Recruiting

Elamipretide

Sponsor:

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.

Code:

NCT07531251

Conditions

Barth Syndrome

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 5 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Elamipretide

Placebo

Study Details

Brief summary:

Phase 3b/4, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled clinical trial to evaluate the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetics of a once daily SC injection of elamipretide in subjects with genetically confirmed BTHS for 72 weeks. The primary trial objective is to confirm the efficacy of elamipretide which is approved in the United States(FORZINITY™) under the accelerated approval based on an improvement in knee extensor muscle strength, an intermediate clinical endpoint.

Conditions

Barth Syndrome

Study ID

NCT07531251

Start date

Jul 2, 2026

Status verified date

Sep, 2026

Completion date

Nov 30, 2029

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Sep 30, 2029

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: Male

Age: 5 - 55

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Willing and able to provide signed informed consent form (ICF) prior to participation in any trial-related procedures. If applicable, informed consent in writing from parent(s) or legally-acceptable representative(s) and, informed assent from subject (if age appropriate according to local requirements) should be provided.
2. Agrees to adhere to the trial requirements for the length of the trial.
3. Must have genetically confirmed Barth Syndrome (pathogenic variant in the TAZ gene)
4. Male aged ≥ 5 years at time of the Screening Visit
5. Left Ventricular Ejection fraction of ≥ 50% by 3-D Echocardiogram at the Screening Visit.
6. For subjects with a medical history of cardiomyopathy, must be on a stable regimen (unchanged and constant) of background heart failure medications for at least 3 months prior to the Screening Visit.
7. Able to administer Investigational Medicinal Product (IMP) or have an appropriate designee who can administer the IMP (i.e., a capable family member or a caregiver).
8. Subjects with female partners of childbearing potential must be willing to use a highly effective method of contraception (e.g., abstinence, dual method of contraception) from the date they sign the ICF until 28 days after the last dose of IMP.

Key Exclusion Criteria:

1. Unable to perform the required functional tests or undergo echocardiography.
2. History of solid organ transplant, except successful cardiac transplantation > 12 months prior to screening, if, in the opinion of the Investigator, there is no evidence of organ rejection and post-transplant pharmacotherapy, is stable, and does not pose additional safety risk to participant.
3. Patients with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) and with a known occurrence of ICD discharge in the 3 months prior to the Screening Visit.
4. Current placement on the waiting list for heart transplantation.
5. Hospitalization for heart failure within 6 months prior to the Screening Visit.
6. Any disease or medical condition that in the opinion of the Investigator would prevent the subject from successfully participating in the trial and reliably completing the assessments or might confound trial results.
7. Has a history of a systemic eosinophilic illness
8. Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (eGFR) of < 30 mL/min at the Screening Visit (using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration (CKD-EPI) 2021 formula for subjects >16 years of age and the Schwartz 2009 formula for subjects 5-16 years of age).
9. Active malignancy or any other cancer from which the subject has been cancer-free for < 2 years. Localized squamous or non-invasive basal cell skin carcinomas are allowed, if appropriately treated prior to Screening.
10. Participation in other investigational drug or device clinical trials within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) of Screening; or is currently enrolled in a non-interventional clinical trial that, in the opinion of the Investigator, may be potentially confounding to the results of the current trial.
11. History of allergic reaction to the IMP or any of its components.
12. Prior participation in any elamipretide trial or expanded access programs.

Study Design

Enrollment

48 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Treatment

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

active comparator: Elamipretide

Elamipretide - aqueous, sterile 5.0 mL single-patient, ready to use, multi-dose glass vial containing 3.5 mL of elamipretide solution (elamipretide \[80 mg/mL\],

placebo comparator: Placebo

Matching Placebo-aqueous, sterile 5.0 mL single-patient, ready to use, multi-dose glass vial containing will be composed of 3.5mL of sodium chloride, phosphate buffer, and benzyl alcohol similar to excipients in active drug but without the active drug substance

Interventions

Elamipretide

sub cutaneous injection

Placebo

sub cutaneous injection

Primary outcome measure

  • Primary Efficacy End Point [ Time Frame: 72 weeks ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

Metabolics and Genetics in Canada (MAGIC)

Recruiting

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc.

Last update posted

Sep 17, 2026

Last verified

Sep, 2026

Keywords

  • BTHS
  • Ultra Rare X-Linked Mitochondrial Disorder
  • Genetic Defect in TAZ Gene

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-18. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Stealth BioTherapeutics Inc. on 2026-09-17.