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Safety, Tolerability And Pharmacodynamics of DM-101PX in Birch Pollen Allergy

A Phase 1 interventional study of DM-101PX and Placebo in Birch Pollen Allergy, sponsored by Desentum Oy. Recruiting at 1 site in Germany. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-03.

Sponsored by Desentum Oy · Phase 1, Interventional, and Treatment

Updated Nov 3, 2026Now RecruitingSite recruiting status changed+2 moreGo to Updates ↓
Phase
Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
40
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled phase I trial with the primary aim to investigate safety and tolerability of DM-101-PX compared to placebo in birch pollen allergic adults. As an secondary objectives, the trial will also assess the number of participants receiving the maximum intended DM-101PX dose and to assess the effect of treatment with DM-101PX compared with placebo on blood allergy biomarkers. Expanded access to the study treatment is not available.

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The study will be carried out in a single study site located in Germany.

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Conditions studied

  • Birch Pollen Allergy
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In context

Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal

404 studies on the registry are indexed under Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal; 24 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 40 is below the median of 131 across 366 interventional studies indexed under Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal.

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Lead sponsor

Desentum Oy is the lead sponsor of 4 studies on the registry; 1 is 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 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female, aged 18 to 65 years
  • Good general health
  • A documented clinical history of moderate to severe birch pollen-induced allergic rhinitis or rhinoconjunctivitis for at least 2 years with symptoms that interfere with daily activities or sleep
  • Bet v 1-specific IgE ≥0.7 kU/L (class 2) measured by ImmunoCAP® performed at the trial site at Screening or within 12 months prior to Screening
  • Positive SPT to Birch pollen whole allergen extract with a wheal diameter ≥3 mm (average of longest and orthogonal), with the negative control wheal diameter \<2 mm and the positive (histamine) control wheal diameter ≥3 mm, performed at the trial site at Screening or within 12 months prior to Screening
  • Body weight ≥50 kg and within the range 18-35 kg/m2

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • History or findings on physical examination of any significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the investigator, may put the individual at risk because of participation in the trial, influence the results of the trial or the participant's ability to participate in the trial
  • Significant rhinitis, sinusitis, and/or symptomatic respiratory allergy due to regular contact with allergens other than birch pollen that are expected to potentially interfere with the trial assessments, as assessed by the investigator
  • Persistent asthma that requires GINA Step 2 or higher treatment during the trial period, or required treatment within 4 weeks prior to Screening
  • History of uncontrolled asthma according to GINA classification in the 6 months prior to Screening or history of asthma deterioration that resulted in emergency treatment or hospitalization in the 12 months before Screening, or a life-threatening asthma attack (eg, one requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation) at any time in the past
  • (FEV1) \<70 % of predicted, regardless of asthma status at Screening
  • History of severe drug allergy, severe angioedema, or systemic allergic reaction of Grade 3 or greater, according to the WAO classification (2024, see Section 12.5), due to any cause
  • History of acute and/or anaphylaxis to protein therapeutics or components of formulation, including polyethylene glycol, or severe or significant allergies that in the opinion of the investigator could represent a substantial risk to the individual
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

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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.

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.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 1
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
40 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    DM-101PX for cohort 1

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of ascending doses of DM-101PX for 10 weeks with dose escalation starting from 0.2 µg with slightly varying injection volumes.

    Biological: DM-101PX

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo for cohort 1

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of Placebo for 10 weeks

    Biological: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Experimental: DM-101PX for cohort 2

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of ascending doses of DM-101PX for 10 weeks with dose escalation starting from 0.2 µg with varying injection volumes

    Biological: DM-101PX

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo for cohort 2

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of Placebo for 10 weeks

    Biological: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Experimental: DM-101PX for cohort 3

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of ascending doses of DM-101PX for 10 weeks with regimens consisting of 2 initial placebo s.c. injections, followed by 8 s.c. injections with escalating doses starting from 0.2 µg and with varying injection volumes.

    Biological: DM-101PX

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo for cohort 3

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of Placebo for 10 weeks

    Biological: Placebo

  • Experimental
    Experimental: DM-101PX for cohort 4

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of ascending doses of DM-101PX for 10 weeks with regimens consisting of 2 initial placebo s.c. injections, followed by 8 s.c. injections with escalating doses starting from 0.2 µg and with constant varying injection volume.

    Biological: DM-101PX

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo for cohort 4

    Weekly subcutaneous administration of Placebo for 10 weeks

    Biological: Placebo

Interventions

  • BiologicalDM-101PX

    Subcutaneous injection of DM-101PX

  • BiologicalPlacebo

    Placebo to match subcutaneous injection of DM-101PX

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Treatment Emergent Adverse Events

    Occurrence of treatment emergent adverse events

    Time frame: From the first dose to until 3 months from the last dose

  2. Adverse Events of Special Interest

    Occurrence of local injection site reactions and systemic allergic reactions

    Time frame: From the first dose to until 3 months from the last dose

Secondary outcomes

  1. Subjects Reaching the Maximum Intended Dose

    Number of subjects in each cohort who reach the maximum intended dose

    Time frame: Through the treatment period, an average of 10 weeks

  2. Change in blood allergy biomarker levels

    Change in the levels of Bet v 1-specific IgE, IgG1 and IgG4

    Time frame: From baseline to 3 and 12 weeks, after completion of treatment

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — All individual participant data that underlie publicly available results will be considered for sharing

Time frame: Anonymized participant data will be considered for sharing once the indication has been approved by a regulatory body, if there is legal authority to share the data and there is not a reasonable likelihood of participant reidentification.

Access criteria: Qualified researchers may request access to patient level data underlying the publication: patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of trial participants. Patient level data will be anonymized and study documents will be redacted to protect the privacy of trial participants after Desentum has received marketing authorization from major health authorities (e.g. FDA, EMA), has the legal authority to share the data, and has made the study results publicly available. Requests from qualified researchers will be reviewed by the Sponsor, and data will be shared only for scientifically sound research purposes, subject to a signed data sharing agreement and in compliance with applicable data protection legislation and participant consent.

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

2 registry updates since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it movedSimilar 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 Oct 2026 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Mar 2027, 5 months after the start.

Of 16 phase 1 interventional studies under Rhinitis, Allergic, Seasonal, half reached primary completion within 5 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 4 and three quarters within 9. This study's planned 5 months is close to that.

Start moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Nov 2026 → Oct 2026, on Nov 3, 2026.

Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Registered
Oct 20, 2026
First posted
Oct 27, 2026
StartActual
Oct 29, 2026was Nov 2026
Primary completionEst.
Mar 2027
CompletionEst.
May 2027
Last update
Nov 3, 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.
Status
Not yet recruiting→Recruiting
changed Nov 3, 2026
Sites
Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM is now Recruiting
Nov 3, 2026
Start date
Nov 2026→Oct 29, 2026 (actual)
Nov 3, 2026
Registered
First appeared on the registry
Oct 27, 2026
Show all 2 updates
  1. Nov 3, 2026
    Not yet recruiting→Recruiting
    Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM is now Recruiting
    Start date Nov 2026→Oct 29, 2026 (now actual)
  2. Oct 27, 2026
    First appeared on the registry

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07898800
Lead sponsor
Desentum Oy
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Oct 27, 2026
Start date
Oct 29, 2026
Primary completion
Mar 2027 (estimated)
Completion
May 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 3, 2026

Study contacts

Birgitta Kalvi
Contact
birgitta.kalvi@desentum.fi
+358453199009
Anna Nilson
Contact
anna.nilson@desentum.fi
+358503106846
Philipp Badorrek, MD
principal investigator · Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine ITEM

Oversight

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