New pill TAK-279 aims to tame Crohn's Flare-Ups

NCT ID NCT06233461

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests an oral drug called TAK-279 (Zasocitinib) in 268 adults with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease who haven't responded well to other treatments. Participants take one of three doses or a placebo daily for 12 weeks to see if it reduces gut inflammation and ulcers, as seen by endoscopy. The goal is to find a new option to control this long-term condition.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance
TAK-279 (also called Zasocitinib), an oral capsule
What this could lead to
If it works, this could point toward a new daily pill to control Crohn's disease inflammation and reduce symptoms.
What could go wrong
This is an early Phase 2b trial with only 268 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not work better than placebo, and side effects are still being studied.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Study contacts

  • Contact

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Locations

  • A. Gemelli University Hospital, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

    RECRUITING

    Roma, 00168, Italy

  • Aalborg Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Aalborg, 9100, Denmark

  • Accout Center, s.r.o.- Gastroenterologicka ambulancia

    RECRUITING

    Šahy, 936 01, Slovakia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Acibadem City Clinic Mladost Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria

  • Acibadem City clinic Tokuda hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sofia, 1407, Bulgaria

  • Addenbrooke's Hospital - Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom

  • AdventHealth (Florida Hospital) Medical Group

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Orlando, Florida, 32804, United States

  • Agaplesion Markus Krankenhaus

    RECRUITING

    Frankfurt am Main, 60431, Germany

  • Akershus University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Lorenskog, Akershus, 1478, Norway

  • AmiCare Sp. z o.o. Sp. k.

    RECRUITING

    Lodz, Łódź Voivodeship, 91-495, Poland

  • Amsterdam University Medical Center (Amsterdam UMC), Vrije University Medical Center (VUMC)

    RECRUITING

    Amsterdam, 1081, Netherlands

  • Asan Medical Center (AMC)

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, 05505, South Korea

  • Atlanta Center For Gastroenterology, P.C.

    RECRUITING

    Decatur, Georgia, 30033, United States

  • Auzmer Research

    RECRUITING

    Lakeland, Florida, 33813, United States

  • Axon Clinical s.r.o.

    RECRUITING

    Prague, 15000, Czechia

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Ospedali Riuniti Villa Sofia Cervello

    RECRUITING

    Palermo, 90146, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliera San Camillo Forlanini

    RECRUITING

    Rome, 00152, Italy

  • BVL Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Liberty, Missouri, 64068, United States

  • CHU De Clermont Ferrand - Hopital Estaing

    RECRUITING

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

  • CHU Saint-Pierre - Porte de Hal

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, 1000, Belgium

  • Centre Hospital Regional Et Universitaire De Tours (Chru Tours) - Houpital Trousseau

    RECRUITING

    Chambray-lès-Tours, 37170, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Nancy, Hopital Brabois

    RECRUITING

    Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, 54511, France

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Liege - Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman

    RECRUITING

    Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada

  • Centro de Estudos Clnicos do Interior Paulista (CECIP)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Jaú, São Paulo, 17201-130, Brazil

  • Centrum Badan Klinicznych

    RECRUITING

    Wroclaw, 51-162, Poland

  • Centrum Medyczne Medyk Sp. z o.o. Sp. K.

    RECRUITING

    Rzeszów, 35-326, Poland

  • Centrum Medyczne Melita Medical

    RECRUITING

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, 50-449, Poland

  • Changhua Christian Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Changhua, Changhua County, 50006, Taiwan

  • China Medical University (CMU) - Shengjing Hospital (The Second Affiliated Hospital) - Huaxiang Campus

    RECRUITING

    Shenyang, Liaoning, 110022, China

  • China Medical University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Taichung, 40447, Taiwan

  • Chongqing General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chongqing, Chongqing Sheng, 400013, China

  • Clinexpert

    RECRUITING

    Budapest, 1033, Hungary

  • Clinica Medicum

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 012015, Romania

  • Clinical Hospital Colentina-Spitalul Clinic Colentina

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 0 50159, Romania

  • Cliniq s. r. o.

