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CompletedNCT04844840Updated Mar 19, 2024

A Study for Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Various Doses of STP705 in Reducing Keloid Recurrence

A Phase 2 interventional study of STP705 and Placebo in Keloid, sponsored by Sirnaomics. Completed at 3 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-19.

Sponsored by Sirnaomics · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was May 2023, 3 years 5 months ago, and no results have been posted to the registry.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
29
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, multiple arm, controlled study to evaluate safety \& efficacy of various doses of STP705 in reducing post Keloidectomy keloid recurrence.

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The objective of this study isto assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of various doses of STP705 and placebo via intradermal injection into the keloid excision site, to prevent the recurrence of keloids following their excision.

A total of up to 60 adult subjects will be enrolled. One eligible qualifying keloid will be excised. The subjects will be randomized to receive STP705, placebo or SOC alone (no injection) for treatment of the keloidectomy excision suture line.

To be eligible, keloid scar(s) must have been present for at least one year with a target keloid area on the trunk or extremity (non-peri-orbital/-anogenital/-scalp), measures ≥0.30cm2, and be suitable for surgical excision which will result in a single wound no greater than 7cm long.

The study is divided into 3 phase: screening phase (4 weeks), Treatment phase (up to 4 weeks +/- allowed windows), Follow up phase (up to 52 weeks +/- allowed windows).

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Conditions studied

  • Keloid

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In context

Keloid

138 studies on the registry are indexed under Keloid; 26 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 29 is close to the median of 30 across 109 interventional studies indexed under Keloid.

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Lead sponsor

Sirnaomics is the lead sponsor of 13 studies on the registry; 1 is open to participants now.

Of its 9 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 2 (22%) have results posted.

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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

  1. Male or female ≥18 years of age, inclusive having at least one keloid scar.
  2. Female subjects of must agree to the use of an effective method(s) of beginning at or before the screening visit until one month after administration of the final study dose. For the purposes of the protocol, highly effective method(s) of contraception will be defined as consistently and correctly used implants, injectables, combined oral contraceptives, sexual abstinence or a vasectomized partner.
  3. The keloid scar(s) must have been present for at least one year with a target keloid area on the trunk or extremity (non-peri-orbital/-anogenital/-facial/-scalp), measures ≥0.30cm2, and be suitable for surgical excision which will result in a single wound no greater than 7cm long.
  4. Able and willing to give written .
  5. Willing to comply with the follow up schedule for 12 months.
  6. Medically healthy with no medical history, physical examination, laboratory profiles, or vital sign abnormalities as deemed by the PI.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Prior treatment of the keloid scar in the previous 6 weeks.
  2. The keloid scar must not have undergone prior surgical excisions (laser, cryotherapy or surgery).
  3. The keloid scar must not have undergone prior radiation treatment.
  4. Pregnant, lactating, or planning to become pregnant during the course of the study.
  5. Advanced or poorly controlled diabetes.
  6. Active local infection at the treatment site and/or systemic infection that would in the opinion of the Investigator affect the treatment site.
  7. Any medical or surgical condition that will interfere with required study activities or assessments or that make the study treatments in the opinion of the study Investigator.
  8. Unwilling to refrain from use of any other scar treatment therapy/scar improving product, during the study.
  9. Regular, continuous use of systemic therapy or topical corticosteroid use in the area to be treated.
  10. Current participation or participation within the last 1 months in the study of an drug, device, or biologic.
  11. Unable or unwilling to follow post-operative instructions.
  12. Mentally or legally incapacitated or has significant emotional problems at the time of screening visit or expected during the conduct of the study.
  13. History or presence of or idiosyncratic reaction to the study drug or related compounds, or drug product .
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(9)

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Childbearing potential

Able to become pregnant: from the first period until menopause, unless permanently unable to through surgery (removal of the womb, or of both ovaries or both fallopian tubes).

Criteria for people of childbearing potential usually ask for a negative pregnancy test and for contraception during the study and for a time after it.

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.

