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A Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Afamelanotide in Patients With Xeroderma Pigmentosum C and V

A Phase 2 interventional study of Afamelanotide in Xeroderma Pigmentosum, sponsored by Clinuvel Europe Limited. Recruiting at 2 sites in 2 countries. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 75 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2023-09-21.

Sponsored by Clinuvel Europe Limited · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Jun 2024, 2 years 5 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
  • Started Mar 2022; still recruiting 4 years 7 months later.

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Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
6
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years to 75 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The CUV152 study will evaluate the safety of afamelanotide in XP-C and XP-V patients, as well as the drug's ability to assist reparative processes following ultraviolet (UV) provoked DNA damage of the skin. It will assess whether SCENESSE® increases the amount of UV light needed to cause DNA damage of skin cells, as well as the extent of skin repair before and after treatment.

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Conditions studied

  • Xeroderma Pigmentosum
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In context

Lead sponsor

Clinuvel Europe Limited is the lead sponsor of 3 studies on the registry; 2 are open to participants now.

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

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 75 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female patient with a molecular-genetically confirmed diagnosis of XP-C or XP-V;
  • Aged 18-75 years.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Known allergy to afamelanotide or the polymer contained in the implant;
  • Presence of severe hepatic disease or hepatic impairment;
  • Renal impairment;
  • Any other medical condition which may interfere with the study protocol;
  • Existing melanoma;
  • Female who is pregnant or lactating;
  • Females of (pre-menopausal, not surgically sterile) not using adequate measures;
  • Sexually active man with a partner of child-bearing potential who is not using adequate contraceptive measures;
  • Use of any other prior and concomitant therapy which may interfere with the objective of the study;
  • Participation in a clinical trial for an agent.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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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.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Afamelanotide

    Drug: Afamelanotide

Interventions

  • Patients will receive afamelanotide every two weeks for twelve weeks and undergo a follow up visit 6 months later.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in minimal erythema dose (MED) in patients with XP-C.

    MED is the lowest dose of UV light that causes reddening of the skin.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  2. Change in MED in patients with XP-V.

    MED is the lowest dose of UV light that causes reddening of the skin.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Changes in UV-induced DNA damage, as assessed by quantification of UV photoproduct levels in patients with XP-C.

    Analysis of UV photoproducts from skin samples.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  2. Changes in UV-induced DNA damage repair capacity, as assessed by quantification of DNA repair mechanisms in patients with XP-C.

    Analysis of DNA repair mechanisms from skin samples.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  3. Changes in UV-induced DNA damage, as assessed by quantification of UV photoproduct levels in patients with XP-V.

    Analysis of UV photoproducts from skin samples.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  4. Changes in UV-induced DNA damage repair capacity, as assessed by quantification of DNA repair mechanisms in patients with XP-V.

    Analysis of DNA repair mechanisms from skin samples.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  5. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-C (A).

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  6. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-V (A)

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  7. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-C (B).

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  8. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-V (B).

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  9. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-C (C).

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  10. Change in skin disease severity in patients with XP-V (C).

    The higher the score, the more severe the disease.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  11. Change in quality of life assessed by a disease specific tool (A) in patients with XP-C.

    Higher scores represent worse health-related quality of life.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  12. Change in quality of life assessed by a disease specific tool (A) in patients with XP-V.

    Higher scores represent worse health-related quality of life.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  13. Change in quality of life assessed by a validated global quality of life tool (B) in patients with XP-C.

    Score calculated in impairment percentages, with higher numbers indicating greater impaired quality of life.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

  14. Change in quality of life assessed by a validated global quality of life tool (B) in patients with XP-V.

    Score calculated in impairment percentages, with higher numbers indicating greater impaired quality of life.

    Time frame: From baseline to day 76.

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Study locations

2 of 2 sites recruiting
  • CLINUVEL Investigational site
    Clinuvel Investigational Site, Belgium
    Recruiting
  • CLINUVEL Investigational site
    Clinuvel Investigational Site, Spain
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Mar 2022 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Jun 2024, 27 months after the start.

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

Registered
Apr 21, 2022
First posted
May 11, 2022
StartActual
Mar 28, 2022
Primary completionEst.
Jun 2024
CompletionEst.
Dec 2024
Last update
Sep 21, 2023
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 Sep 21, 2023, 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
NCT05370235
Lead sponsor
Clinuvel Europe Limited
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 11, 2022
Start date
Mar 28, 2022
Primary completion
Jun 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Sep 21, 2023

Study contacts

Head of Clinical Operations
Contact
mail@clinuvel.com
+441372860765

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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