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Neurofibromatosis Type 1NCT05388370

PASS of Paediatric Patients Initiating Selumetinib

An observational study of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, run by AstraZeneca at 46 sites in 10 countries.

Active, not recruiting

Under way, not looking for participants. Everyone needed has enrolled. The study is still running.

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Trial summary

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is caused by germline mutations in the NF1 tumour suppressor gene, which encodes the tumour suppressor protein neurofibromin 1. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 3 to 17 years
Conditions the study is for
Neurofibromatosis Type 1
How many people
124 participants
Where
46 sitesin 10 countries
Study dates
23 May 2022to 23 May 2028
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 3 to 17 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child

Study population: The target population for this study are patients with NF1 with symptomatic, inoperable PN who have been prescribed at least 1 dose of selumetinib and who are aged 3 to < 18 years at the start of selumetinib treatment, except for those patients receiving treatment with a mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor before the index date.

Who may be able to join

  • Have been diagnosed with NF1 with symptomatic, inoperable PN
  • Have initial treatment with selumetinib up to 6 months (i.e.182 days)prior to enrolment into the study (i.e. signature of the ICF)
  • Are aged 3 years and above, and are < 18 years of age on the index date
  • Parent or legal guardian, as required by country-specific regulation, have provided informed consent (unless a country-specific waiver is obtained) Additional Criteria for Nested Prospective Cohort
  • Are at least 8 years old and
  • Are prior to attainment of Tanner Stage V on the index date

Who cannot join

  • Have received treatment with a mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor before the index date
  • Are participating in an interventional study at index date

Trial locations and contacts

46 sites in 10 countries.

46 sites in 10 countries

France13 sites
  • Research Site

    Amiens

  • Research Site

    Angers

  • Research Site

    Bordeaux

  • Research Site

    Lille

  • Research Site

    Lyon

  • Research Site

    Marseille

  • Research Site

    Paris

  • Research Site

    Rennes

  • Research Site

    Strasbourg

  • Research Site

    Toulouse

  • Research Site

    Tours

  • Research Site

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy

  • Research Site

    Villejuif

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Italy8 sites
  • Research Site

    Florence

  • Research Site

    Genova

  • Research Site

    Milan

  • Research Site

    Padova

  • Research Site

    Pavia

  • Research Site

    Roma

  • Research Site

    Torino

  • Research Site

    Trieste

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Germany6 sites
  • Research Site

    Dresden

  • Research Site

    Duisburg

  • Research Site

    Hamburg

  • Research Site

    Hanover

  • Research Site

    München

  • Research Site

    Tübingen

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Spain5 sites
  • Research Site

    Barcelona

  • Research Site

    Madrid

  • Research Site

    Málaga

  • Research Site

    Santiago de Compostela

  • Research Site

    Seville

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Switzerland4 sites
  • Research Site

    Basel

  • Research Site

    Bern

  • Research Site

    Lausanne

  • Research Site

    Sankt Gallen

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Israel3 sites
  • Research Site

    Petah Tikva

  • Research Site

    Ramat Gan

  • Research Site

    Tel Aviv

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United Kingdom3 sites
  • Research Site

    London

  • Research Site

    Manchester

  • Research Site

    Newcastle upon Tyne

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Portugal2 sites
  • Research Site

    Lisbon

  • Research Site

    Porto

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Austria1 site
  • Research Site

    Vienna

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Netherlands1 site
  • Research Site

    Rotterdam

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About this study

Official title: Post-Authorisation Safety Study of Paediatric Patients Initiating Selumetinib: A Multiple-Country Prospective Cohort Study.

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is caused by germline mutations in the NF1 tumour suppressor gene, which encodes the tumour suppressor protein neurofibromin 1. Plexiform neurofibromas (PN) are histologically benign nerve sheath tumours, which typically grow along large nerves and plexi.

On 5 March 2020, a centralised Marketing Authorisation Application was submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Marketing Authorisation in EU was granted on 17 Jun 2021.

Read more

As part of the approval process, a Risk Management Plan (RMP) was developed and submitted to the EMA to summarise the safety concerns emerging from the clinical development program. The RMP included additional pharmacovigilance plans for a noninterventional Post-authorisation Safety Study (PASS) to further characterise the safety of selumetinib in paediatric patients with NF1-related PN in routine clinical practice.

The planned non-interventional PASS will address gaps in knowledge identified by the RMP, including the important identified risk and some of the potential risks and missing information on long-term developmental toxicity in children, by characterising the safety profile associated with selumetinib use among paediatric patients (age d 8 to < 18 years old) with a diagnosis of NF1 with symptomatic, inoperable PN.

