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NCT Number: NCT05216224

ATI-450 vs Placebo in Participants With Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

This is a Phase 2a study to investigate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, and pharmacodynamics of ATI-450 vs placebo in patients with moderate to severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS).

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Key information

Age range

18 year–70 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

Aclaris Investigational Site, Birmingham, Alabama, United States

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Able to comprehend and be willing to sign the Institutional Review Board (IRB)-approved participant informed consent form prior to administration of any study-related procedures.
  • Participant must have stable HS.
  • Total abscesses and/or nodule (AN) count of ≥5 at Baseline visit.
  • HS lesions present in at least 2 distinct anatomical areas at Screening and Baseline.

Exclusion criteria

  • Participant has a history of active skin disease other than HS that could interfere with the assessment of HS.
  • Participant has an uncontrolled non-immunoinflammatory disease that may place the participant at increased risk during the study or impact the interpretation of results, e.g., previous malignancy, previous venous thromboembolism.
  • Participant has experience with >2 biologics, >1 Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, or a combination of 1 biologic experience and 1 JAK inhibitor.
  • Are currently receiving corticosteroids at doses greater than 10 mg per day of prednisone (or equivalent) or have been receiving an unstable dosing regimen of corticosteroids within 2 weeks of the Screening visit.

Treatment and study plan

ATI-450

Drug

Oral, small molecule MK2 inhibitor

Other names: Zunsemetinib

Placebo oral tablet

Drug

Placebo tablet manufactured to match ATI-450 in appearance

Other names: Placebo

Primary outcomes

  1. Change From Baseline in Abscess and Inflammatory Nodule (AN) Count at Week 12

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 12

    AN count was the sum of number of abscess and inflammatory nodules across anatomical regions.

    The least square (LS) mean change from baseline in the count at Week 12 was estimated from the Mixed Model Repeated Measures (MMRM) model.

Secondary outcomes

  1. Percentage of Participants Achieving Hidradenitis Suppurativa Clinical Response (HiSCR50) at Week 12

    Time frame: Week 12

    HiSCR50 Achiever was defined as a participant having a ≥50% reduction from baseline in the total abscess and inflammatory nodule count, with no increase in the number of abscesses, and no increase in the number of draining fistula counts from baseline. A participant was considered an achiever only if all 3 criteria mentioned above were fulfilled.

    Model-based estimates and 90% confidence intervals (CIs) were produced. Firth's penalized likelihood logistic regression model with fixed effects for treatment and baseline count of inflammatory abscesses and nodules was used.

  2. Change From Baseline in International Hidradenitis Suppurativa Severity Score System (IHS-4) at Week 12

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 12

    The IHS-4 is a validated tool used to access the HS severity and is calculated based on the clinical signs of HS: inflammatory nodules, abscesses and draining tunnels (fistulas and sinuses). The IHS-4 score = (number of nodules multiplied by 1) + (number of abscesses multiplied by 2) + (number of draining tunnels [fistulas/sinuses] multiplied by 4).

    Mild HS is a score of 3 or less, moderate HS is a score of 4-10, and severe HS is a score of 11 or higher. A decrease in score means less severity.

  3. Percentage of Participants Achieving NRS30

    Time frame: Week 12

    NRS30 Achiever was defined as participants achieving at least a 30% reduction from baseline in Patient's Global Assessment of Skin Pain (PGA-SP) and at least 1 unit reduction from baseline in PGA-SP at Week 12 among participants with baseline PGA-SP ≥3.

    Model-based estimates and 90% CIs were produced. Firth's penalized likelihood logistic regression model with fixed effects for treatment and baseline PGA-SP was used.

  4. Change From Baseline in Hidradenitis Suppurativa-Physician Global Assessment (HSPGA) at Week 12

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 12

    In the HS-PGA scale, the Investigators rated the counts of nodules (inflammatory and non-inflammatory) abscesses and fistulas (both draining and nondraining) and assigned a participant to 1 of 6 categories ranging from clear (0) to very severe (5). A decrease in score means a better outcome.

  5. Change From Baseline in Dermatology Life Quality Index (DLQI) at Week 12

    Time frame: Baseline, Week 12

    The DLQI is a 10-item validated questionnaire used to assess the impact of HS disease symptoms and treatment on quality of life (QoL). It consists of questions including a single "yes/no" question and questions with possible responses of "not at all," "a little," "a lot," or "very much." These questions evaluate the impact of skin diseases on different aspects of a participant's QoL over the prior week, including symptoms and feelings, daily activities, leisure, work or school, personal relationships, and the side effects of treatment. Each question was scored using a 4-point scale ranging from 0 to 3 based on a participant's response: not at all/not relevant (0), a little (1), a lot (2) and very much (3). The total score of the DLQI ranged from 0 to 30 and was calculated by adding up the scores from each question. The higher the score, the greater the impact on a participant's QoL.

  6. Number of Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs)

    Time frame: Baseline through Day 115

    TEAEs are defined as AEs with an onset date on or after the date of first administration of study drug and before the date of last administration of study drug + 30 days. A summary of non-serious AEs and serious AEs, regardless of causality is located in Reported AEs section.

  7. ATI-450 and Metabolite (CDD-2164) Concentrations

    Time frame: 2 hours postdose on Days 1, 8, and 85

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Aclaris Therapeutics, Inc.

Industry

Registry information

Official study title

A Phase 2a, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study to Investigate the Efficacy, Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of ATI-450 vs Placebo in Patients With Moderate to Severe Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS)

Important dates

Study start
2021
Primary completion
2022
Study completion
2023
First posted
Jan 31, 2022
Registry last updated
Jan 7, 2026

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