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Ciclosporin Followed by Low-dose IL-2 in Patients With Recently Diagnosed Type 1 Diabetes

A Phase 2 interventional study of Cyclosporin and ILT101 in Type 1 Diabetes, sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris. Recruiting at 1 site in France. Open to participants aged 16 Years to 45 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-09-09.

Sponsored by Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Sep 2022; still recruiting 4 years later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
24
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
16 Years to 45 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is caused by the destruction of insulin-producing cells by effector T cells (Teffs), due to a deficiency of regulatory T cells (Tregs).

Ciclosporin effectively blocks the Teffs and controls diabetes, but cannot be considered as a long-term treatment. Low-dose interleukin-2 (ld IL-2) activates and expands Tregs in humans.

Hence, Ld IL-2 in patients in whom the autoimmune process was blocked early by a short treatment (2 months) of cyclosporine should restore immune homeostasis and maintain some insulin production over the long term.

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Primary Objective :

Tregs' response profile, after 4 administrations of 1MIU/day of IL-2 (Day 63-66) in patients with recently diagnosed type 1 diabetes who have been treated with ciclosporin for 2 months.

Primary assessment criterion:

Change in Tregs values at D67 compared to D63 (post-ciclosporin values)

Secondary objectives and secondary assessment criteria:

  • Change in residual insulin secretion

    • AUC plasma C-peptide concentration after a mixed meal tolerance test at Month 6 (Day 179), Month 12 (Day 361) and after treatment discontinuation at Month 18 (Day 536) and Month 24 (Day 719) compared to baseline;
    • Insulin requirement, HbA1c dosage and IDAA1c score at Month 3 (Day 88), Month 6 (Day 179), Month 9 (Day 270), Month 12 (Day 361) and after treatment discontinuation at Month 18 (Day 536) and Month 24 (Day 719) compared to baseline
  • Change in Tregs values at Month 3 (Day 88), Month 6 (Day 179), Month 9 (Day 270), Month 12 (Day 361) and after treatment discontinuation at Month 18 (Day 536) and Month 24 (Day 719) compared to baseline and post-ciclosporin values (Day 63)
  • Ciclosporin and ILT-101/placebo compliance
  • Tolerance

Experimental design:

This is a monocentric, randomized, placebo controlled, double-blind trial in parallel-groups, evaluating a treatment by cyclosporine 7mg/kg/day during 2 months followed by ILT-101/placebo, 1 MIU daily for 5 days and 1 MIU every week, during 10 months.

Population involved:

Male or female, aged between 16 and 35 years, with recent diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (\< 3 months).

Number of subjects: 24 Inclusion period: 12 months Duration of patient participation: 24 months (treatment period: 12 months, follow-up period: 12months) Total duration of the study: 37 months

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Conditions studied

  • Type 1 Diabetes

Keywords

  • Interleukin 2
  • Ciclosporin
  • Auto-immune disease
  • Diabetes
  • Regulatory T cells
  • Immune tolerance
  • Immunotherapy
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In context

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1

3,522 studies on the registry are indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1; 577 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 24 is below the median of 40 across 2,649 interventional studies indexed under Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1.

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Lead sponsor

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris is the lead sponsor of 3,505 studies on the registry; 1,006 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years to 45 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

    • Age at inclusion between ≥ 16 years old (Tanner 5 pubertal stage) and ≤ 45 years old

      • Type 1 diabetes according to ADA criteria, with at least 1 positive autoantibody among the following: anti-islet, anti-GAD, anti-IA2, anti-ZnT8 and anti-insulin.
      • Diagnosis ≤ 3 months
      • No acid ketosis
      • No weight loss > 10% OR with fasting C-peptide ≥ 0.1 nmol/L (after a period of ≥ 15 days following the initiation of insulin therapy
      • Absence of clinically significant biological abnormalities on hematological, biochemical, hepatic, renal and thyroid tests.
      • No documented history of heart disease, no family history of sudden death, AND normal ECG.
      • Effective contraception in men and women of childbearing potential > 2 weeks prior to first administration of the investigational drug and throughout the treatment period (if sexually active). Specifically for women of childbearing age and sexually active, they must use an effective contraceptive method (Pearl Index \< 1). The following methods are acceptable: oral hormonal contraceptives, injectable, or implanted (with the exception of oral minipills: i.e. low doses of gestagens which are not acceptable (lynestrenol and norestisteron), intrauterine contraceptives (e.g. progestin-release systems)),
      • Free, informed and written consent, signed by the patient and the investigator, prior to any examination required by the trial.

If the patient is a minor, the signatures of both parents and of the child will be collected (or the legal representative if only one parent is alive).

