A pill that fights warts from the inside: trial puts immune-regulating capsule to the test
NCT ID NCT03977753
First seen Aug 31, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a daily oral capsule called 2LVERU can clear common, flat, or plantar warts caused by HPV. Researchers compare the capsule against a placebo in 162 people aged 3 and older over 6 months. The main question is whether warts disappear completely by the end of treatment, with follow-up checks at 4 and 9 months to see how well it works and whether warts return.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- 2LVERU or 2LVERU JUNIOR, an oral immune-regulating capsule taken daily for 6 months
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a non-invasive, at-home treatment that clears warts without burning, freezing, or surgery.
- What could go wrong
- This is a phase 4 trial with 162 participants, and warts often clear on their own, so the placebo response may be high. The treatment may not work for everyone, and recurrence is possible.
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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 162 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Feb 2020
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2029
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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3 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- 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: * Patients, male or female, aged 3 years and older, * Patients with common warts (Verruca vulgaris), and/or plantar warts (Verruca plantaris), and/or flat warts (Verruca plana), * Patients (and/or parents if necessary) having the faculties to understand and respect the constraints of the study, * Signature of the Informed Consent Form by the patient (and/or parents if necessary). Exclusion Criteria: * Patients who have received any curative warts treatment in the previous 2 months prior to the study, * Patients who have received any homeopathic treatment in the previous 2 months prior to the study, * Patients under immunosuppressive treatment, * Patients having received immunotherapy or micro-immunotherapy during the last 6 months, * Patients with known lactose intolerance, * Pregnant or breastfeeding women, * Patients who participated in a clinical study in the previous 2-months period, * Patients (and/or parents of patients if necessary) who are not sufficiently motivated to engage on the total study follow-up period, or likely to travel or to move before the end of the study, * Patients with severe immunodeficiency disease requiring long term treatment (\*) or patients under chemotherapy or radiotherapy, * Patients under listed homeopathic or phytotherapy treatment (see protocol), * Patients addicted to or using recreational drugs, * Patient under guardianship and/or curators, (\*) 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
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The places running it
5 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Clinique Saint-Luc (Bouge)
RECRUITINGBouge, 5004, Belgium
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Private Practice
RECRUITINGGhent, 9942, Belgium
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Private Practice
TERMINATEDOisquercq, 1480, Belgium
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Private Practice
RECRUITINGSaint-Symphorien, 7030, Belgium
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Private Practice
RECRUITINGSeneffe, 7180, Belgium
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Private Practice
RECRUITINGWavre, 1300, Belgium
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