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CompletedNCT04985955Updated Feb 3, 2025

A Study Validating the Use of Candin as a Challenge Agent in Healthy Participants - Intervention Specific Appendix 3

A Phase 1 interventional study of Tofacitinib in Healthy, sponsored by Janssen Research & Development, LLC. Completed at 1 site in Belgium. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 55 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-02-03.

Sponsored by Janssen Research & Development, LLC · Phase 1, Interventional, and Basic science

Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
12
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 55 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of this study is to characterize the delayed-type hypersensitivity (DTH) response at the site of Candin intradermal injection in the presence of a targeted immune pathway inhibitor.

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Conditions studied

  • Healthy
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In context

Lead sponsor

Janssen Research & Development, LLC is the lead sponsor of 912 studies on the registry; 76 are open to participants now.

Of its 278 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 131 (47%) have results posted.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 55 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Have a body mass index (BMI) between 18 and 30 kilograms per meter square (kg/m\^2) (BMI = weight/height\^2), inclusive, and a body weight of no less than 50 kilograms (kg)
  • Healthy on the basis of physical examination, medical history, and vital signs performed at screening. Any abnormalities, must be considered not clinically significant and this determination must be recorded in the participant's source documents and initialed by the investigator
  • Healthy on the basis of clinical laboratory tests performed at screening. If the results of the serum chemistry panel, hematology, or urinalysis are outside the normal reference ranges, the participant may be included only if the investigator judges the abnormalities or deviations from normal to be not clinically significant or to be appropriate and reasonable for the population under study. This determination must be recorded in the participant's source documents and initialed by the investigator
  • Must sign an informed consent forms (ICFs) indicating that he or she understands the purpose of, and procedures required for, the study and is willing to participate in the study
  • A woman must agree not to donate eggs (ova, oocytes) or freeze for future use for the purposes of assisted reproduction during the study and for a period of 30 days after the last dose of study intervention

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History of liver or renal insufficiency, significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurologic, hematologic, rheumatologic, psychiatric, or metabolic, or mucocutaneous disturbances
  • History of any type of immunodeficiency or autoimmune disease or disease treatment associated with immune suppression or lymphopenia. These include but are not limited to bone marrow or organ transplantation, lymphoproliferative disorders, T- or B-cell deficiency syndromes, splenectomy, functional asplenia and chronic granulomatous disease
  • Any condition for which, in the opinion of the investigator, participation would not be in the best interest of the participant (for example, compromise the well-being) or that could prevent, limit, or confound the protocol-specified assessments
  • Has experienced a recent single dermatomal herpes zoster eruption within the past 6 months or has had multi-dermatomal herpes zoster or central nervous system zoster within the past 5 years
  • Has surgery planned within 30 days after study intervention administration
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Basic science
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
12 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Candin + Tofacitinib

    Participants will receive a single dose of Candin injection on forearm of 1 arm along with a saline solution injection of 0.9 percent (%) sodium chloride (NaCl) on the opposite forearm on Day 3 and oral dose of tofacitinib for 5 days.

    Drug: Tofacitinib

  • No intervention
    Candin Challenge

    All participants will receive a single dose of Candin injection on forearm of 1 arm along with a saline solution injection of 0.9% NaCl on the opposite forearm on Day 3.

Interventions

  • DrugTofacitinib

    Tofacitinib tablet will be administered orally.

    Also known as: Xeljanz

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Presence and Size of Induration in Active Versus Control at the Candin Injection Site Compared to the Intra-individual Saline Control Injection Site Approximately 48 Hours After Candin Challenge

    Number of participants with presence and size of induration in active versus control at the Candin injection site compared to the intra-individual saline control injection site approximately 48 hours after Candin challenge will be reported.

    Time frame: Day 5

Secondary outcomes

  1. Number of Participants with Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) in the Active Arm Versus the Control Arm

    An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a participant participating in a clinical study that does not necessarily have a causal relationship with the pharmaceutical/biological agent under study. TEAEs are defined as AEs with onset or worsening on or after date of first dose of study treatment.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  2. Number of Participants with Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) in the Active Arm Versus the Control Arm

    A SAE is an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life-threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. Treatment-emergent SAEs are defined as serious events between administration of study drug and after the last dose that were absent before treatment or that worsen relative to pretreatment state.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

  3. Number of Participants with TEAEs by Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities (MedDRA) System Organ Class (SOC) with a Frequency Threshold of 5 Percent (%) or More in the Active Arm Versus the Control Arm

    Number of participants with TEAEs by MedDRA SOC with a frequency threshold of 5% or more in the active arm versus the control arm will be reported. TEAEs are defined as AEs with onset or worsening on or after date of first dose of study treatment.

    Time frame: Up to 6 weeks

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Study locations

1 site
  • Clinical Pharmacology Unit
    Merksem, 2170, Belgium
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — The data sharing policy of the Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson \& Johnson is available at www.janssen.com/clinical-trials/transparency. As noted on this site, requests for access to the study data can be submitted through Yale Open Data Access (YODA) Project site at yoda.yale.edu

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Feb 3, 2025, 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
NCT04985955
Lead sponsor
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 2, 2021
Start date
Jul 30, 2021
Primary completion
Sep 21, 2021
Completion
Sep 21, 2021
Last update
Feb 3, 2025

Study contacts

Janssen Research & Development, LLC Clinical Trial
study director · Janssen Research & Development, LLC

Oversight

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