Hizentra shows promise for rare muscle and skin disease
NCT ID NCT04044690
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a medicine called Hizentra (IgPro20) in 134 adults with dermatomyositis, a rare disease causing muscle weakness and skin rashes. The goal was to see if weekly shots under the skin could improve symptoms better than a placebo. The study was stopped early, but results suggest Hizentra may help control the disease, though ongoing treatment is likely needed.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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134 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2019
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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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18 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: * Male or female subjects ≥ 18 years of age * Diagnosis of at least probable idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM) per European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology (EULAR/ACR) Classification Criteria which includes confirmation of dermatomyositis (DM) rash/manifestation, disease activity defined by presence of DM rash / manifestation or an objective disease activity measure * Disease severity defined by Physician global activity visual analog scale (VAS) with a minimum value of 2.0 cm on a 10 cm scale and MMT-8 ≤ 142 or CDASI total activity score ≥ 14. * Corticosteroid daily dose less than that or equal to 20 mg prednisolone equivalent Exclusion Criteria: * Cancer-associated myositis * Evidence of active malignant disease or malignancies diagnosed within the previous 5 years * Physician Global Damage score ≥ 3, or clinically relevant improvement between Screening Visit and Baseline
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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0320077 - Centro Medico Privado de Reumatolgia
San Miguel de Tucumán, T4000, Argentina
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0320081 - Fundacion Respirar
Buenos Aires, C1426ABP, Argentina
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0320083 - Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires
Ciudad Autónoma Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, C1181ACH, Argentina
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0320084 - DIM Clinica Privada
Buenos Aires, B1704ETD, Argentina
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0560048 - Universitair Ziekenhuis (UZ) Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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0560049 - CHU de Liège - Sart Tilman
Liège, 4000, Belgium
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0560050 - Ghent Universit Hospital (UZ Gent)
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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0560056 - Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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2500132 - Hopital Pitie-Salpetriere
Paris, 75013, France
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2500133 - CHU - Hospital de la Timone
Marseille, 13385, France
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2500135 - CHU Nice-Hopital Archet I
Nice, 06202, France
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2500144 - Hopitaux Universitaire de Strasbourg
Strasbourg, 67098, France
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2500146 - CHU De Dijon Hopital Du Bocage
Dijon, 21079, France
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2500188 - Centre Hospitalier Regional Universitaire de Lille
Lille, 59037, France
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2760036 - University Medicine Göttingen
Göttingen, 37075, Germany
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2760199 - University Hospital Köln
Cologne, 50937, Germany
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2760201 - Medizinische Hochschule Hannover (MHH)
Hanover, 30625, Germany
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2760203 - Charité
Berlin, 10117, Germany
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2760210 - University of Münster
Münster, 48149, Germany
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2760211 - Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, 10117, Germany
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2760212 - University Hospital Of Tuebingen
Tübingen, 72076, Germany
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2760268 - University of Ulm
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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2760271 - Universitatsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus TU Dresden
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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2760273 - Hautklinik des Uni-Klinikums Erlangen
Erlangen, 91504, Germany
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3480048 - University of Debrecen
Debrecen, 4032, Hungary
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3800132 - Universitaria Vittorio Emanuele
Catania, 95124, Italy
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3800133 - Universita degli Studi Di Brescia - Azienda Ospedaliera Spedali Civili di Brescia
Brescia, 25123, Italy
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3800134 - Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Pisana
Pisa, 56124, Italy
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3800139 - Universita degli Studi Firenze
Florence, 50134, Italy
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3920035 - Yamaguchi University Hospital
Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan
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3920086 - St. Marianna University Hospital
Kawasaki, Kanagawa, 216-8511, Japan
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3920087 - Wakayama Medical University Hospital
Wakayama, 641-8509, Japan
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3920088 - Gunma University Hospital
Maebashi, Gunma, 371-6511, Japan
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3920089 - Hokkaido University Hospital
Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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3920090 - University Of Fukui Hospital
Yoshida-Gun, Fukui, 910-1193, Japan
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3920091 - Nippon Medical School Hospital
Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8603, Japan
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3920096 - Chukyo Hospital
Nagoya, Aichi-ken, 457-8510, Japan
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3920097 - Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital
Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan
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3920125 - Tokyo Medical And Dental University Medical Hospital
Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-8519, Japan
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4840081 - Centro Integral en Reumatologia, SA de CV
Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44160, Mexico
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4840082 - CINTRE, Centro de Investigacion y Tratamiento Reumatologico S.C.
Mexico City, Mexico City, 11850, Mexico
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4840084 - Centro de Alta Especialidad en Reumatologia e Investigacion del Potosí, S.C.
San Luis Potosí City, 78213, Mexico
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6160104 - Zespol Poradni Specjalistycznych REUMED, ONYKSOWA Filia nr 2
Lublin, 20-582, Poland
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6160117 - MedicalConcierge Centrum Medyczne
Warsaw, 02-798, Poland
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6430120 - St. Petersburg City Rheumatological Hospital 25
Saint Petersburg, 190068, Russia
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6430122 - City Clinical Hospital No. 5
Nizhny Novgorod, 603005, Russia
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6430123 - Yaroslavl Oblast Clinical Hospital
Yaroslavl, 150007, Russia
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6430124 - ORIS Firm Limited Liability Company
Moscow, 117321, Russia
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6430125 - Medical Centre-Healthy Family
Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia
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7240011 - Hospital Universitario Valle de Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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7240086 - Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
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7240112 - Hospital Clinic Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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7560028 - Kantonsspital St. Gallen
Sankt Gallen, 9007, Switzerland
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7560033 - University Hospital Bern Inselspital
Bern, 3010, Switzerland
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8040051 - Kyiv Railway Clinical Hospital No.2
Kyiv, 03049, Ukraine
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8040052 - Institute of Rheumatology
Kyiv, 02081, Ukraine
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8040053 - Cherkassy Regional Hospital
Cherkasy, 18009, Ukraine
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8040054 - Modern Clinic LLC
Zaporizhia, 69005, Ukraine
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8040055 - Mechnikov Institute of Microbiology and Immunology
Kharkiv, 61029, Ukraine
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8040057 - Khmelnitskiy Regional Hospital
Khmelnytskyi, 29000, Ukraine
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8040058 - State Institution National Scientific Center Strazhesko
Kiev, 03151, Ukraine
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8401107 - Morsani Center for Advanced Health Care (CAHC)
Tampa, Florida, 33616, United States
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8401115 - The University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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8401117 - Arizona Arthritis & Rheumatology Research
Glendale, Arizona, 85306, United States
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8401129 - UCLA - Rheumatology Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90095, United States
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8401132 - Omega Research Maitland
Orlando, Florida, 32810, United States
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8401151 - Biomedical Science Tower
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15261, United States
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8401152 - The University of Kansas Medical Center
Fairway, Kansas, 66205, United States
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8401160 - Center For Rheumatology
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33334, United States
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8401199 - Neuromuscular Research Center
Phoenix, Arizona, 85028, United States
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8401210 - University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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8401473 - RecioMed Clinical Research Network, Inc.
Boynton Beach, Florida, 33472, United States
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8401474 - West Tennessee Research Institute, LLC
Jackson, Tennessee, 38305, United States
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8401476 - DS Research
Louisville, Kentucky, 40241, United States
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8401486 - Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, Oregon, 97239, United States
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8401487 - Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States
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