Safety and Efficiency of Denosumab in Pediatric Subjects With Glucocorticoid-induced Osteoporosis

To evaluate the effect of denosumab on lumbar spine bone mineral density (BMD) Z-score as assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) at 12 months in children 5 to 17 year of age with Glucocorticoid (GC)-induced osteoporosis (GiOP).


Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:

* Male or female subjects, age 5 to 17 years, inclusive, at the time of informed consent.
* Clinical diagnosis of GiOP as defined by the following (and consistent with the International Society for Clinical Densitometry definition of osteoporosis in children and adolescents \[Bishop et al, 2014\])
* A confirmed diagnosis of non-malignant condition(s) requiring treatment with systemic GC (including, but not limited to, chronic rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, respiratory, and/or nephrological conditions)
* Subjects who are on systemic GC only as replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency are not eligible for the study - Treatment with systemic GC (intravenous or oral) of any duration for the underlying non-malignant condition(s) within the 12 months prior to screening
* Evidence of at least 1 vertebral compression fracture of Genant grade 1 or higher, as assessed by the central imaging vendor on lateral spine X-rays performed at screening or within 2 months prior to screening; OR, in the absence of vertebral compression fractures, presence of both clinically significant fracture history (ie, ≥ 2 long-bone fractures by age 10 years or ≥ 3 long-bone fractures at any age up to 17 years) and lumbar spine BMD Z-score ≤ -2.0, as assessed by the central imaging vendor.

  • Subject's legally acceptable representative has provided informed consent when the subject is legally too young to provide informed consent and the subject has provided assent based on local regulations and/or guidelines prior to any study-specific activities/procedures being initiated
* A confirmed diagnosis of non-malignant condition(s) requiring treatment with systemic GC (including, but not limited to, chronic rheumatologic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, respiratory, and/or nephrological conditions)
* Subjects who are on systemic GC only as replacement therapy for adrenal insufficiency are not eligible for the study
* Treatment with systemic GC (intravenous or oral) of any duration for the underlying non malignant condition(s) within the 12 months prior to screening
* Prepubertal children should be expected to require significant GC use during the study, per investigator opinion

Exclusion criteria will include the following:

* Current hyperthyroidism (unless well controlled on stable antithyroid therapy)
* Current clinical hypothyroidism (unless well controlled on stable thyroid replacement therapy)
* History of hyperparathyroidism
* Current hypoparathyroidism
* Duchenne muscular dystrophy with symptomatic cardiac abnormality
* Current malabsorption
* Active infection or history of infections
* History of malignancy

  * Any causes of primary or secondary osteoporosis (other than GC use), or previous exposure to non-GC medications, which the investigator considers to have been a major factor contributing to the patient's fracture(s)
  * Current adrenal insufficiency as the sole indication for GC therapy
  * Duchenne muscular dystrophy with symptomatic cardiac abnormality
  * Current malabsorption (in children with serum albumin -lower limit of normal \[LLN\], malabsorption should be clinically ruled out by the investigator to confirm eligibility)
  * Known intolerance to calcium or vitamin D supplements
  * Active infection or history of infections, defined as follows:
* Any active infection for which systemic anti-infectives were used within 4 weeks prior to screening
* Serious infection, defined as requiring hospitalization or intravenous anti infectives within 8 weeks prior to screening
* Recurrent or chronic infection or other active infection that, in the opinion of the investigator, might compromise the safety of the subject