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Status unknownNCT03807362Updated Jul 7, 2020

CC-11050 Trial in Nepalese Patients With Erythema Nodosum Leprosum

A Phase 2 interventional study of CC-11050 in Erythema Nodosum Leprosum and Leprosy, sponsored by The Leprosy Mission Nepal. Status unknown at 2 sites in Nepal. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-07-07.

Sponsored by The Leprosy Mission Nepal · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Jul 2020), so the status shown — last known as Recruiting — may be out of date.

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 8 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2018, registered Sep 2018).
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
50
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This study will be a single center, Phase 2, open-label trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of 200mg CC-11050 administered twice daily taken with food for patients with moderate to severe ENL. The study will be performed in two steps: 1) to evaluate immediate effect in safety and efficacy of drug in 10 males with new or new recurrent episode ENL and, if found to be safe and effective by the DSMB and 2) if allowed by the DSMB, and approved by relevant study stakeholders, an additional 40 ENL patients will be enrolled for up to 52 weeks of treatment. A safety analysis will be conducted on all patients who have received at least one dose of study drug, and will include the frequency of all adverse events and laboratory abnormalities as well as frequency of dose interruptions, dose reductions and treatment discontinuation.

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Conditions studied

  • Erythema Nodosum Leprosum
  • Leprosy

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In context

Leprosy

52 studies on the registry are indexed under Leprosy; 13 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 50 is below the median of 70 across 41 interventional studies indexed under Leprosy.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with The Leprosy Mission Nepal as lead sponsor.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

Study participants must satisfy the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:

  1. Must be 18 -65 years old, weight > 35kg for women and >40kg for men at the time of signing the .
  2. Understand and voluntarily sign an informed consent document prior to any study related assessments/procedures are conducted.
  3. Have signs or symptoms of new or new episode ENL. In Step one, participants must be male. In Step 2, participants can be either male or female.
  4. Able to adhere to the study schedule and other protocol requirements.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

The presence of any of the following will exclude a participant from enrollment:

  1. Any significant medical condition, laboratory abnormality, or psychiatric illness that would prevent the participants from participating in the study.
  2. Patients on continuous rifampicin will be excluded, however, If rifampicin is given only once a month as part of a multi-drug regimen, a minimum of 2-week is required prior to administration of CC-11050
  3. Any condition including the presence of laboratory abnormalities, which places the participant at unacceptable risk if he were to participate in the study.
  4. Any condition that confounds the ability to interpret data from the study (ie, , chronic HepB, chronic HepC or TB patients under active treatment). Resolved TB patients will not be excluded from the study.
  5. Stable and well managed patients with Diabetes and hypertension will not be excluded from the study.
  6. Use of systemic or therapy within 7 days of study medication initiation
  7. Pregnant or nursing females.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(5)

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Washout period

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HIV

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Corticosteroids (steroids)

Anti-inflammatory medicines such as prednisone, prednisolone and dexamethasone — not the anabolic steroids used for muscle.

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Immunosuppression

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
50 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    CC-11050 treatment

    200mg CC-11050 will be administered twice daily as a pill taken with food (at breakfast and evening meal) for participants with moderate to severe ENL for 10 days, then up to 28 days (during Step 1) and then up to 1 year (during Step 2).

    Drug: CC-11050

Interventions

  • CC-11050 is a novel anti-inflammatory compound with potential to treat a variety of chronic inflammatory conditions.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL with severity changes as assessed by the ENL Severity Scale.

    Changes in ENL Severity Scale Score (Walker et al., PLoS Negl Trop Dis 11(7): e0005716, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0005716) as compared to baseline and any previous time points. Ten clinical categories contribute 0-3 points toward the total score of 0-30. An ENL patient with a total scale score of less than 9 is considered to have mild ENL, while scores \>9 are considered moderate to severe ENL. A minimum score of 9 is required to indicate sufficient ENL symptoms from which post-intervention reduction in score(s) can be determined meaningful improvement.

    Time frame: 10 days, 28 days and monthly up to 1 year of treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL with decreased duration of episode(s) as assessed by standard ENL episode definition.

