New shot could ease chronic heel pain
NCT ID NCT06169319
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested two doses of an injected biologic called EN3835 (collagenase) against a placebo in 231 adults with plantar fasciitis lasting at least 6 months. The goal was to see if it reduces daily heel pain and improves foot function over 12 weeks. Results are complete and will show whether this approach offers relief for people who haven't gotten better with standard treatments.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Collagenase clostridium histolyticum (CCH) injection
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could provide a new injection-based option to reduce heel pain and improve foot function for people with stubborn plantar fasciitis.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 231 participants. The treatment may not prove more effective than placebo, and injections can cause local side effects like swelling or bruising.
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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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231 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jan 2024
- Finished
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Sep 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 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Have no significant medical history or examination findings related to the foot to be treated, which in the investigator's opinion, would make the participant unsuitable for study intervention administration. * Have a diagnosis of plantar fasciitis for ≥6 months, which has not responded to conservative therapies. Conservative therapies may include rest, physical therapy, splinting/bracing, orthotics, icing, physiotherapy, acetaminophen, corticosteroids, or nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). * Have current foot pain due to plantar fasciitis. Key Exclusion Criteria: * Has any musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, neurosensory, other neurological or related disorder that affects the participant's use of his/her feet and/or would impair his/her completion of study assessments as determined by the investigator either due to the disorder or due to pain. * Has a clinically meaningful laboratory abnormality. * Has a body mass index ≥35 kilograms per meter squared (kg/m\^2). * Has a known bleeding disorder, which, in the investigator's opinion, would make the participant unsuitable for enrollment in the study.
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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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Endo Clinical Site 1
Georgetown, Texas, 78628, United States
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Endo Clinical Site 2
Pasadena, Maryland, 21122, United States
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Endo Clinical Site 3
Pinellas Park, Florida, 33782, United States
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Endo Clinical Site 4
Bedford, Texas, 76021, United States
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Endo Clinical Site 5
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84107, United States
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Endo Site 10
Tarzana, California, 91356, United States
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Endo Site 11
Fresno, California, 93710, United States
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Endo Site 12
Suffolk, Virginia, 23434, United States
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Endo Site 13
Corona, California, 92882, United States
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Endo Site 14
Sweetwater, Florida, 33172, United States
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Endo Site 15
Houston, Texas, 77027, United States
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Endo Site 16
Los Angeles, California, 90010, United States
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Endo Site 17
Dallas, Texas, 75208, United States
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Endo Site 18
Dallas, Texas, 75251, United States
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Endo Site 19
Grand Rapids, Michigan, 49525, United States
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Endo Site 20
Castro Valley, California, 94546, United States
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Endo Site 21
San Francisco, California, 94115, United States
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Endo Site 22
San Antonio, Texas, 78258, United States
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Endo Site 23
Stonecrest, Georgia, 30038, United States
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Endo Site 24
Burleson, Texas, 76028, United States
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Endo Site 25
Moore, Oklahoma, 73160, United States
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Endo Site 26
Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
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Endo Site 27
Missoula, Montana, 59804, United States
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Endo Site 28
O'Fallon, Illinois, 62269, United States
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Endo Site 30
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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Endo Site 31
North Chicago, Illinois, 60064, United States
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Endo Site 32
Newport News, Virginia, 23606, United States
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Endo Site 33
Overland Park, Kansas, 66211, United States
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Endo Site 34
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
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Endo Site 35
Shreveport, Louisiana, 71101, United States
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Endo Site 36
Malvern, Pennsylvania, 19355, United States
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Endo Site 37
Coconut Creek, Florida, 33073, United States
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Endo Site 38
Westwood, New Jersey, 07675, United States
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Endo Site 39
Portland, Oregon, 97202, United States
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Endo Site 40
Los Angeles, California, 90063, United States
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Endo Site 6
Encinitas, California, 92024, United States
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Endo Site 7
Lawrenceville, Georgia, 30043, United States
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Endo Site 8
Tucson, Arizona, 85712, United States
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Endo Site 9
McAllen, Texas, 78501, United States
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