New pill shows promise for Long-Term IBD control
NCT ID NCT06764615
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests the long-term safety of an oral drug called zasocitinib (TAK-279) in adults with moderate to severe Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. Participants who responded to the drug in earlier studies can continue treatment for up to 3 years. The main goal is to see if the drug remains safe and helps control bowel inflammation over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- zasocitinib (TAK-279)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that zasocitinib is safe and effective for long-term control of inflammatory bowel disease symptoms.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase extension study with no placebo group, so results may not confirm long-term benefits. Side effects or lack of sustained response are possible.
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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 192 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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May 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 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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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. The participant is willing and able to understand and fully comply with trial procedures and requirements (including digital tools and applications), in the opinion of the investigator. The participant has provided informed consent (that is, in writing, documented via a signed and dated informed consent form \[ICF\]) and any required privacy authorization prior to the initiation of any trial procedures. 2. Completion of Week 52 in the parent trials (phase 2b CD and phase 2 UC) with valid electronic (e) Diary data for Week 52 (TAK-279-CD-2001 and TAK-279-UC-2001). 3. Clinical or symptomatic responder at parent trial Week 52 as defined below: 1. TAK-279-CD-2001: Clinical response at Week 52 of the parent trial based on PRO2, assessed as \>=30% decrease in average daily very soft or liquid stools and/ or \>=30% decrease in average AP from parent trial baseline. 2. TAK-279-UC-2001: Symptomatic response at Week 52 of the parent trial, assessed as a reduction in partial modified Mayo score (pmMS) of \>=1 points and \>=30% from parent trial baseline; and a decrease from parent trial baseline in the rectal bleeding sub-score of \>=1 point or an absolute rectal bleeding sub-score of \<=1 point. 4. TAK-279-CD-2003: Endoscopic response at Week 12 of the parent trial, assessed as a participant achieving decrease in SES-CD \>50% from baseline (or for participants with isolated ileal disease, SES-CD \<=4 or at least a 2-point reduction from baseline). Other General Inclusion Criteria: 5. Participants must meet the contraception recommendations. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participant considered by the investigator to be unsuitable for the OLE trial due to their trial compliance and medication adherence concerns. 2. Participants with malignancy or dysplasia per endoscopy any time during the parent trial or at the beginning of the OLE. Exclusion Criteria related to Laboratory Investigations: 3. Participants meeting the exclusion criteria related to laboratory investigations as defined in the protocol. Exclusion criteria related to other prohibited concomitant medication for TAK-279-CD-2001 and TAK-279-UC-2001 Cohorts: 4. Participants taking oral corticosteroids for CD or UC during parent trial at or after Week 48.
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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
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The study's own enquiry address
This study publishes an address for enquiries. See it below .
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The places running it
16 sites in 8 countries. 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
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Study contacts
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Contact
Email: •••••@•••••
Locations
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Centrum Medyczne MedykSp. z o.o. Sp. K.
RECRUITINGLublin, 35-326, Poland
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Chongqing General Hospital
RECRUITINGChongqing, Chongqing Municipality, 400013, China
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Endomed
RECRUITINGKošice, 4013, Slovakia
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Gastromed Kopon Zmudzinski i Wspolnicy Sp.j.Specjalistyczne Centrum Gastrologii i Endoskopii Specj
RECRUITINGTorun, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, 87-100, Poland
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Hepato-Gastroenterologie HK s.r.o.
RECRUITINGHradec Králové, 500 12, Czechia
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Inje University Haeundae Paik Hospital
RECRUITINGHaeundae, Busan Gwangyeogsi, 48108, South Korea
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Pannonia Maganorvosi Centrum
RECRUITINGBudapest, 1136, Hungary
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Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
RECRUITINGShanghai, Shanghai Municipality, 2000127, China
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St. Antonius Ziekenhuis
RECRUITINGTilburg, North Brabant, 5022GC, Netherlands
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The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGGuangdong, Guangdong, 510080, China
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The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510655, China
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Twoja Przychodnia - Szczecinskie Centrum Medyczne
RECRUITINGSzczecin, 71-434, Poland
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Tyler Research Institute, LLC
RECRUITINGTyler, Texas, 75701, United States
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WIP Warsaw IBD Point Profesor Kierkus
RECRUITINGWarsaw, 04-730, Poland
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Woodholme Gastroenterology Associates
RECRUITINGGlen Burnie, Maryland, 21061, United States
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Yonsei University Wonju Severance Christian Hospital
RECRUITINGWŏnju, Gangwon-do, 220-701, South Korea
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