This study is a specific obligation in the context of a conditional marketing authorisation for selumetinib (ie, Category 2 PASS). Study results will contribute to updating the safety profile of selumetinib in a relatively large population of patients with different personal characteristics across multiple health care systems and patterns of real-world clinical practice in European countries and Israel.

The study will enrol 2 cohorts:

  1. The Base Cohort includes all enrolled patients aged 3 to < 18 years.
  2. The Nested Prospective Cohort will include the subset of Base Cohort patients aged 8 to < 18 years who have not reached Tanner Stage V on the index date.
Read the detailed description

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a rare, autosomal dominant genetic disorder that is caused by germline mutations in the NF1 tumour suppressor gene, which encodes the tumour suppressor protein neurofibromin 1. Plexiform neurofibromas (PN) are histologically benign nerve sheath tumours, which typically grow along large nerves and plexi.

On 5 March 2020, a centralized Marketing Authorisation Application was submitted to the European Medicines Agency (EMA), Marketing Authorization in EU was granted on 17 Jun 2021.

As part of the approval process, a Risk Management Plan (RMP) was developed and submitted to the EMA to summarise the safety concerns emerging from the clinical development program. The RMP included additional pharmacovigilance plans for a non-interventional Post-authorisation Safety Study (PASS) to further characterise the safety of selumetinib in paediatric patients with NF1-related PN in routine clinical practice.

The RMP version 1.0 (succession 4) approved by EMA on 22 April 2021 had 1 important identified risk with selumetinib treatment:

-LVEF reduction

The RMP also identified 5 important potential risks with selumetinib treatment:

  • Physeal dysplasia
  • Ocular toxicity
  • Myopathy
  • Hepatotoxicity
  • Choking on the capsule Long-term exposure (including long-term safety data on developmental toxicity in children) was identified in the RMP as an area of missing information.

The planned non-interventional PASS will address gaps in knowledge identified by the RMP, including the important identified risk and some of the potential risks and missing information on long-term developmental toxicity in children, by characterising the safety profile associated with selumetinib use among paediatric patients (aged d 8 to < 18 years old) with a diagnosis of NF1 with symptomatic, inoperable PN.

This study is a specific obligation in the context of a conditional marketing authorisation for selumetinib (ie, Category 2 PASS). Study results will contribute to updating the safety profile of selumetinib in a relatively large population of patients with different personal characteristics across multiple health care systems and patterns of real-world clinical practice in up to 52 specialist clinics for the treatment of pediatric patients with NF1 across up to 12 European countries and in Israel.

The primary objective of this study is:

  • To characterise the safety of selumetinib, including up to 6 years of long-term safety, in paediatric patients with NF1-related symptomatic, inoperable PN, 8 to < 18 years old who have not reached Tanner Stage V at the start of selumetinib treatment (Nested Prospective Cohort).

The secondary objective of this study is:

  • To describe the demographic and clinical profile of the paediatric population 3 to < 18 years old with NF1-related symptomatic inoperable PN who start selumetinib in routine clinical practice (Base Cohort).

The study observation period was anticipated to begin in Q2 of 2022, with some variation by country (actual start date was 23 May 2022). Patients will be enrolled after selumetinib access is commercially available and patients are able to receive the medicine as part of local clinical practice.

The target population for this study are patients with NF1 in the EU with symptomatic, inoperable PN who have been prescribed at least 1 dose of selumetinib and who are aged 3 to < 18 years at the start of selumetinib treatment, except for those patients receiving treatment with a mitogen-activated protein kinase inhibitor before the index date.

The study will enrol 2 cohorts:

  1. The Base Cohort includes all enrolled patients aged 3 to < 18 years.
  2. The Nested Prospective Cohort will include the subset of Base Cohort patients aged 8 to < 18 years who have not reached Tanner Stage V on the index date.

Patient screening will be conducted throughout the enrolment period and baseline data for all patients will be abstracted from medical records. Those meeting the criteria for enrolment in the Nested Prospective Cohort will be followed up during their routine standard of care visits with the treating clinician (expected to occur every 6 to 12 months) for up to 6 years.

Medical subject headings
Neurofibromatosis 1

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

Study groups in NCT05388370
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Base CohortThe Base Cohort includes all enrolled patients aged 3 to < 18 years.
Nested Prospective CohortThe Nested Prospective Cohort will include the subset of Base Cohort patients aged 8 to < 18 years who have not reached Tanner Stage V on the index date

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. LVEF reduction

    LVEF reduction will be detected as present or absent and when present if symptomatic or asymptomatic. All cardiac tests conducted will be collected Measured on routine echocardiogram or a cardiac MRI (CT, angiography, etc.) and then collected into the study from the medical records.