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known contraindications to IL2 treatment:

    • Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to one of the excipients.
    • Signs of active infection requiring antibiotics
    • Documented history of clinical autoimmune disease
    • Oxygen saturation ≤ 90%
    • Existence of a serious dysfunction in a vital organ
    • History of organ allograft,
  • Known contraindications to treatment with cyclosporine
  • Presence of unauthorized treatment, i.e. cytotoxic drugs, products known for their impact on blood glucose levels or for their interactions with the treatments under trial
  • Patients who have received anti-diabetic treatment other than insulin for more than 3 consecutive months.
  • Anti-thyroperoxidase positive and abnormal TSH and T4 at inclusion
  • Anti-transglutaminase positive at inclusion
  • EBV viral load > 2000 IU/ml
  • CMV viral load > 400 IU/ml
  • HBV, HCV or HIV infection
  • Lymphopenia ≤ 1000/ mm3
  • Presence or history of cancer that has been cured for less than five years, except in situ cervical or basal cell carcinoma in early stage management,
  • Participation in other intervention research involving humans \< 3 months,
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding women
  • Lack of social security affiliation (as a beneficiary or assignee)
  • Vaccination with live attenuated virus during the last 4 weeks before the start of the experimental treatment and during the entire treatment phase.
  • Patient with active SARS-CoV-2 infection
  • Patient with chronic respiratory disease
  • Subject under legal protection (such as tutorship, curatorship, or judicial safeguard)
  • Subject hospitalized without consent, unable to express consent or deprived of liberty
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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Ciclosporin/ILT-101

    Ciclosporin during 2 months (for all patients) followed by ILT-101 during 10 months

    Drug: Cyclosporin · Drug: ILT101

  • Placebo comparator
    Ciclosporin/placebo

    Ciclosporin during 2 months (for all patients) followed by placebo during 10 months

    Drug: Cyclosporin · Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • DrugCyclosporin

    • Ciclosporin: 5mg/kg, twice a day, oral, between Day 1 and Day 60

  • DrugILT101

    • ILT-101: 1MIU/day in a volume of 1 ml; subcutaneous injection every day during 5 consecutive days and then every week between Day 63 and Day 354.

  • DrugPlacebo

    • Placebo with an identical formulation and regimen of injections i.e. Subcutaneous injection every day (5 consecutive days) then then every week between Day 63 and Day 354.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treg variation

    Change in Tregs values at Day 67 compared to Day 63 (post-ciclosporin value)

    Time frame: From Day 63 to Day 67

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide at month 6

    Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide after mixed-meal tolerance test compared to baseline 2\. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) 3. Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\]. 4\. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h 5. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) at month 3, month 6, month 9, month 12 and after treatment interruption at month 18 and month 24 compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values (Day 63)

    Time frame: up to month 6

  2. Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide at month 12

    Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide after mixed-meal tolerance test compared to baseline 2\. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) 3. Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\]. 4\. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h 5. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) at month 3, month 6, month 9, month 12 and after treatment interruption at month 18 and month 24 compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values (Day 63)

    Time frame: up to month 12

  3. Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide at month 24

    Change in Area under curve (AUC (T0-T120) of serum C-peptide after mixed-meal tolerance test compared to baseline 2\. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) 3. Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\]. 4\. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h 5. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) at month 3, month 6, month 9, month 12 and after treatment interruption at month 18 and month 24 compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values (Day 63)

    Time frame: up to month 24

  4. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at day 63,

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to day 63

  5. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 3

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 3

  6. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 6

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 6

  7. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 9

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 9

  8. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 12

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 12

  9. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 18

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 18

  10. Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to Baseline at month 24

    Variation in HbA1c value (in %) during the treatment period and during the 1-year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 24

  11. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at day 63

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to day 63

  12. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period up to month 3

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 3

  13. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 6

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 6

  14. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 9

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 9

  15. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 12

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 12

  16. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at day month 18

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 18

  17. Variation in IDAA1c scoreduring the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 24

    Variation in IDAA1c score (IDAA1c score = HbA1c (in %) + \[4 × insulin dose (in international units per kilogram per 24 h)\] during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 24

  18. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at day 30

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to day 30

  19. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at day 63

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to day 63

  20. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 3

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 3

  21. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 6

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 6

  22. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 9

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 9

  23. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 12

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 12

  24. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 18

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 18

  25. Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period at month 24

    Change in Insulin requirement (insulin dose in international units per kilogram per 24 h) during the treatment period and during the 1 year follow-up period compared to baseline

    Time frame: up to month 24

  26. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at day 30

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to day 30

  27. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at day 63

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to day 63

  28. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 3

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 3

  29. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 6

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 6

  30. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 9

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 9

  31. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 12

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 12

  32. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 18

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 18

  33. Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption and post-cyclosporin values at month 24

    Change in Tregs values (in %/CD4+) after treatment interruption compared to baseline and post-cyclosporin values

    Time frame: up to month 24

  34. incidence of adverse events at day 30

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to day 30

  35. incidence of adverse events at day 63

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to day 63

  36. incidence of adverse events at month 3

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 3

  37. incidence of adverse events at month 6

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 6

  38. incidence of adverse events at month 9

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 9

  39. incidence of adverse events at month 12

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 12

  40. incidence of adverse events at month 18

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 18

  41. incidence of adverse events at month 24

    incidence of adverse events throughout the study (according to NCI-CTC AE classification) to the Baseline to month 24

    Time frame: up to month 24

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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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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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 9, 2026, 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
NCT05153070
Lead sponsor
Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Collaborators
Iltoo Pharma
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 10, 2021
Start date
Sep 21, 2022
Primary completion
Nov 29, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 29, 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 9, 2026

Study contacts

David Klatzmann, MD, Ph.D
Contact
david.klatzmann@sorbonne-universite.fr
01 42 17 74 61 ext. +33
Roberta Lorenzon, MD
Contact
roberta.lorenzon@sorbonne-universite.fr
01 42 17 65 16 ext. +33
David Klatzmann, MD, Ph.D
study director · APHP(ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE DES HOPITAUX DE PARIS
Agnès Hartmann, MD, Ph.D
principal investigator · APHP(ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE DES HOPITAUX DE PARIS

Oversight

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