New drug offers hope for lupus skin flares, Long-Term safety under review

NCT ID NCT06044337

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION Disease control Sponsor: Biogen Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

First seen Nov 01, 2025 · Last updated May 14, 2026 · Updated 26 times

Summary

This study looks at the long-term safety of the drug litifilimab for adults with a type of lupus that affects the skin (cutaneous lupus). Participants have already completed a previous study and did not get relief from standard antimalarial drugs. They will receive injections of litifilimab every 4 weeks for up to 2 years (or up to 5 years in the US) to monitor side effects and track how well the drug controls skin symptoms.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • APRILLUS Asistencia e Investigacion

    Buenos Aires, C1406AGA, Argentina

  • Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Research, PLLC

    Phoenix, Arizona, 85032, United States

  • Artromac n.o.

    Košice, 04011, Slovakia

  • Beijing Tongren Hospital, Capital Medical University

    Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100730, China

  • CEPIC - Centro Paulista de Investigação Clínica e Serviços Médicos

    São Paulo, São Paulo, 04266-010, Brazil

  • CHU de Caen - Hopital de la Cote de Nacre

    Caen, Calvados, 14033, France

  • CIEC - Centro Internacional de Estudios Clínicos

    Santiago, 8420383, Chile

  • CMiP - Centro Mineiro de Pesquisa

    Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, 36010-570, Brazil

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois (CHUV)

    Lausanne, Lucerne (Luzern), CH-1011, Switzerland

  • Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra, E.P.E (HUC)

    Coimbra, Coimbra District, 3000-075, Portugal

  • Centro Medico SkinMed

    Las Condes, 7580206, Chile

  • Centro de Investigacion Medico Asistencial S.A.S

    Barranquilla, 80020, Colombia

  • Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Tucuman

    San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, T4000AXL, Argentina

  • Centro de investigacion medica y reumatologia

    Guadalajara, 44950, Mexico

  • Chapel Allerton Hospital

    Chapel Allerton, West Yorkshire, LS7 4SA, United Kingdom

  • Charité - Campus Charité Mitte

    Berlin, 10117, Germany

  • Clinical Research Chile SpA

    Valdivia, 5090000, Chile

  • Clinstile, S.A. de C.V.

    Mexico City, Mexico City, 06700, Mexico

  • Clínica SER da Bahia

    Salvador, Estado de Bahia, 40150-150, Brazil

  • DCC 'Alexandrovska', EOOD

    Sofia, 1431, Bulgaria

  • DCC Focus 5 - MEOH OOD

    Sofia, 1463, Bulgaria

  • DIEX Recherche Sherbrooke Inc.

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1L 0H8, Canada

  • David Fivenson, MD, Dermatology, PLLC

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48103, United States

  • Dermatology Research Associates

    Los Angeles, California, 90045, United States

  • Dongguan People's Hospital

    Dongguan, Guangdongsheng, 523059, China

  • Duke Dermatology South Durham

    Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States

  • Fachklinik Bad Bentheim Dermatologie

    Bad Bentheim, Lower Saxony, 48455, Germany

  • Fondazione IRCCS CA' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico

    Milan, 20122, Italy

  • Hanyang University Seoul Hospital

    Seoul, 04763, South Korea

  • Healthy Medical Center

    Zipaquirá, Cundinamarca, 250252, Colombia

  • Hopital Edouard Herriot - CHU Lyon

    Lyon, Rhone, 69003, France

  • Hopital Larrey

    Toulouse, Haute Garonne, 31059, France

  • Hopital Saint Eloi

    Montpellier, Herault, 34295, France

  • Hopital Tenon

    Paris, 75020, France

  • Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro Majadahonda

    Majadahonda, Madrid, 28222, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Reina Sofia

    Córdoba, Córdoba, 14004, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega

    Valladolid, Cantabria, 47012, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90035-903, Brazil

  • Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau

    Barcelona, 8041, Spain

  • Hospital del Mar

    Barcelona, 8003, Spain

  • Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences

    Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210042, China

  • Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health

    Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, 807-8556, Japan

  • IDERJ - Instituto de Dermatologia e Estética do Brasil Ltda

    Rio de Janeiro, 22470-220, Brazil

  • IPC MT Instituto de Pesquisas Clinicas do Mato Grosso

    Santo Ângelo, Mato Grosso, 78020-500, Brazil

  • Inland Rheumatology Clinical Trials, Inc.