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months

  2. Occurrence of Physeal dysplasia after treatment start

    Physeal dysplasia will be detected as present or absent based on the physician reading of: MRI: Knee (preferred) or wrist X-ray: Knee (preferred) and/or wrist to assess growth plate Height and weight records

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months

  3. Rise of serum creatine phosphokinase levels AND concurrent musculoskeletal symptoms

    A clinically meaningful rise in serum creatine phosphokinase (eg, above the normal limit or increase by 1 or more CTCAE grade shift) combined with musculoskeletal symptoms will be detected as present or absent based on the physician's reading, as a marker of potential myopathy

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months, up to 6 years

  4. Rise in transaminase (ALT and AST) and concurrent rise in bilirubin

    A clinically meaningful rise in the measured levels (eg, above the normal limit or increase by 1 or more CTCAE grade shift) will be detected as present or absent, and when present if symptomatic or asymptomatic, as a marker of potential hepatotoxicity

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months, up to 6 years

  5. Cumulative incidence of ocular toxicity

    An abnormal ocular examination will be detected as present or absent based on the physician's reading, as a marker of potential ocular toxicity

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months

  6. Cumulative incidence of Abnormal pubertal development

    Tanner stage criteria (Stages I-V). Abnormal pubertal development will require interpretation by the Investigator with respect to Tanner Stage in the context of the patient's age; recorded as normal or abnormal (if abnormal, further specified as delayed puberty or precocious puberty)

    Measured: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. baseline data - demographics

    Demographics: Age

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  2. baseline data - demographics

    sex

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  3. baseline data - demographics

    height (cm)

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  4. baseline data - demographics

    weight (kg)

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  5. baseline data - demographics

    Tanner staging level

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  6. baseline data - demographics

    Ethnicity (where allowed by GDPR/privacy laws)

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  7. Baseline data - Clinical characteristics

    PN(s) (number, location, classification and morbidities)

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  8. Baseline data - Clinical characteristics

    prior medication and relevant procedures, concomitant medications

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

  9. Baseline data - Clinical characteristics

    date of initial NF1 and PN diagnosis, NF1 origin (familial or spontaneous), and any genetic testing results

    Measured: At baseline - most recent assessments made within 365 days before the index date

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted24 May 2022
  2. Study start23 May 2022
  3. Primary completion23 May 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion23 May 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
124 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT05388370
Sponsor's protocol ID
D1346R00004
Status last verified
Aug 2026
First submitted
12 Apr 2022
Last updated
24 Aug 2026
Results posted
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
Yes: The study protocol, study progress reports, and final study report will be included in regulatory communications in line with the RMP, PSUR, and other regulatory reporting requirements. Study reports will be prepared using a template following the GVP Module VIII Section B.6.3.

Publications

  • EMA2017b EMA. Guideline on good pharmacovigilance practices (GVP). Module VIII - Post-authorisation safety studies (EMA/813938/2011 Rev 3). European Medicines Agency; 09 October 2017b. Available at: https://www.ema.europa.eu/documents/scientificguideline/ guideline-good-pharmacovigilance-practices-gvp-

  • International Committee Of Medical Journal Editors. [Recommendations for the conduct, reporting, editing and publication of scholarly work in medical journals (revised in January 2024): a Korean translation]. Ewha Med J. 2024 Oct;47(4):e48. doi: 10.12771/emj.2024.e48. Epub 2024 Oct 31. No abstract available. Korean.

    PubMed 40704003
  • ISPE. Guidelines for good pharmacoepidemiology practices (GPP). Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2008 Feb;17(2):200-8. doi: 10.1002/pds.1471. No abstract available.

    PubMed 17868186
  • KOSELUGO (selumetinib) KOSELUGO (selumetinib) capsules, for oral use, initial US Approval: 2020. Distributed by: AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP, Wilmington, DE 19850. USPI revised April 2020, Reference ID 4590044.

  • von Elm E, Altman DG, Egger M, Pocock SJ, Gotzsche PC, Vandenbroucke JP; STROBE Initiative. The Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) statement: guidelines for reporting observational studies. Lancet. 2007 Oct 20;370(9596):1453-7. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)61602-X.

    PubMed 18064739

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Neurofibromatosis Type 1, run by AstraZeneca at 46 sites in 10 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 6 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 24 Aug 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 46 sites in France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and 5 more countries. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

LVEF reduction (time frame: at routine clinical care throughout the follow up, with frequency of 6 to 12 months). The study lists 6 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT05388370, which also lists 5 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 24 Aug 2026.

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