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Could a daily pill stop hereditary angioedema attacks?
NCT ID NCT05047185
First seen Aug 17, 2026 · Last updated Aug 18, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether an experimental oral medication, deucrictibant, can reduce the number of swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema (HAE) types I and II. Participants take either a low or high dose of the drug or a placebo for 12 weeks, and then may continue on the drug in an open-label phase. The goal is to see if the drug safely lowers the monthly rate of confirmed HAE attacks.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Deucrictibant (PHA-022121), an oral medication taken daily to prevent swelling attacks
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could lead to a convenient daily pill that reduces the frequency of painful and potentially dangerous swelling attacks in people with hereditary angioedema.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-phase trial with a small number of participants, so results may not hold up in larger studies. The drug may also have side effects or prove no better than placebo.
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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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34 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2022
- Finished
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Jun 2025
- 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: * Signed and dated informed consent form * Diagnosis of HAE type I or II * Documented history of at least 3 HAE attacks within the last 3 consecutive months prior to screening, or a minimum of 2 HAE attacks during the screening period * Reliable access and experience to use standard of care acute attack medications Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnancy or breast-feeding * Clinically significant abnormal electrocardiogram * Any other systemic disease or significant disease or disorder that would interfere with the patient's safety or ability to participate in the study * Use of C1-esterase inhibitor, oral kallikrein inhibitors, attenuated androgens, anti-fibrinolytics, or monoclonal HAE therapy within a defined period prior to enrolment * Abnormal hepatic function * Abnormal renal function * History of alcohol or drug abuse within defined period, or current evidence of substance dependence or abuse * Participation in any other investigational drug study within defined period
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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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Vienna, A-1090, Austria
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Birmingham, Alabama, 35209, United States
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Paradise Valley, Arizona, 85253, United States
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St Louis, Missouri, 63141, United States
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Sofia, 1680, Bulgaria
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Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 1E4, Canada
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Montreal, Quebec, H2W 1R7, Canada
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Berlin, 10117, Germany
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Frankfurt, 60323, Germany
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Dublin, D08NHY1, Ireland
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Padua, PD, 35128, Italy
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Milan, 20157, Italy
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Palermo, 0146, Italy
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Krakow, Poland
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Brighton, England, BN2 1ES, United Kingdom
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Bristol, England, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom
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Cambridge, England, CB2 0QQ, United Kingdom
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London, England, E1 1FR, United Kingdom
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Southampton, England, SO16 6YD, United Kingdom
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