    RECRUITING

    Bratislava, 811 09, Slovakia

  • Concord Repatriation General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sydney, New South Wales, 2139, Australia

  • Diagnostic-Consultative Center Aleksandrovska EOOD

    RECRUITING

    Sofia, 1431, Bulgaria

  • Digestive Disease Institute, Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel

  • ETG Zamosc

    RECRUITING

    Zamość, 22400, Poland

  • Emory University Hospital, The Emory Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • EndoArt

    RECRUITING

    Ostrava, 71000, Czechia

  • Endohope Clinic

    RECRUITING

    Prague, 10100, Czechia

  • Endomed

    RECRUITING

    Košice, 4013, Slovakia

  • Evangelismos Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Athens, Attica, 106 76, Greece

  • Fakultna Nemocnica s poliklinikou Nove Zamky

    RECRUITING

    Nové Zámky, 94034, Slovakia

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Fakultna nemocnica F. D. Roosevelta

    RECRUITING

    Banská Bystrica, 97401, Slovakia

  • Fakultni Nemocnice Ostrava (FNO)

    RECRUITING

    Ostrava-Poruba, 708 52, Czechia

  • Flinders Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Bedford Park, South Australia, 5042, Australia

  • Fraser Clinical Trials

    RECRUITING

    New Westminster, British Columbia, V3L 3W4, Canada

  • Fukuoka University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Fukuoka, 814-0180, Japan

  • G.N.A. Gennimatas

    RECRUITING

    Athens, 15669, Greece

  • GI PROS, Inc.

    RECRUITING

    Naples, Florida, 34102, United States

  • Galileo Medical Research

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, 36033-318, Brazil

  • Gastroenterology Associates, PA

    RECRUITING

    Greenville, South Carolina, 29615, United States

  • Gastromed Kopon, Zmudzinski i Wspolnicy Sp.j. Specjalistyczne Centrum Gastrologii i Endoskopii Specjalistyczne Gabinety Lekarskie

    RECRUITING

    Torun, Kujawsko-pomo, 87-100, Poland

  • Gastromedic s.r.o

    RECRUITING

    Pardubice, 530 03, Czechia

  • Great Lakes Gastroenterology Research, LLC

    RECRUITING

    Mentor, Ohio, 44060, United States

  • H-T. Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o. Sp.k.

    RECRUITING

    Tychy, 43-100, Poland

  • Hamamatsu University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, 431-3192, Japan

  • Harry Perkins Medical Research Institute Fiona Stanley Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Hepato-Gastroenterologie HK, s.r.o.

    RECRUITING

    Hradec Králové, 50012, Czechia

  • Heritage Medical Research Clinic - University Of Calgary

    RECRUITING

    Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Z6, Canada

  • Hillerod Hospital, Hilleroed Sygehus

    RECRUITING

    Hillerød, 3400, Denmark

  • Hopital Nord Chu Saint-Etienne

    RECRUITING

    Saint-Etienne, 42055, France

  • Hopital Universitaire de Bruxelles/ Academisch Ziekenhuis Brussel

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, Anderlecht / Region Capitale de Bruxelles/ Brussel, 1070, Belgium

  • Hopital l'Archet 2

    RECRUITING

    Nice, 06202, France

  • Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre (HCPA)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

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

  • Huizhou First Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Huizhou, Guangdong, 516001, China

  • Hvidovre Hospital Medicinsk Gastroenterologisk Afdeling

    RECRUITING

    Hvidovre, 2650, Denmark

  • Hyogo Medical University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, 663-8501, Japan

  • IRCCS - AOU di Bologna - SantOrsola Malpighi

    RECRUITING

    Bologna, 40138, Italy

  • IRCCS Istituto clinico humanitas - Humanitas Mirasole spa

    RECRUITING

    Rozzano, 20089, Italy

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) - The Mount Sinai Hospital (MSH)

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Busan, 48108, South Korea

  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan

  • Institutul Clinic Fundeni

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 022328, Romania

  • Intesto - Gastroenterologische Praxis & Crohn-Colitis-Zentrum Bern

    RECRUITING

    Bern, 3012, Switzerland

  • Irmandade da Santa Casa da Misericordia de Santos

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Santos, São Paulo, 11075-900, Brazil

  • Iwate Medical University Uchimaru Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Morioka, Iwate, 020-8505, Japan

  • Kansai Medical University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hirakata, Osaka, 5731191, Japan

  • Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Daegu, 42601, South Korea

  • Korczowski Bartosz, Gabinet Lekarski

    RECRUITING

    Rzeszów, 35302, Poland

  • Kosin University Gospel Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Busan, 49267, South Korea

  • Kyorin University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Mitaka, Tokyo, 181-8611, Japan

  • L2 IP - Instituto de Pesquisas Clinicas LTDA

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Brasília, Federal District, 70200-730, Brazil

  • Las Vegas Medical Research

    RECRUITING

    Las Vegas, Nevada, 89128, United States

  • London Health Sciences Centre - University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    London, Ontario, N6A 5A5, Canada

