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Not yet recruitingNCT07704775Updated Jul 15, 2026

Nemolizumab for LS

A Phase 2 interventional study of Nemolizumab 30 mg in Lichen Sclerosus of Vulva, sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to female participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-15.

Sponsored by University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
25
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
Female
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Study summary

Patients ≥ 18 years of age with Lichen sclerosis (LS)

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Conditions studied

  • Lichen Sclerosus of Vulva

Keywords

  • lichen sclerosus
  • vulvar dermatoses
  • vulvar itch
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In context

Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus

33 studies on the registry are indexed under Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus; 10 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 25 is below the median of 39 across 30 interventional studies indexed under Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus.

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Lead sponsor

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center is the lead sponsor of 1,010 studies on the registry; 199 are open to participants now.

Of its 139 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 105 (76%) have results posted.

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
Female
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Ability to comprehend and willingness to sign a written
  • Females only ≥18 years of age at time of screening
  • Documentation of -proven anogenital LS.
  • Baseline itch NRS score ≥ 6 in anogenital area.
  • Prior use of topical .
  • Participants who agree to discontinue all agents used by the participant to treat LS from the screening visit through the final safety follow-up visit, aside from rescue therapy as specified in "Concomitant therapy" in the protocol

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Participants who do not have LS involving anogenital area.
  • Need for receiving a right before or during treatment with the study drug.
  • Planned or expected major surgical procedure during the clinical study.
  • Pregnant or lactating participants or those considering pregnancy during the period of their study participation.
  • Participants unwilling to refrain from using prohibited medications during the clinical study.
  • Patients who have been treated with systemic medications for other dermatologic conditions or itch within the past 4 months.
  • Patients that undergone had physical treatment modalities, such as CO2 laser or radiofrequency microneedling to the anogenital region.
  • Body weight \<30 kg.
  • Current treatment or treatment within 30 days or 5 half-lives (whichever is longer) before the baseline visit with another medication or current enrollment in another investigational drug protocol.
  • Previous treatment with nemolizumab.
  • History of (including anaphylaxis) to an immunoglobulin product (plasma-derived or recombinant, e.g., monoclonal antibody) or to any of the study drug .
  • Employees of the funder or investigator or otherwise dependents of them.
  • In the opinion of the investigator, are unable or unlikely to comply with the administration schedule and study evaluations.
  • Concurrent conditions and history of other diseases:

    • Are suspected clinically (or confirmed diagnostically) of having alternative causes of vaginal symptoms including: candidiasis, chlamydia trachomatis, trichomonas vaginalis, neisseria gonorrhoeae, bacterial vaginosis, or herpes simplex. If treatment is needed for vaginal infections (eg, for bacterial vaginosis), the screening window can be extended to 6 weeks to accommodate the treatment and washout requirements.
    • Have active genital/vulvar lesions at screening and Day 1, not related to LS, including active herpes simplex lesions, hyperkeratotic lesions concerning for cutaneous , or other vaginal or vulvar conditions, which could confound the interpretation of the clinical response, as determined by the investigator.
    • Cutaneous infection within 1 week before the baseline visit, any infection requiring treatment with oral or parenteral antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics, or antifungals within 2 weeks before the baseline visit.
    • Any serious illness or medical, physical, or psychiatric condition(s) that, in the investigator's opinion, would interfere with full participation in the study, including administration of study drug and attending required study visits; pose a significant risk to the participant; or interfere with interpretation of study data.
  • Any of the following clinical laboratory test results at screening:

    • Liver function tests: serum or ALT (>3x ) in conjunction with serum (>2x upper limit of normal)
    • Positive serology test results at screening for antibody.
    • Positive serolgy test results at screening for tuberculosis (QuantiFERON®-TB Gold).
    • History of acute or chronic active or C virus infection.
    • Any other laboratory result that, in the opinion of the investigator, poses a significant risk to the participant receiving nemolizumab.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(13)

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Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

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.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

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.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

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.

Bilirubin

A yellow substance made when red blood cells are broken down, which the liver clears. A high level can mean a problem with the liver or the bile ducts.

Criteria often allow more for people with Gilbert’s syndrome, a harmless inherited condition that raises bilirubin.

HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

Many studies now accept people whose HIV is controlled on treatment, judged by the viral load and the CD4 count. Check the limits this study sets.

Hepatitis B tests

Hepatitis B is a virus that infects the liver. These are separate tests: HBsAg positive usually means a current infection (a recent vaccination can briefly cause it too); total anti-HBc (HBcAb) positive means an infection now or in the past; HBV DNA measures how much virus is in the blood.

Some studies accept a past infection if HBV DNA is undetectable, sometimes with antiviral medicine during the study. Check what this study allows.

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.

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Study design

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

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Treatment Arm

    Participants will be treated with subcutaneous (SC) nemolizumab injections

    Biological: Nemolizumab 30 mg

Interventions

  • Participants will be treated with subcutaneous (SC) nemolizumab injections at doses determined by patient weight.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. A ≥ 4-point improvement in Itch NRS score

    Participants are instructed to complete and record the Skin Itch NRS in a diary each night for the first 6 weeks, then at study visits for the duration of treatment. Participants will select a number from 0 (no itch) to 10 (worst itch imaginable).

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

Secondary outcomes

  1. Time to achieve a ≥4-point Itch NRS reduction

    Study team will determine the average length of time it takes to achieve a ≥4-point Itch NRS reduction in study participants.

    Time frame: From Baseline to Week 24

  2. Change in Clinical Photographs based on internal physician-rated severity scale

    Photos will be taken at baseline, then each study visit to assess disease clinical signs and architecture change

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  3. Change in Vulvar Quality of Life Index (VQLI) Score

    The VQLI is a 15-question survey used to measure the impact of vulvar conditions on a patient's quality of life. The higher the score, the more significant an impact is present.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  4. Change in Pain NRS score

    Participants are instructed to complete and record the Skin Pain NRS in a diary each night for the first 6 weeks, then at study visits for the duration of treatment. Participants will select a number from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain imaginable).

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  5. Change in tissue stiffness and induration by measuring the exact force (in Newtons) through SkinFibrometer

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  6. Change in the Clinical Lichen Sclerosus Score (CLISSCO)

    This score consists of 12 items in three categories: Symptoms (itch, pain, dysuria); Signs (whitening, petechiae/ecchymosis, fissures); and Architectural changes (clitoral hood fusion, labial fusion or resorption, narrowing of the introitus, anterior changes, perianal involvement, formation of posterior commissure band). Severe disease has a higher score.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  7. Change in Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI) score

    The FSFI is a 19-item questionnaire that measures six domains of sexual function: desire, arousal, lubrication, orgasm, satisfaction, and pain. The higher the score, the more significant impact is present.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

  8. Change in Short Health Anxiety Inventory (SHAI) score

    The SHAI is an 18-item questionnaire used to measure the severity of health anxiety and illness-related fears. Higher scores indicate greater levels of health anxiety.

    Time frame: Baseline to Week 24

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Study locations

1 site
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 15, 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
NCT07704775
Responsible party
Melissa Mauskar (Associate Professor, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 15, 2026
Start date
Sep 1, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Sep 1, 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 15, 2026

Study contacts

Study Coordinator
Contact
aleuna.lee@utsouthwestern.edu
2146458968
Melissa Mauskar, MD
principal investigator · University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Oversight

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