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NCT05291689CompletedPhase 2

A Phase 2a Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MORF-057 in Adults With UC

A Phase 2a, Open-label, Single-arm Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of MORF-057 in Adults With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (EMERALD-1)

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 11 Mar 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

This is an open-label, single arm, multicenter, Phase 2a study evaluating the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of MORF-057 in adult patients with Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Status (registry)
Completed
Phase (registry)
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
39 (actual)
First submitted
10 Mar 2022
Start date
13 Apr 2022
Primary completion date
18 Oct 2023
Lead sponsor
Morphic Therapeutic, Inc. (A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company)
NCT number
NCT05291689
EU CT number
2024-516960-27-00
EudraCT number
2021-005288-31

What you commit to

  • Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
  • Participants enrolled: 39
  • From 13 Apr 2022 to the primary completion date, 18 Oct 2023
  • 6 sites in 2 countries
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.

Prior treatment

  • Has a concurrent, clinically significant, serious, unstable comorbidity
  • Primary non-responder to vedolizumab or other integrin inhibitors
  • Participation in any other interventional study or received any investigational therapy within 30 days
  • Previous exposure to MORF-057 and/or a known hypersensitivity to drugs with a similar mechanism to MORF-057

Other illness

  • Diagnosed with indeterminate colitis, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, radiation colitis, or Crohn's disease or has clinical findings suggestive of Crohn's disease

Other

  • Has positive findings on a subjective neurological screening questionnaire
  • Unable to attend study visits or comply with study procedures

Who the study is looking for

  • Has signs/symptoms of moderately to severely active UC for at least 3 months prior to Screening
  • Has evidence of UC extending at least 15 cm from the anal verge
  • Is bio-naïve or had an inadequate response, loss of response, or intolerance to other UC drugs
  • Agrees to abide by the study guidelines and requirements
  • Capable of giving signed informed consent

Age in the registry: 18 years to 85 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (6)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Specjalistyczna Praktyka Lekarska dr med. Marek Horyński
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SopotPolandCompleted
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BrooklynUnited StatesUnknown status
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FreeholdUnited StatesUnknown status
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LafayetteUnited StatesUnknown status
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New YorkUnited StatesUnknown status
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TampaUnited StatesUnknown status

This page is information, not medical advice. Discuss any trial with your doctor.