    Changes in ENL episode duration(s) as compared to baseline and any previous time points. By definition, if ENL symptoms are separated by time and no need of treatment for \>28 days, they are considered separate episodes. Recurrence is anytime another episode occurs after \>28 days of no prior treatment or symptoms.

    Time frame: 10 days, 28 days, monthly up to 1 year of treatment and up to 1 year followup after treatment cessation.

  2. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL with decreased bacterial index (BI) as assessed by slit skin smear microscopy.

    Changes in slit skin smear microscopy BI as compared to baseline. BI can range from 0-6.

    Time frame: Enrolment and after 1 year treatment.

  3. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL with decreased bacterial index (BI) as assessed skin histopathology.

    Changes in skin histopathology bacterial index (BI) as compared to baseline. BI can range from 0-6.

    Time frame: Enrolment and after 1 year treatment.

  4. Number of patients with moderate to severe ENL with improved peripheral neuropathy as assessed by standardized monofilament and voluntary muscle tests.

    Changes in scores for peripheral neuropathy as indicated by monofilament and voluntary muscle tests compared from baseline and any previous time points. To check neuropathy, 7 motor function nerves and 6 sensory function nerves on each side of the body are assessed for a total 26 nerves. Each are assessed on 3 sites using a standard set of Semmes-Weinstein monofilaments. The 200mg filament and the 2g filament represent threshold for the hand and foot, respectively. The 0-5 Medical Research Council (MRC) scale is used for motor function assessment. Sensory scores \>3 and motor nerve scoring (MRC) \< 5 are regarded impaired (indicating neuropathy). More method specifics can be found here: van Veen N.H., et al., Corticosteroids for treating nerve damage in leprosy. Cochrane Database Syst Rev, 2007(2): p. CD005491.

    Time frame: enrolment, 10 days, 28 days, biweekly (as needed), up to 1 year treatment, up to 1 year followup after treatment cessation

  5. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL with improved quality of life as assessed by the World Health Organization Quality of Life tool.

    Changes in scores for the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment as compared to baseline and any previous time points. There are 26 questions in this questionnaire and each can be scored from 1 to 5 points. The highest possible score is 130 and lowest possible score is 26. A higher score denotes better quality of life.

    Time frame: Enrolment, 28 days, monthly up to 1 year of treatment and up to 1 year followup after treatment cessation.

  6. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL as assessed by standard blood panel and basic metabolic testing.

    Abnormalities or change in values in comparison to baseline and any previous time points.

    Time frame: Enrolment, day 10, day 17, day 28, monthly up to 1 year of treatment, and 1 month post-cessation of treatment.

  7. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL as assessed by urinalysis.

    Detection of albumin (qualitative) as compared to baseline and any previous time points. Urine albumin is related to ENL severity and kidney function test.

    Time frame: Enrolment, day 10, day 17, day 28, monthly up to 1 year of treatment, and 1 month post-cessation of treatment.

  8. Number of participants with moderate to severe ENL as assessed by serological indicators associated with ENL.

    Detection of rheumatoid arthritis factor (positive) and/or C-reactive protein (positive) as compared to baseline and any previous time points.

    Time frame: Enrolment, day 10, day 17, day 28, monthly up to 1 year of treatment, and 1 month post-cessation of treatment.

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Study locations

1 of 2 sites recruiting
  • The Leprosy Mission Nepal
    Kathmandu, Bagmati 44700, Nepal
    Not yet recruiting
  • Anandaban Hospital
    Lalitpur, Bagmati 44700, Nepal
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 7, 2020, 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
NCT03807362
Lead sponsor
The Leprosy Mission Nepal
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 16, 2019
Start date
Jan 7, 2018
Primary completion
Mar 30, 2021 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 7, 2020

Study contacts

Mahesh Shah, MD
Contact
drmahesh_shah@yahoo.com
+9779841203417
Indra B Napit, MD
Contact
indranapit@yahoo.com
Mahesh Shah, MD
principal investigator · The Leprosy Mission Nepal

Oversight

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