A Phase 2 Study of TCP-25 Gel in Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa, STEP-study
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In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: TCP-25 gel, Vehicle (placebo).
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB), Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa, Junctional Epidermolysis Bullosa. Basic parameters: from 4 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- France, Greece, Italy, Spain, Sweden
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Vehicle-controlled Phase 2 Study to Evaluate Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Topically Applied TCP-25 in Patients With Epidermolysis Bullosa
Overview
This is a Phase 2, double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled study designed to evaluate efficacy, safety, and tolerability of topically applied TCP-25 gel in patients with confirmed DEB or JEB. The study will implement intrasubject randomization, ie, a pair of matching index wounds will be randomly assigned to be treated with a local application of either TCP 25 gel or vehicle gel.
Detailed description
The study will include a Screening Period, a Treatment Period (Days 1 to 56, with study visits conducted every 2 weeks, including the baseline \[Day 1\], Day 14, Day 28, Day 42, and Day 56 visits) and a Safety Follow-up conducted via a telephone/video call at approximately 14 days after the last dose of the IMP. Patients will undergo efficacy, safety, tolerability, and PK assessments at scheduled visits. For evaluation of the primary efficacy endpoint, a trained clinician will take the images of the index wounds at all scheduled visits from baseline through Day 56 (Visit 6) using 3D digital photography and software for wound measurement.
Interventions
- Drug TCP-25 gel
Topical gel - Drug Vehicle (placebo)
Placebo gel
Primary outcome measures
- Open wound area [Time frame: 56 days]
Secondary outcome measures (8)
- Frequency, intensity, and seriousness of Adverse Events in all treated patients until end of treatment [Time frame: 56 days]
- Change in procedural pain using the Wong Baker FACES® Pain Rating Scale (0 min -10 max) [Time frame: 56 days]
- Change from baseline in clinical impression of overall treatment area [Time frame: 56 days]
- TCP-25 plasma concentrations [Time frame: 56 days]
- Number of participants with treatment-related local tolerability assessment at the area of IMP application assessed on a 4-point scale [Time frame: 56 days]
- Clinically significant changes from baseline in blood pressure until end of treatment [Time frame: 56 days]
- Number of patients with clinically significant changes from baseline in pulse rate until end of treatment [Time frame: 56 days]
- Number of patients with clinically significant changes from baseline in physical examination findings until end of treatment [Time frame: 56 days]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Male or female patients with documented diagnosis of DEB or JEB, confirmed by genetic testing and/or by a skin biopsy with immunofluorescence mapping.
- Patients ≥4 years old. Note: Initially, patients ≥12 years will be enrolled. Enrollment will be open to 4 to 11 year old pediatric patients (both inclusive), after a DMC reviews and provides a positive opinion regarding the safety and tolerability of the IMP in at least 3 patients 12 to 18 years old who have completed at least 4 weeks of IMP use.
Exclusion criteria
- The patient has any subtype of EB other than DEB or JEB.
- The patient is currently being treated or planned to be treated with systemic antibiotics.
Note: Use of preventive and/or anti-inflammatory antibiotic treatment, including doxycycline, on an established treatment regimen (stable dose for ≥6 weeks before the Baseline Visit) is permitted. Use of topical antibiotics on the index wounds within 7 days before the Baseline Visit is prohibited.
- Use of systemic corticosteroids \>0.2 mg/kg prednisone dose equivalent per day within 30 days or use of topical corticosteroids on index wounds within 7 days before the Screening Visit.
Note: Corticosteroids for inhalation, ophthalmic, or intranasal use are permitted.
- The patient has a history of or current malignancy over the index wound, eg, basal cell carcinoma or squamous cell carcinoma.
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Quadruple blind
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
Study locations
Spain · 3 centers
- San Joan de Deu, SJD Children's hospital Barcelona — Barcelona
- Hospital Clinic de Barcelona — Barcelona
- Hospital Univ La Paz — Madrid
Greece · 2 centers
- Andreas Syngros Hospital of Veneral & Dermatological Diseases — Athens
- Hospital Of Skin And Venereal Diseases of Thessaloniki — Thessaloniki
Sweden · 2 centers
- University hospital — Lund
- Akademiska sjukhuset — Uppsala
France · 1 center
- Hopital St Louis — Paris
Italy · 1 center
- IDI Istituto Dermopatico dell'Immacolata IRCCS — Rome
Publications
- Lundgren S, Wallblom K, Fisher J, Erdmann S, Schmidtchen A, Saleh K. Study protocol for a phase 1, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to investigate the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of ascending topical doses of TCP-25 applied to epidermal suction blister wounds in healthy male and female volunteers. BMJ Open. 2023 Feb 22;13(2):e064866. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064866 PMID 36813496
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06594393 · TCP25-002