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RecruitingNCT06195072CONQUESTUpdated Aug 18, 2026

Platform Clinical Study for Conquering Scleroderma

A Phase 2 interventional study of Amlitelimab and BI 1015550 (Nerandomilast) in Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease and Scleroderma, sponsored by Scleroderma Research Foundation, Inc.. Recruiting at 34 sites in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-08-18.

Sponsored by Scleroderma Research Foundation, Inc. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Apr 2024; still recruiting 2 years 6 months later.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
400
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to test efficacy of different investigational products (IPs) compared with placebo on the change from baseline to the end of the treatment period at Week 52 in lung capacity in participants with Interstitial Lung Disease Secondary to Systemic Sclerosis.

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Conditions studied

  • Interstitial Lung Disease Due to Systemic Disease
  • Scleroderma

Keywords

  • platform
  • scleroderma
  • interstitial lung disease
  • systemic sclerosis
  • SSc
  • SSc-ILD
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In context

Scleroderma, Diffuse

310 studies on the registry are indexed under Scleroderma, Diffuse; 76 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 400 is above the median of 38 across 227 interventional studies indexed under Scleroderma, Diffuse.

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Lead sponsor

This is the only study on the registry with Scleroderma Research Foundation, Inc. as lead sponsor.

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

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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 at the time of signed ;
  2. SSc classification as defined by the 2013 American College of Rheumatology/European League Against Rheumatism criteria. Participants with diffuse, limited or sine cutaneous skin involvement are eligible
  3. Onset of SSc (defined by first non-Raynaud's symptom) 7 years or less prior to the Screening Visit;
  4. A Modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) less than 40
  5. Presence of ILD with evidence of any fibrosis on HRCT (within 3 months or less of randomization)
  6. Presence of an FVC 45% or more predicted normal;
  7. Presence of a diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO) 30% or more predicted normal, corrected for ;

Other protocol and/or subprotocol inclusion criteria apply.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Presence of pulmonary abnormalities inconsistent with ILD on HRCT (e.g., scarring due to previous active tuberculosis [TB], sarcoidosis, lung mass, or other findings unrelated to SSc-ILD, as determined by a local radiologist/Investigator);
  2. Presence of infected ulcers or active gangrene at the Screening Visit;
  3. History of scleroderma renal crisis within 6 months prior to the Screening Visit;
  4. /FVC \<0.65 (pre-bronchodilator) at the Screening Visit
  5. History of stem cell transplantation, bone marrow transplantation, chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, or solid organ transplantation;
  6. History of treatment with rituximab within the 6 months prior to the Screening Visit;
  7. History treatment with cell-depleting therapies other than rituximab, including, but not limited to, CAMPATH®; anti-cluster of differentiation (CD)3, anti-CD4, anti-CD5, antiCD19, and anti-CD20 agents; and agents
  8. Treatment with tocilizumab, nintedanib, pirfenidone, abatacept, leflunomide, tacrolimus, tofacitinib, intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG), or any biologic or cyclophosphamide within 3 months prior to Screening Visit
  9. History of use of any investigational medication or device for any indication within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) prior to Screening Visit.
  10. Presence of any of the following laboratory findings at the Screening Visit:

    • Estimated \<45 mL/min/1.73 m2, calculated using the Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration equation;
    • or aspartate aminotransferase level > (2 x );
    • \<100 × 109/L (100,000/μL);
    • White blood cell count \<2500/μL;
    • Neutrophil blood count \<1500/μL;
    • and partial thromboplastin time >1.5 × ULN, or international normalized ratio >2; or
    • Any other laboratory test result, that in the opinion of the Investigator, might place the study participant at risk for participation in the study.
  11. Presence of a clinically significant disorder that, in the opinion of the Investigator, could contraindicate the administration of study product, affect compliance, interfere with study evaluations, or confound the interpretation of study results
  12. Presence of a concomitant life-threatening disease with \<12 months based on the Investigator's assessment;
  13. Evidence of active tuberculosis (TB) or being at high risk for TB

Other protocol and/or subprotocol exclusion criteria apply.

Terms in these criteria, in plain language(11)

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Informed consent

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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.

Hemoglobin (Hb)

The protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen. A low level is anaemia, which can cause tiredness and breathlessness. Measured in g/dL or g/L (9 g/dL is 90 g/L).