  • London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital

    RECRUITING

    London, Ontario, N6A 5W9, Canada

  • Manermed Sp. z o.o - CM Medis

    RECRUITING

    Bydgoszcz, 85229, Poland

  • Masaryk Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ústí nad Labem, 40113, Czechia

  • Mater Cancer Care Centre-Mater Health Services

    RECRUITING

    South Brisbane, Queensland, 4101, Australia

  • Medrise sp. z o.o

    RECRUITING

    Lublin, 20-582, Poland

  • Meir Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

  • Mohacsi Korhaz

    RECRUITING

    Mohács, 7700, Hungary

  • Multi-Profile Hospital for Active Treatment (MHAT) Hadji Dimitar

    RECRUITING

    Sliven, 8800, Bulgaria

  • NH Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Hořovice, Central Bohemia, 268 31, Czechia

  • National Taiwan University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Taipei, Zhongzheng District, 100, Taiwan

  • Nemocnice Ceske Budejovice, a.s.

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    České Budějovice, 370 01, Czechia

  • Northern Hospital Epping

    RECRUITING

    Epping, 3076, Australia

  • Nova Scotia Health Authority - Queen Elizabeth II Heath Sciences Centre

    RECRUITING

    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 2Y9, Canada

  • Novel Research, LLC

    RECRUITING

    Bellaire, Texas, 77401, United States

  • Odense Universitetshospital (OUH) (Odense University Hospital)

    RECRUITING

    Odense, Region Syddanmark, 5000, Denmark

  • One of a Kind Clinical research Center TX LLC

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kingwood, Texas, 77339, United States

  • Osaka Medical College Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Takatsuki-shi, Osaka, 569-8686, Japan

  • Oslo Univeristy Hospital Ulleval Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Oslo, 0450, Norway

  • Ospedale San Raffaele (HSR) Instituto Scientifico Universitario San Raffaele

    RECRUITING

    Milan, 20132, Italy

  • Pannonia Maganorvosi Centrum Kft.

    RECRUITING

    Budapest, 1136, Hungary

  • Panstwowy Instytut Medyczny MSWiA

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-507, Poland

  • PlanetMed Sp. z o.o.

    COMPLETED

    Wroclaw, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, 52-210, Poland

  • Policlinica Algomed: Centrul De Gastroenterologie Dr. Goldis

    RECRUITING

    Timișoara, Jud Timis, 300002, Romania

  • Region Sjaelland Sygehus Nord, Koge Sygehus

    RECRUITING

    Køge, 4600, Denmark

  • Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200127, China

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Ribeiralo Preto Medical School, University of Salo Paulo

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo, 14048-900, Brazil

  • Rochester Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, New York, 14609, United States

  • Royal Perth Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia

  • Samsung Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Sapporo Medical University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8543, Japan

  • Semmelweis Egyetem

    RECRUITING

    Budapest, 1082, Hungary

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Shanghai East Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200120, China

  • Shanghai Pudong New District Zhoupu Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Shanghai, 201318, China

  • Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital (SCGH) - Comprehensive Cancer Centre

    RECRUITING

    Nedlands, 6009, Australia

  • Solare Trials

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    São Paulo, 01307-002, Brazil

  • Soroka Mc

    RECRUITING

    Beersheba, 84101, Israel

  • Sotiria General Hospital of Athens

    RECRUITING

    Athens, 11527, Greece

  • South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust - The Ulster Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Belfast, BT16 1RH, United Kingdom

  • Southern Star Research Institute, LLC

    RECRUITING

    San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States

  • Spital Clinic Dr I Cantacuzino

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 020475, Romania

  • Spitalul Euroclinic

    RECRUITING

    Bucharest, 14461, Romania

  • St Thomas' Hospital - Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, SE1 7EH, United Kingdom

  • St. Elisabeth Ziekenhuis

    RECRUITING

    Tilburg, 5022 GC, Netherlands

  • St. Marien- und St. Annastiftskrankenhaus

    RECRUITING

    Ludwigshafen, 67065, Germany

  • Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) - The First Affiliated Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, China

  • Sun Yat-sen University - The Sixth Affiliated Hospital (Guangdong Gastrointestinal Hospital)

    RECRUITING

    Guangzhou, 510655, China

  • SurGal Clinic SRO

    RECRUITING

    Brno, 602 00, Czechia

  • Sydvestjysk Region/Esbjerg Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Esbjerg, 6700, Denmark

