NCT05162586CompletedPhase 2
The WILLOW Study With M5049 in SLE and CLE (SCLE and/or DLE) (WILLOW)
A Phase II, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Dose-Ranging, Parallel and Adaptive Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Enpatoran in SLE and in CLE (SCLE and/or DLE) Participants Receiving Standard of Care (WILLOW)
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 1 Dec 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The purpose of this Proof of Concept (PoC) and Dose-finding (DF) basket study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of orally administered Enpatoran over 24 weeks in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE; subacute cutaneous lupus erythematosus \[SCLE\] and/or discoid lupus erythematosus \[DLE\]) participants in a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel, adaptive and dose-ranging setting. Study Duration: 33 weeks Visit Frequency: every 2 or 4 weeks Enpatoran is not available through an expanded access program.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 456 (actual)
- First submitted
- 8 Dec 2021
- Start date
- 31 Mar 2022
- Primary completion date
- 20 Nov 2024
- Lead sponsor
- EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.
- Diseases
- Lupus (SLE)
- NCT number
- NCT05162586
- EU CT number
- 2024-510872-18-00
- EudraCT number
- 2021-004648-27
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 456
- From 31 Mar 2022 to the primary completion date, 20 Nov 2024
- 147 sites in 22 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Autoimmune or rheumatic disease other than SLE or CLE
- Dermatological diseases other than cutaneous manifestations of SLE or CLE
- Uncontrolled medical conditions including significant cardiovascular events, active lupus nephritis, and active neurological disorder
- Ongoing or active clinically significant viral, bacterial, or fungal infection
- History of uncontrolled seizures or other neurological disorder
- History of or positive for human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, or hepatitis B virus
- History of malignancy
Other
- Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply
Who the study is looking for
- Active CLE (SCLE and/or DLE) with a CLE disease area and activity index (CLASI-A) \>= 8
- Active SLE with presence of: CLASI-A \>= 8 and BILAG 2004 1B, C, D (that is \[i.e.\], No BILAG 2004 A and No BILAG 2004 \>= 2B) or BILAG 2004 \>= 1A or 2B and 1 or 2 of the following: Hybrid Safety of Estrogens in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus National Assessment (SELENA)-SLEDAI \>= 6 at Screening Visit and confirmed clinical hybrid SELENA-SLEDAI \>= 4 (excluding laboratory parameters) at Day 1 Visit and/or CLASI-A \>= 8
- Receiving a stable dose of at least one of the following standards of care therapies for lupus: Immunomodulator/immunosuppressant, oral corticosteroids, and/or topical corticosteroids
- Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (147)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CINME - Centro De Investigaciones Metabolicas Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Hospital Militar Central Dr. Cosme Argerich Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Buenos Aires Skin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro Dermatologico Schejtman Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ciudad Autonoma Buenos Aires | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Mar del Plata CIM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mar del Plata | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto De Reumatologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mendoza | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Médico de la Fundación Estudios Clínicos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rosario | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Instituto Medico de alta Complejidad San Isidro S.A (IMAC) Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Fernando | Argentina | Unknown status |
| CER San Juan Centro Polivalente de Asistencia e Inv. Clinica Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Juan | Argentina | Unknown status |
| PSORIAHUE-Medicina Interdisciplinar Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Miguel | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Investigaciones Clínicas Tucumán Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigaciones Medicas Tucuman Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | Unknown status |
| Monash Medical Centre Clayton Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Clayton | Australia | Unknown status |
| Westmead Hospital - SUPERSEDED Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Westmead | Australia | Unknown status |
| Veracity Clinical Research Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woolloongabba | Australia | Unknown status |
| Diagnostics And Consultancy Center Sveti Georgi EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haskovo | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Medical center "Artmed" LTD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Completed |
| DCC 1 Sevlievo EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevlievo | Bulgaria | Completed |
| University Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment St. Ivan Rilski EAD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Military Medical Academy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofiya | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Dkc Fokus-5 Lzip OOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofiya | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Santa Casa de Misericordia de Belo Horizonte Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belo Horizonte | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Oncovida - Centro de Onco-Hematologia de Mato Grosso Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cuiabá | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CETI - Centro de Estudos em Terapias Inovadoras Ltda. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Curitiba | Brazil | Unknown status |
| HUWC - UFC - Hospital Universitário Walter Cantídio - Universidade Federal do Ceará Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fortaleza | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CMiP - Centro Mineiro de Pesquisa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Juiz de Fora | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital Bruno Born Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lajeado | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Hospital Moinhos de Vento Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto Alegre | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Clínica SER da Bahia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Salvador | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - CIP - Centro Integrado de Pesquisa Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São José do Rio Preto | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CEPIC Centro Paulista de Investigacao Clinica e Servicos Medicos Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| CPCLIN - Centro de Pesquisas Clínicas Ltda. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | São Paulo | Brazil | Unknown status |
| Clinica Alemana de Osorno Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Osorno | Chile | Unknown status |
| Dermacross Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| CeCim Biocinetic Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Centro Medico Prosalud Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| CIEC- Centro Internacional de Estudios Clinicos - Valenzuela Y Compania Ltda Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| BioMedica Research Group - Psicomedica Clinical and Research Group Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Baotou Medical College Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Baotou | China | Unknown status |
| Peking Union Medical College Hospital - Beijing Union Medical College Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| The First Hospital of Jilin University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changchun | China | Unknown status |
| The 2nd Xiangya Hospital of Central South University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Changsha | China | Unknown status |
| West China Hospital,Sichuan University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chengdu | China | Unknown status |
| Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital - Oncology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Hainan General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Haikou | China | Unknown status |
| The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hohhot | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Henan University of Science and Technology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Luoyang | China | Unknown status |
| The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanchang | China | Unknown status |
| The Affiliated Drum Tower Hospital of Nanjing University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Unknown status |
| Hospital for Skin Diseases, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nanjing | China | Unknown status |
