Recruiting
Phase 2
Phase 3

Alpelisib

Sponsor:

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Code:

NCT05948943

Conditions

Lymphatic Malformations

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Alpelisib

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

The main purpose of this study in participants with PIK3CA-mutated LyM is to assess the change in radiological response and symptom severity upon treatment with alpelisib film-coated tablets (FCT) as compared to placebo.

Conditions

Lymphatic Malformations

Study ID

NCT05948943

Start date

Nov 24, 2023

Status verified date

Aug, 2026

Completion date

May 2, 2033

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May 31, 2028

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Key inclusion criteria:

1. Signed informed consent and assent (when applicable) from the participant, parent, legal authorized representative or guardian.
2. Participant must be willing to remain at the clinical site as required by the protocol and be willing to adhere to study restrictions and examination schedules.
3. Participant has a physician confirmed and documented diagnosis of a symptomatic LyM at the time of informed consent (Note: the physician must confirm that the LyM cannot be included under the PROS diagnostic criteria).
4. Participant is not considered as a candidate for or is not willing to receive non-drug therapies including but not limited to sclerotherapy, embolization, and surgery until the completion of Week 24 in Stage 1 and 2.
5. Participant has evidence of a somatic mutation(s) in the PIK3CA gene prior to randomization.
6. Participant has at least one measurable LyM lesion confirmed by BIRC assessment prior to randomization.
7. Participants must be able to ingest study drug (either in tablet form or as a drinkable suspension \[Groups 1 to 4\] or granules or as an oral suspension \[Group 5\]) as assessed within 7 days before study treatment start. Drug administration via feeding tubes is allowed.

Key exclusion criteria:

1. Participant has a physician-confirmed and documented diagnosis of PROS at the time of informed consent.
2. Participant has a physician-confirmed and documented diagnosis of a Central Conducting Lymphatic Anomaly, General Lymphatic Anomaly, Gorham-Stout disease, Kaposiform lymphangiomatosis at the time of informed consent.
3. Participant has a known history of Stevens-Johnson syndrome, erythema multiforme, or toxic epidermal necrolysis at the time of informed consent.
4. Participant has an established diagnosis of type I diabetes mellitus or uncontrolled type II diabetes mellitus at the time of informed consent.
5. Participant had previous treatment with alpelisib and/or any other PI3K inhibitors with treatment duration longer than 2 weeks at the time of informed consent.

Other inclusion/exclusion criteria may apply

Study Design

Enrollment

232 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Sequential

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Adult participants, alpelisib dose 1 (Stage 1)

Adult participants (≥18 years of age) who will receive dose 1 of alpelisib an open-label fashion for at least 24 weeks unless they discontinue earlier (Stage 1)

experimental: Adult participants, alpelisib dose 2 (Stage 1)

Adult participants (≥18 years of age) who will receive dose 2 of alpelisib in an open-label fashion for at least 24 weeks unless they discontinue earlier (Stage 1).

experimental: Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age), alpelisib dose 2 (Stage 1)

Pediatric participants 6-17 years of age who will receive dose 2 of alpelisib in an open-label fashion for at least 24 weeks unless they discontinue earlier (Stage 1)

experimental: Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age), alpelisib dose 3 (Stage 1)

Pediatric participants 6-17 years of age who will receive dose 3 of alpelisib in an open-label fashion for at least 24 weeks unless they discontinue earlier (Stage 1).

experimental: Adult participants, alpelisib (Stage 2)

Adult participants (≥18 years of age) who will receive alpelisib at the dose selected for confirmatory phase in adult participants (Stage 2)

placebo comparator: Adult participants, placebo (Stage 2)

Adult participants (≥18 years of age) who will receive matching placebo

experimental: Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age), alpelisib (Stage 2)

Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age) who will receive alpelisib at the dose selected for confirmatory phase in pediatric participants (Stage 2)

placebo comparator: Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age), placebo (Stage 2)

Pediatric participants (6-17 years of age) who will receive matching placebo

experimental: Pediatric participants (0-5 years of age), alpelisib (Stage 2)

Pediatric participants of 0-5 years who will dose 3 of alpelisib in an open-label fashion for at least 24 weeks unless they discontinue earlier

Interventions

Alpelisib

In Stage 1: adult participants (≥18 years of age) will receive dose 1 or dose 2 of alpelisib; pediatric participants (6-17 years of age) will receive dose 2 or dose 3 of alpelisib.

In Stage 2: Adult participants will receive alpelisib at the dose selected for confirmatory phase in adult participants; pediatric participants (6-17 years of age) will will receive alpelisib at the dose selected for confirmatory phase in pediatric participants; and pediatric participants of 0-5 years of age will receive dose 3 of alpelisib

Placebo

In Stage 2, participants will receive matching placebo for 24 weeks of the study

Primary outcome measure

  • Stage 2:Radiological response rate at Week 24 of Stage 2 (adult and pediatric (6 - 17 years of age) participants) [ Time Frame: Baseline, Week 24 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

UCSF Benioff Children s Hospital

Recruiting

Oakland, California, United States, 94609

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Beth Apsel Winger

Childrens Hospital of Orange County

Recruiting

Orange, California, United States, 92868

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Maria Buethe

Lucile Packard Childrens Hosp

Recruiting

Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304

Contacts

Thomas Buschbacher

tbusch@stanford.edu

Principal Investigator:

Joyce Teng

Childrens National Medical Center

Recruiting

Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States, 20010-2970

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Yaser Diab

Nemours Childrens Clinic

Recruiting

Jacksonville, Florida, United States, 32207

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Anderson Collier

Childrens Hosp Boston Dept of Heme

Recruiting

Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Tishi Shah

WA Uni School Of Med

Recruiting

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

Contacts

Alison Barnwell

abarnwell@wustl.edu

Principal Investigator:

Bryan Sisk

UNC Chapel Hill

Recruiting

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, 27599

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Alexandra Borst

Cinn Children Hosp Medical Center

Recruiting

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229-3039

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Adrienne Hammill

Univ Hospital Of Cleveland

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44106

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Howard Wang

Cleveland Clinic Foundation

Recruiting

Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195

Contacts

Natalie Mau

maun4@ccf.org

Principal Investigator:

Michael Kelly

Nationwide Children s Hospital

Recruiting

Columbus, Ohio, United States, 43205

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Bhuvana Setty

Oregon Health Science University

Recruiting

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Melinda Wu

CHOP Abramson Pediatric Resch Ctr

Recruiting

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104

Contacts

Melissa Casey

CASEYMA@chop.edu

Principal Investigator:

Denise Adams

Childrens Hosp Pittsburgh UPMC

Recruiting

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15224

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Julia Segal

Baylor College Of Medicine

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Ionela Iacobas

U of TX Health Science Ct

Recruiting

Houston, Texas, United States, 77030

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Autumn Atkinson

Childrens Hospital and Regional Medical Center

Recruiting

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98105

Contacts

Principal Investigator:

Jonathan A Perkins

More Information

Sponsor

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Last update posted

Aug 18, 2026

Last verified

Aug, 2026

Keywords

  • Lymphatic malformations (LyM)
  • Cystic lymphangioma
  • Cystic hygroma
  • Lymphangioma circumscriptum
  • Cavernous lymphangioma
  • Lymphangioma
  • Macrocystic lymphatic malformation
  • Microcystic lymphatic malformationn
  • Alpelisib

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-08. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Novartis Pharmaceuticals on 2026-08-18.