    Upland, California, 91786, United States

  • Institute of Rheumatology_Belgrade

    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • Instituto CAICI

    Rosario, Santa Fe Province, S2000PBJ, Argentina

  • Investigacion y Biomedicina de Chihuahua, S.C.

    Chihuahua City, 31000, Mexico

  • Investigaciones Clinicas Tucuman

    San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, 4000, Argentina

  • JCHO Chukyo Hospital

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 457-8510, Japan

  • Jose R. Reyes Memorial Medical Center

    Manila, 1012, Philippines

  • Kakogawa Central City Hospital

    Kakogawa-shi, Hyōgo, 675-8611, Japan

  • Kanazawa University Hospital

    Kanazawa, Ishikawa-ken, 920-8641, Japan

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen

    Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • Karolinska Universitetssjukhuset - Solna

    Solna, 17000, Sweden

  • Klinikum Oldenburg AoeR

    Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, 26133, Germany

  • Kumamoto University Hospital

    Kumamoto, Kumamoto, 860-8556, Japan

  • L2IP - Instituto de Pesquisas Clínicas Ltda.

    Brasília, Federal District, 70200-730, Brazil

  • LMK Serviços Médicos S/S Ltda

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90480-000, Brazil

  • Laser Rejuvenation Clinics, Inc.

    Calgary, Alberta, T2W 4X9, Canada

  • Lorma Medical Center

    San Fernando City, La Union, La Union, 2500, Philippines

  • Mary Mediatrix Medical Center

    Lipa City, Batangas, 4127, Philippines

  • NHO Nagoya Medical Center

    Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 460-0001, Japan

  • Nagasaki University Hospital

    Nagasaki, Nagasaki, 852-8501, Japan

  • Nanfang Hospital of Southern Medical University

    Guangzhou, Guangdongsheng, 510515, China

  • Niigata University Medical & Dental Hospital

    Niigata, Niigata, 951-8520, Japan

  • Nucleo de Pesquisa Clinica do Rio Grande do Sul

    Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, 90430-001, Brazil

  • Osaka Keisatsu Hospital

    Osaka, Osaka, 543-8922, Japan

  • Pecsi Tudomanyegyetem Klinikai Kozpont

    Pécs, 07632, Hungary

  • Precision Comprehensive Clinical Research Solutions

    Grapevine, Texas, 76034, United States

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2GW, United Kingdom

  • Revival Research Institute, LLC

    Troy, Michigan, 48084, United States

  • Royalderm_Warszawa

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-962, Poland

  • Saint Louis University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital

    Shanghai, Shànghaishì, 200443, China

  • Shenzhen Second People's Hospital

    Shenzhen, Guangdong, 518029, China

  • St. Luke's Medical Center

    Quezon City, National Capital Region (ncr), 1102, Philippines

  • St. Marianna University Hospital

    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan

  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital

    Taichung, 407219, Taiwan

  • Taipei Veterans General Hospital

    Taipei, 11217, Taiwan

  • Teikyo University Hospital

    Itabashi-ku, Tokyo-To, 173-8606, Japan

  • The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital

    Seoul, 06591, South Korea

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University

    Kunming, Yun'Nan, 650101, China

  • The second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    Changsha, Húnánsheng, 410011, China

  • Thurston Arthritis Research Center

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-7280, United States

  • Tohoku University Hospital

    Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390-8896, United States

  • Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus TU

    Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Erlangen

    Erlangen, Bavaria, 91054, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Halle (Saale)

    Halle, Saxony-Anhalt, 06120, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Muenster

    Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia, 48149, Germany

  • University Clinical Center of Serbia

    Belgrade, 11000, Serbia

  • University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment Sv Ivan Rilski EAD

    Sofia, Sofia City Province, 1612, Bulgaria

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham - (UAB)

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35233, United States

  • University of Cincinnati Health Physicians Office Dermatology

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States

  • University of Fukui Hospital

    Yoshida-gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan

  • University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • University of the Philippines Manila - Philippine General Hospital

    Manila, 1000, Philippines

  • Università degli studi di Firenze

    Florence, 50121, Italy

  • Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny im.Fryderyka Chopina w Rzeszowie

    Rzeszów, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, 35-055, Poland

  • Whipps Cross University Hospital

    London, Greater London, E11 1NR, United Kingdom

  • Yokohama City University Hospital

    Yokohama, Kanagawa, 236-0004, Japan

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