| Huashan Hospital, Fudan University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Renji Hospital Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine - West Branch Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Ruijin Hospital of Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| Shanghai Skin Disease Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Tianjin Medical University General Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Tianjin | China | Unknown status |
| The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Xi’an | China | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigacion Medico Asistencial S.A.S Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Barranquilla | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigacion en Reumatologia y Especialidades Medicas CIREEM S.A.S. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bogotá | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Servimed S.A.S Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucaramanga | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Centro Integral de Reumatologia del Caribe SAS CIRCARIBE SAS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Medellín | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Healthy Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Zipaquirá | Colombia | Unknown status |
| Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | A Coruña | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital General Universitario De Castellon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Castello De La Plana | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Regional de Málaga Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Málaga | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santander | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Quironsalud Sagrado Corazon Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset Aleixandre Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valencia | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Rio Hortega Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valladolid | Spain | Completed |
| Laiko General Hospital of Athens Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Athens | Greece | Completed |
| General Hospital Of Thessaloniki Papageorgiou Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Efkarpia | Greece | Completed |
| Hippokration Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Thessaloniki | Greece | Completed |
| Chaim Sheba Medical Center - pt Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ramat Gan | Israel | Unknown status |
| NHO Asahikawa Medical Center - Dept of Gastroenterology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Asahikawa-shi | Japan | Unknown status |
| NHO Chibahigashi National Hospital - Dept of Allergy/Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chiba | Japan | Unknown status |
| St. Luke's International Hospital - Dept of Immunology/Allergy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chūōku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Hiroshima University Hospital - Dept of Rheumatology/Immunology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hiroshima | Japan | Unknown status |
| Eiraku Clinic - Dept of Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kagoshima | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kanazawa University Hospital - Dept of Rheumatology/Immunology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kanazawa | Japan | Unknown status |
| Saitama Medical Center - Dept of Rheumatology/Immunology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kawagoe-shi | Japan | Unknown status |
| Kagawa University Hospital - Dept of Immunology/ Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kita-gun | Japan | Unknown status |
| Toho University Ohashi Medical Center - Dept of Immunology/Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Meguro-ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Hokkaido University Hospital - Dept of Internal Medicine 2(Rheumatology/Immunolog Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sapporo | Japan | Unknown status |
| Tohoku University Hospital - Dept of Hematology/Immunology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sendai | Japan | Unknown status |
| Ehime University Hospital - Dept of Immunology/Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Toon-shi | Japan | Unknown status |
| Pusan National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Busan | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Gachon University Gil Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Incheon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul National University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Ajou University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suwon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| ICS ARENSIA Exploratory Medicine SRL - Republican Clinical Hospital "Timofei Mosneaga" Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chisinau | Moldova | Unknown status |
| CAP Research Ltd Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Quatre Bornes | Mauritius | Unknown status |
| Consultorio Particular del Dr. Miguel Cortes Hernandez - (dentro del Centro de Especialidades Medicas Vista Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cuernavaca | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Estudios de Investigacion Basica Y Clinica SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro Medico del Angel Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexicali | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Citer, Centro de Investigación Y Tratamiento de Las Enfermedades Reumaticas Sa de Cv Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Consultorio de Reumatologia - Hospital Angeles Lindavista Cons. 445B Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Centro de Investigacion Clínica GRAMEL S.C Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Grupo Médico Camino S.C. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Clinstile, S.A. de C.V. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | México | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Caimed Investigacion En Salud S.A. de C.V. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| CIMAB S.A. de C.V. - Centro de Investigacion Medica Alberto Bazzoni Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torreón | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Medical Care & Research SA de CV Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Yucatán | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Perpetual Succour Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cebu City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Davao Doctors Hospital - Medicine Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Davao City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Iloilo Doctors Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Iloilo City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Mary Mediatrix Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lipa City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Chinese General Hospital & Medical Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Manila | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Ospital Ng Makati Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Quezon City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Far Eastern University - Dr. Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation - Department of Child Health Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Quezon City | Philippines | Unknown status |
| Nova Reuma Domyslawska I Rusilowicz Lekarza Reumatologa I Fizjoterapeuty sp.p. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bialystok | Poland | Completed |
| Centrum Medyczne Plejady Magdalena Celinska Loewenhoff Michal Zolnowski sp.k. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Centrum Nowoczesnych Terapii Dobry Lekarz Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Twoja Przychodnia Opolskie Centrum Medyczne Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Opole | Poland | Completed |
| Twoja Przychodnia Poznanskie Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Completed |
| Prywatna Praktyka Lekarska Prof. dr hab. med. Pawel Hrycaj Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Completed |
| Twoja Przychodnia-Szczecinskie Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o. o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Szczecin | Poland | Completed |
| Clinical Best Solutions Sp. z o.o. S.K. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Completed |
| Spitalul Clinic Colentina Bucuresti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Completed |
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| Delta Health Care S.R.L Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Completed |
| Saint Maria Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucharest | Romania | Completed |
| University Clinical Center of Serbia - Clinic of Alergology and Imunology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Institute of Rheumatology Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
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