent per day or cumulative dose ≥ 50 mg) for more than 10 days within 3 months prior to enrollment (topical and inhaled corticosteroids are allowed) 9. other bone active drugs (i.e. drugs affecting bone metabolism) including heparin, anti-epileptics (except for benzodiazepines and pregabalin), systemic ketoconazole, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (acth), lithium, protease inhibitors, gonadotropin-releasing hormone (gnrh) agonists, or anabolic steroids within the past 3 months prior to screening 10. known sensitivity to drug products derived from mammalian cell lines 11. history of one severe or more than two moderate vertebral fractures per genant classification as determined by the central reading center 12. history of hip fracture or bilateral hip replacement 13. total hip or femoral neck t-score \<-4.0 14. history and/or presence of atypical femoral fracture 15. presence of any active healing fracture according to the investigator's assessment 16. history of any transplant or chronic immunosuppression (including patients on immunosuppressive therapy) 17. severe liver dysfunction 18. positive testing for hepatitis b (hepatitis b virus surface antigen \[hbsag\]) or hepatitis c (hepatitis c virus antibody \[hcv ab\]) virology 19. known history of human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection or positive serology for hiv at screening 20. significantly impaired renal function or receiving dialysis 21. oral or dental conditions 22. major surgery within 8 weeks prior to screening or anticipated major surgery during the study 23. clinically significant leukopenia, neutropenia, or anemia as determined by the investigator or any other clinically significant medical condition or laboratory abnormality that, in the opinion of the investigator, would pose a risk to patient safety or interfere with adherence to study procedures, study completion, or the interpretation of study results 24. patient with an active infection or history of infection 25. suspected signs and symptoms of covid-19/confirmed covid-19 or with recent history of travel/contact (less than 2 weeks from screening) with any covid-19 positive patient/isolation/quarantine