Ebola prevention pill study halted before it began
NCT ID NCT06682234
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study aimed to test whether the drug obeldesivir could safely prevent filovirus diseases like Ebola in people who had been exposed. It was designed for adults with known or suspected high-risk contact within the past 21 days. However, the study was withdrawn before enrolling any participants, so no results are available.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Expected to start
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Dec 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
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 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Able to understand and give written informed consent and comply with treatment and follow up. * Individuals who are of childbearing potential and engage in heterosexual intercourse must agree to use protocol-specified method(s) of contraception * Known or suspected high-risk exposure to Ebola virus (EBOV), Sudan virus (SUDV), or Marburg virus (MARV) within 21 days of Day 1. High-risk exposure may include the following: 1. Direct contact with bodily fluids from a confirmed case. 2. Needle stick injury with a needle potentially contaminated with virus. 3. Prolonged exposure to an individual with EBOV, SUDV, or MARV infection or disease without (adequate) personal protective equipment. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Individuals with plans to breastfeed during the study period and 21 days following the last dose of study intervention. World Health Organization guidance on breastfeeding should be followed. * Known hypersensitivity to the study intervention, its metabolites, or formulation excipient. * Known EBOV, SUDV, or MARV reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) positivity or symptomatic filovirus disease as attributed by the investigator. * Known moderate or severe renal impairment or known estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \< 60 mL/min/1.73 m\^2. * Decompensated cirrhosis (Child-Pugh Class C), acute liver injury/failure (eg, new onset \[\< 2 weeks\] of easy bruising, jaundice, ascites, hepatic encephalopathy, asterixis), and/or known alanine aminotransferase ≥5 × upper limit of normal. Note: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.
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