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CompletedNCT02955615LUPIL-2Updated Mar 5, 2019

ILT-101 in Patients With Active Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

A Phase 2 interventional study of ILT-101 and Placebo in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, sponsored by Iltoo Pharma. Completed at 25 sites in 10 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-05.

Sponsored by Iltoo Pharma · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
100
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of ILT-101 (human recombinant interleukin 2 (IL-2)) in patients with moderate to severe systemic lupus erythematosus.

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Interleukin 2 (IL-2) plays an important role on immune homeostasis by acting on T lymphocytes. In systemic lupus erythematosus, there is a so called "insufficiency" in a subpopulation of T lymphocytes, the regulatory T cells (Tregs) leading to altered immune balance between regulatory and effector T cells. These cells seem to play a major role in the physiopathology of the disease. Many researches enlighten the fact that this Tregs/Teffs balance can be restored by administering low dose of IL-2. It is thus assumed that treatment with low dose of IL-2 may impact positively the progression of the disease and thus help patients improving their clinical outcomes.

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Conditions studied

  • Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
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In context

Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

1,207 studies on the registry are indexed under Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; 405 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 100 is above the median of 52 across 876 interventional studies indexed under Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Iltoo Pharma as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Confirmed diagnosis of SLE
  • Active SLE
  • On stable background therapy for 1 month
  • Using highly effective

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious organ failure (renal functional impairment, severe central nervous system manifestations, severe heart failure, liver failure)
  • Any clinical evidence of active chronic infection , ,
  • Clinical significant pleuritis or pericarditis
  • Type1 Diabetes and/or CROHN's disease
  • Use of Benlysta (belimumab) in the past 4 weeks
  • Use of Rituximab in the past 6 months
  • Vaccination with live attenuated virus in the last month
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(4)

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Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

Hepatitis C tests

Hepatitis C is a virus that infects the liver. An HCV antibody test can stay positive after an infection has cleared (and is occasionally positive without one); an HCV RNA test shows whether the virus is there now.

After treatment, hepatitis C counts as cured when HCV RNA is still undetectable 12 weeks or more after the treatment ended. Studies often accept people cured this way.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Investigator)
Enrollment
100 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    ILT-101

    Subcutaneous administrations for 3 to 6 months according to clinical responder status at week 12

    Drug: ILT-101

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo

    Subcutaneous administrations for 3 to 6 months according to clinical responder status at week 12

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • Induction phase followed by weekly administrations of ILT-101 on top of SLE background therapy. SLE background therapy includes ...

    Also known as: Low dose IL-2

  • DrugPlacebo

    Induction phase followed by weekly administrations of placebo on top of SLE background therapy. SLE background therapy includes ...

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. SRI-4 (SLE responder index)

    Number of participants with SRI-4

    Time frame: at week 12

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of adverse events

    Time frame: From baseline up to week 24 or 36

  2. Number of participants able to reduce oral steroid dose of 25 and 50%

    Time frame: From baseline to week 12 or 24

  3. Anti ds-DNA by immunology-based assay

    Change in anti-dsDNA as compared to baseline

    Time frame: From baseline to week 12 or 24

  4. %Tregs

    % change in Tregs as compared to baseline

    Time frame: From baseline to week 12 or 24

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Study locations

25 sites
  • AKH Wien
    Wien, 1090, Austria
  • University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment
    Plovdiv, Bulgaria
  • University Multiprofile Hospital
    Sofia, Bulgaria
  • Hopital Claude Huriez
    Lille, 59037, France
  • Hopital Européen
    Marseille, 13003, France
  • Hôpital Haut Lévèque
    Pessac, 33604, France
  • Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
    Berlin, 10117, Germany
  • Klinikum der Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
    Frankfurt am Main, 60528, Germany
  • University Clinic Leipzig AöR
    Leipzig, 04103, Germany
  • University Clinic Schleswig-Holstein
    Lübeck, 23562, Germany
  • Azienda Osp. Univ. Seconda Università di Napoli
    Napoli, Italy
  • Cap research
    Phoenix, Mauritius
  • Hospital AmeriMed Cons.
    Cancun, Mexico
  • Investigación y Biomedicina
    Chihuahua, Mexico
  • Clitider S.A. de C.V.
    Ciudad de Mexico, 06700, Mexico
  • Instituto de Investigaciones Aplicadas a la Neurociencia A.C.
    Durango, Mexico
  • Centro Integral en Reumatología S.A. de C.V.
    Guadalajara, Mexico
  • Hospital Prof. Doutor Fernando Fonseca
    Amadora, Portugal
  • Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa Ocidental
    Lisbon, Portugal
  • Neomed
    Braşov, Romania
  • Euroclinic Hospital
    Bucuresti, Romania
  • Sf. Maria Hospital
    Bucuresti, Romania
  • Hospital Vall D'Hebron
    Barcelona, 08035, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
    Madrid, 28041, Spain
  • Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe
    Valencia, Spain
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References and documents

Publications

  • Humrich JY, Cacoub P, Rosenzwajg M, Pitoiset F, Pham HP, Guidoux J, Leroux D, Vazquez T, Riemekasten G, Smolen JS, Tsokos G, Klatzmann D. Low-dose interleukin-2 therapy in active systemic lupus erythematosus (LUPIL-2): a multicentre, double-blind, randomised and placebo-controlled phase II trial. Ann Rheum Dis. 2022 Dec;81(12):1685-1694. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-222501. Epub 2022 Aug 16. PubMed 35973803 ↗

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 5, 2019, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT02955615
Lead sponsor
Iltoo Pharma
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Nov 4, 2016
Start date
Jan 18, 2017
Primary completion
Aug 27, 2018
Completion
Feb 11, 2019
Last update
Mar 5, 2019

Study contacts

David Klatzmann, MD, PhD
principal investigator · Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP)

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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