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.

FEV1

From a breathing test (spirometry): how much air you can blow out in the first second. Often given as a percentage of what is expected for your age, height and sex.

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.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

ALT and AST (liver enzymes)

Two enzymes measured in a routine blood test of the liver. Higher levels can mean the liver is under strain or damaged. SGPT and SGOT are older names for ALT and AST.

Criteria usually give a limit as a multiple of the upper limit of normal (ULN), often higher when cancer has spread to the liver.

ULN (upper limit of normal)

The top of the normal range for a blood test, as set by the laboratory that runs it. Each lab prints its own range next to your result.

“≤ 2.5 × ULN” means the result can be up to two and a half times that top value.

Platelets

Blood cells that help blood clot. Too few raises the risk of bleeding and bruising. A usual adult range is about 150–400 × 10⁹/L (150,000–400,000 per µL); each lab has its own reference range.

INR, PT and aPTT (clotting tests)

Blood tests of how long blood takes to clot. The INR is the prothrombin time (PT) put on a common scale; about 1 is usual for someone not taking a blood thinner.

Criteria often make an exception for people on a blood thinner such as warfarin, whose INR is raised on purpose.

Life expectancy

The study doctor’s estimate of how long someone is likely to live. Criteria use it so that people can stay in the study long enough for it to answer its question.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
400 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Amlitelimab

    Drug: Amlitelimab

  • Placebo comparator
    Amlitelimab matching placebo

    Drug: Placebo

  • Experimental
    BI 1015550 (Nerandomilast)

    Drug: BI 1015550 (Nerandomilast)

  • Placebo comparator
    BI 1015550 (Nerandomilast) matching placebo

    Drug: Placebo

Interventions

  • IP will be administered subcutaneously by the Investigator or designee as follows: * Amlitelimab or * Matching placebo

  • Study participants will take the active investigational product BI 1015550 (Nerandomilast) or matching placebo provided as film-coated tablets, administered orally BID.

  • DrugPlacebo

    see Experimental Arm intervention description

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. The change in forced vital capacity (FVC, in mL).

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of the treatment period at Week 52

Secondary outcomes

  1. The percent change in high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) quantitative interstitial lung disease - whole lung (QILD-WL);

    Lung involvement as measured by high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) assessed by quantitative interstitial lung disease - whole lung (QILD-WL)

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of the treatment period at Week 52

  2. The change in Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)-Dyspnea score.

    Dyspnea (severity and functional limitations) are measured by the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT) - Dyspnea score. Dyspnea score range 0-4, total score 0-30 (higher score = worse outcome).

    Time frame: from baseline to the end of the treatment period at Week 52

  3. The proportion of study participants with an improvement in the revised CRISS score, in study participants with diffuse cutaneous SSc and baseline mRRS ≥10.

    Time frame: baseline, Week 52

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Study locations

23 of 34 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Publications

  • Khanna D, Evnin LB, Assassi S, Benton WW, Gordon G, Maslova K, Steffgen J, Maher TM. Design of CONQUEST, a novel, randomized, placebo-controlled, Phase 2b platform clinical trial to investigate new treatments for patients with early active systemic sclerosis with interstitial lung disease. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2024 Nov 5;10(2):121-132. doi: 10.1177/23971983241278079. eCollection 2025 Jun. PubMed 39544897 ↗

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Apr 2024 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Nov 2026, 31 months after the start.

Of 24 phase 2 interventional studies under Scleroderma, Diffuse, half reached primary completion within 48 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 31 and three quarters within 108. This study's planned 31 months is below that.

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

Registered
Dec 22, 2023
First posted
Jan 8, 2024
StartActual
Apr 15, 2024
Primary completionEst.
Nov 2026
CompletionEst.
Nov 2026
Last update
Aug 18, 2026
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 Aug 18, 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
NCT06195072
Lead sponsor
Scleroderma Research Foundation, Inc.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jan 8, 2024
Start date
Apr 15, 2024
Primary completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Completion
Nov 2026 (estimated)
Last update
Aug 18, 2026

Study contacts

Gabrielle Khedr
Contact
inquiries@conquestssc.org
415.834.9444
Kevin O'Shea
Contact
inquiries@conquestssc.org
415.834.9444
Kevin O'Shea
study chair · Scleroderma Research Foundation

Oversight

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