Informed consent

Before you join, the study team explains what taking part involves — its purpose, what happens, the risks and possible benefits — and answers your questions, so you can decide freely. Consent is usually recorded on a form (the informed consent form, ICF) signed by you or, where the law allows, by someone legally authorised to decide for you.

You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

Corticosteroids (steroids)

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

Studies differ in what they allow: check which steroid medicines, routes (tablets, injections, creams, inhalers, eye drops) and doses this study accepts.

Investigational drug or device

A drug or device being studied in a clinical trial.

It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

Hypersensitivity

An allergy, or another reaction of the immune system, to a substance. “Hypersensitivity to the study drug” means a known allergic reaction to it — not every side effect a medicine can have.

Excipients

The other ingredients in a medicine besides the active drug, such as fillers, colours or preservatives.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1: STP705 10 μg dose

    STP705 at the assigned dose will be injected intradermal into the excised keloid site

    Drug: STP705

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2: STP705 20 μg dose

    STP705 at the assigned dose will be injected intradermal into the excised keloid site

    Drug: STP705

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3: STP705 30 μg dose

    STP705 at the assigned dose will be injected intradermal into the excised keloid site

    Drug: STP705

  • Experimental
    Cohort 4: STP705 40 μg dose

    STP705 at the assigned dose will be injected intradermal into the excised keloid site

    Drug: STP705

  • Placebo comparator
    Cohort 5: Placebo control

    Placebo (saline) will be injected intradermal into the excised keloid site

    Other: Placebo

  • No intervention
    Cohort 6: SOC alone

    SOC (no injection)

Interventions

  • DrugSTP705

    STP705 is composed of two siRNA oligonucleotides, targeting TGF-β1 and COX-2 mRNA, respectively

    Also known as: STP705 Powder for Injection

  • OtherPlacebo

    Saline

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Rate of Recurrence

    Rate of recurrence in subjects undergone surgery alone (with or without placebo) vs surgery and STP705

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change of Keloid volume/size

    Change in size of post excision keloid from baseline by volumetric measurements using quantitative imaging

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Change of Keloid size

    Change of Keloid scar appearance from baseline evaluated by caliper

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Change of Keloid scar appearance

    Change of Keloid scar appearance from baseline evaluated by POSAS

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. Change in DLQI score

    The Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) is a self-reported 10-item questionnaire assessing the impact of skin disease on the patient over the previous week. The items cover symptoms, treatment, activity limitations, and emotional reactions to having a skin disease. Nine items have four response options: "Not at all", "A little", "A lot", and "Very much", whereas item 7 first asks whether work or study has been prevented and then (if "No") to what degree the skin condition has been a problem at work/study ("A lot", "A little", or "Not at all"). Eight of the items also have a "Not relevant" option that is scored "0", indicating no problem. Individual item scores are summed to derive a total DLQI score that can range from 0 to 30, with higher scores indicating worse health- related quality of life (HRQL).

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. Change in mVSS score

    The modified Vancouver Scar Scale (mVSS) performs a comprehensive measurement rating characteristic of pigmentation, vascularity, pliability, and height. For each subject, a total Vancouver score was determined by summing the scores of the four individual parameters to generate a score ranging from 0 to 15 points, with higher scores indicating worse score severity.

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

3 sites
  • Investigate MD
    Scottsdale, Arizona 85255, United States
  • Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research
    Aventura, Florida 33180, United States
  • Schweiger Dermatology
    Hackensack, New Jersey 07601, United States
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Ran from Apr 2021 to primary completion in May 2023, 24 months.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Apr 8, 2021
First posted
Apr 14, 2021
StartActual
Apr 29, 2021
Primary completionActual
May 17, 2023
CompletionActual
May 17, 2023
Last update
Mar 19, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 19, 2024, 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
NCT04844840
Lead sponsor
Sirnaomics
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2021
Start date
Apr 29, 2021
Primary completion
May 17, 2023
Completion
May 17, 2023
Last update
Mar 19, 2024

Study contacts

Mark Nestor, MD
principal investigator · Center for Clinical and Cosmetic Research
David Goldberg, MD
principal investigator · Schweiger Dermatology Group
Brenda LaTowsky, MD
principal investigator · Investigate MD

Oversight

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