Conditions: Hyperparathyroidism, Primary Hypercalcemia
Keywords: Primary hyperparathyroidism Parathyroidectomy Hypercalcemia
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 67
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study is designed to demonstrate the efficacy and to assess the safety of cinacalcet for the reduction of hypercalcemia in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism for whom parathyroidectomy is indicated on the basis of an elevated corrected total serum calcium, but who are unable to undergo parathyroidectomy.

Detailed description:
The study will consist of a 30-day screening phase, a 12-week placebo-controlled dose-titration phase, and a 16-week placebo-controlled efficacy assessment phase (EAP). Participants who complete 28 weeks on study will continue into an open-label safety extension phase for 24 weeks of investigational cinacalcet treatment.

Arms:
arm 1: Participants received cinacalcet at a starting dose of 30 mg orally BID and were eligible for a dose titration once every 3 weeks during the 12-week dose-titration phase based on corrected total serum calcium concentration and safety assessments. Participants continued to receive cinacalcet for another 16 weeks during the efficacy assessment phase and then continued into the open-label extension phase and received cinacalcet at a starting dose of 30 mg BID for 24 weeks. The dose of cinacalcet could have been increased or decreased as needed to maintain a corrected total serum calcium concentration within the normal range through Week 52. arm 2: Participants received placebo orally twice a day (BID) for 12 weeks during the dose titration phase and for another 16 weeks during the efficacy assessment phase. Participants then continued into the open-label extension phase and received cinacalcet at a starting dose of 30 mg BID for 24 weeks. The dose of cinacalcet could have been increased or decreased as needed to maintain a corrected total serum calcium concentration within the normal range through Week 52.

Interventions: intervention 1: Cinacalcet intervention 2: Placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Administered orally at a starting dose of 30 mg twice a day (BID). Participants will be eligible for a dose titration once every 3 weeks during the placebo-controlled dose titration phase based on corrected total serum calcium concentration and safety assessments obtained the previous week. Doses may be sequentially increased to 60 mg BID, 90 mg BID, and 90 mg 3 times a day (TID). intervention 2: Administered orally following the same tiitration regimen as the experimental arm.

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