  • TDDC dba Alliance Research

    COMPLETED

    Mansfield, Texas, 76063, United States

  • Texas Digestive Disease Consultants, PLLC d/b/a GI Alliance

    COMPLETED

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center - The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Ramat Gan, 5265601, Israel

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Centre

    RECRUITING

    Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel

  • The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang Chinese Medical University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Zhejiang, 310006, China

  • The Jikei University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Minato, Tokyo, 105-8471, Japan

  • The Queen Elizabeth Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Woodville, South Australia, 5011, Australia

  • The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center

    RECRUITING

    Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4, Canada

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Suzhou, Jiangsu, 215004, China

  • The Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China

  • The Second People's Hospital of Changzhou

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Changzhou, Jiangsu, China

  • The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University

    RECRUITING

    Changsha, Hunan, 410011, China

  • The University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics

    RECRUITING

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • Tohoku University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sendai, Miyagi, 980-8574, Japan

  • Toyama University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Toyama, 930-0194, Japan

  • Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha

    RECRUITING

    Chiba, 277-0871, Japan

  • Twoja Przychodnia - Szczecinskie Centrum Medyczne

    RECRUITING

    Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 71-434, Poland

  • Tyler Research Institute, LLC

    RECRUITING

    Tyler, Texas, 75701, United States

  • UCI Health

    RECRUITING

    Orange, California, 92868, United States

  • UMBAL Kaspela

    RECRUITING

    Plovdiv, 4001, Bulgaria

  • USF Health Morsani Center for Advanced Healthcare

    RECRUITING

    Tampa, Florida, 33612, United States

  • United Medical Doctors

    RECRUITING

    Murrieta, California, 92563, United States

  • Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio De Mesquita Filho (Unesp) - Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-970, Brazil

  • UniversidadeEstadualde Campinas - UNICAMP

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Campinas, São Paulo, 13083-887, Brazil

  • Universitaetsklinik Frankfurt

    RECRUITING

    Frankfurt, 60590, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Mannheim GmbH

    RECRUITING

    Mannheim, 68167, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, UKSH-Campus Kiel

    RECRUITING

    Kiel, 24105, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Tuebingen

    RECRUITING

    Tübingen, 72076, Germany

  • Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • University Gastroenterology Providence

    RECRUITING

    Providence, Rhode Island, 02904, United States

  • University General Hospital of Patras

    RECRUITING

    Pátrai, Achaia, 26504, Greece

  • University Hospital Basel

    RECRUITING

    Basel, 4031, Switzerland

  • University Hospital Brno

    RECRUITING

    Brno, 639 00, Czechia

  • University Hospital Of Ulm, Universitatsklinikum Ulm

    RECRUITING

    Ulm, 89081, Germany

  • University Hospital Tsaritsa Yoanna - Isul (University Hospital Queen Giovanna)

    RECRUITING

    Sofia, 1527, Bulgaria

  • University Hospital of Heraklion

    RECRUITING

    Heraklion, Crete, 71110, Greece

  • University Of Louisville

    RECRUITING

    Louisville, Kentucky, 40202, United States

  • University of Athens School of Medicine, Alexandra General Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Athens, Attica, 11528, Greece

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Toronto - Mount Sinai Hospital - The Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States

  • Vojenska Nemocnice Brno

    RECRUITING

    Brno, 636 00, Czechia

  • WIP Warsaw IBD Point Profesor Kierkus

    RECRUITING

    Warsaw, 04-501, Poland

  • Wellness Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Miami Lakes, Florida, 33016, United States

  • West Central Gastroenterology, LLP, d/b/a/ Gastro Florida

    RECRUITING

    Clearwater, Florida, 33762, United States

  • Western Health/Footscray Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Melbourne, Victoria, 3011, Australia

  • Wingate Institute for Neurogastroenterology, Wingate Clinical Trials Facility, Barts Health NHS Trust

    RECRUITING

    London, E1 2at, E1 2AT, United Kingdom

  • Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates

    RECRUITING

    Glen Burnie, Maryland, 21061, United States

  • Wuhan University - Renmin Hospital (Hubei General Hospital)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Wuhan, Hubei, 430060, China

  • Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Wŏnju, Gangwon-do, 26426, South Korea

  • Zhejiang University School of Medicine - Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital (SRRSH)

    RECRUITING

    Hangzhou, 310016, China

  • Zhongshan Hospital Xiamen University

    RECRUITING

    Xiamen, Fujian, 361000, China

  • Zuyderland Medisch Centrum - Sittard-Geleen

    RECRUITING

    Geleen, Limburg, 6162 BG, Netherlands

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