New pill could tame skin lupus flares
NCT ID NCT07440537
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests an oral medication called ICP-488 for people with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), a condition that causes painful skin rashes and lesions. About 105 adults aged 18–75 with moderate-to-severe CLE will receive either the drug or a placebo for 16 weeks. The main goal is to see if the drug reduces skin disease severity and is safe.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 105 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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18 to 75 years
- 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: 1. Aged ≥18 and ≤75 years. 2. Diagnosed with cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) for at least 3 months before the screening visit. 3. Biopsy-proven histologically consistent with discoid lupus erythematosus (DLE) and/or subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (SCLE). 4. CLASI activity (CLASI-A) score ≥8 at both the screening and baseline (Day 1) visits. 5. May have concomitant systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or not. 6. The treatment regimen is stable and can be maintained until the end of the study treatment. 7. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must have a negative serum pregnancy test result at screening and a negative urine pregnancy test result before the first dose on Day 1. 8. Women of childbearing potential (WOCBP) and male subjects must agree to use highly effective contraceptive methods throughout the study treatment period and for one month (28 days) after the last dose Exclusion Criteria: 1. Specific cutaneous lupus erythematosus subtypes: acute cutaneous lupus erythematosus (ACLE), tumid lupus, lupus panniculitis (deep lupus), chilblain lupus. 2. Patients with drug-induced cutaneous lupus erythematosus and/or drug-induced systemic lupus erythematosus. 3. Subjects with active kidney disease 4.Other inflammatory joint or skin diseases or overlap syndrome not caused by systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as the primary disease. 5\. Other autoimmune diseases except for secondary Sjögren's syndrome. 6. Concurrent herpes zoster infection at screening or before dosing on Day 1, or a history of severe herpes zoster or severe herpes simplex infection. 7\. Positive Hepatitis B surface Antigen (HBsAg) at screening; or abnormal Hepatitis B Virus (HBV)Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) test result in subjects positive for Hepatitis B core Antibody (HBcAb). 8 Evidence of active, latent, or inadequately treated mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. 9.Previous or current use of other immunomodulatory or immunosuppressive treatments except for permitted background medications specified in the protocol. 10\. Inadequate organ function levels, including abnormalities in hematology, liver function, renal function, coagulation function, cardiac function, etc.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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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
27 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400021, China
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Dermatology Hospital of Jiangxi Province
RECRUITINGNanchang, Jiangxi, 330000, China
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Dermatology Hospital of Shandong First Medical University
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250022, China
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Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510091, China
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Dongguan people's hospital
RECRUITINGDongguan, Guangdong, 523059, China
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First Hospital of Shanxi Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGTaiyuan, Shanxi, 030001, China
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Hangzhou Third people's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHangzhou, Zhejiang, 310009, China
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Hospital for Skin Diseases, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, Qianjin Lu, China
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Huashan Hospital Fudan University
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200040, China
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Jinan Central Hospital
RECRUITINGJinan, Shandong, 250013, China
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Jingzhou Central Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGJingzhou, Hubei, 434020, China
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Peking University First Hospital
RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100034, China
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People's Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGÜrümqi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, 830001, China
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Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 200443, China
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Sichuan Provincial People's Hospital
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610072, China
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Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510120, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGHefei, Anhui, 230022, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400010, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGFuzhou, Fujian, 350005, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University
RECRUITINGKunming, Yunnan, 650032, China
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGZhengzhou, Henan, 450052, China
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The First AffiliatedHospital of China Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShenyang, Liaoning, 110001, China
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The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University
RECRUITINGSuzhou, Jiangsu, 215004, China
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The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGShijiazhuang, Hebei, China
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West China Hospital, Sichuan University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGChengdu, Sichuan, 610041, China
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Xuanwu Hospital Capital Medical University
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGBeijing, Beijing Municipality, 100053, China
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