A 20-Year-Old immune regulator faces its biggest test against HPV
NCT ID NCT04232917
First seen Aug 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 28, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether 2LPAPI, an immune regulator used for over 20 years, can help clear high-risk genital HPV infections faster than a placebo. Researchers will enroll 284 women aged 25 to 45 with a current high-risk HPV diagnosis. Participants receive either 2LPAPI or a placebo, and the study compares HPV clearance rates at 6 and 12 months. The goal is to see if this treatment can reduce the time women live with an infection that raises cervical cancer risk.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 2LPAPI, an immune regulator taken as a treatment for high-risk HPV infections
- What this could lead to
- If it works, 2LPAPI could offer a way to help the body clear high-risk HPV infections, potentially reducing the need for invasive follow-up procedures.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 4 trial, but HPV often clears on its own, so the placebo group may show similar results. The treatment's immune effects are not fully understood, and it may not work for everyone.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 284 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2020
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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25 to 45 years
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Women 25-45 years, * Women of childbearing age under effective contraception, * Patient with last cytology less than 3 years and normal or not more than LSIL or CIN I at the histology, * Patient with current cytology presenting normal, ASC-US, AGUS, LSIL, ASC-H, AGC or LSIL+ASC-H results or current diagnosis of CIN I at the histology, * Patient with HR-HPV diagnosis at the current cervical collection, * Patient reporting a current stable sexual relationship (steady sexual partner during study duration), * Patient having faculties to understand and respect the constraints of the study, * Signature of the Informed Consent Form. Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman, * Patient presenting HSIL diagnosis at the cytology or CIN II or CIN III diagnosis at the histology, * Patient having received HPV vaccination in the last month, * Patient previously subject to total hysterectomy, * Patient under immunotherapy (including immunosuppressive treatment) or micro-immunotherapy received during last previous 6 months, * Patient with known lactose intolerance, * Patient who participated in a clinical study in the previous 3-months' period, * Patient who is not sufficiently motivated to engage in a follow-up period of 12 months, or likely to travel or to move before the end of the study, * Patient with severe immunodeficiency disease requiring long term treatment (\*) or under chemotherapy or radiotherapy, * Patient under listed homeopathic or phytotherapy treatment (see protocol), * Patient using or addicted to recreational drugs. (\*) important renal or respiratory insufficiency, transplanted or grafted patients, HIV/AIDS, terminal cancer.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
9 sites in 2 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Belgium
RECRUITINGNamur, 5000, Belgium
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CHU Brugmann
RECRUITINGBrussels, 1020, Belgium
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CHU Saint-Pierre
RECRUITINGBrussels, 1000, Belgium
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CHWAPI
RECRUITINGTournai, 7000, Belgium
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Cabinet privé
RECRUITINGNamur, 5000, Belgium
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Centre Hospital Reine Astrid Malmedy (CHRAM)
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGMalmedy, 4960, Belgium
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Clinique Saint-Pierre Ottignies (CSPO)
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGOttignies, 1340, Belgium
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Clinique St Jean
RECRUITINGBrussels, 1000, Belgium
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Hôpital Civil Marie Curie ISPPC
ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITINGCharleroi, 6042, Belgium
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Spitalul Nicolae Malaxa
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBucharest, 022448, Romania
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UCL Namur - site Sainte Elisabeth
RECRUITINGNamur, Belgium
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