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Active, not recruitingPhase 3
Allogeneic ABCB5-positive Dermal Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Treatment of Epidermolysis Bullosa (Phase III, Cross-over)
Key facts
- Who runs it
- RHEACELL GmbH & Co. KG
- Where
- Argentina, Austria, Chile, Croatia, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Taiwan, and United Kingdom22 sites in 16 countriesChoose a country to see its sites
- Trial code
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 91 people enrolled
- Started
- 13 Jun 2023
- Expected to end
- Jan 2027
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- allo-APZ2-OTS
- Placebo
- Record updated
- 10 December 2025
Who can take part
- Sex
- Women and men
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Male or female subjects with a diagnosis of RDEB or JEB confirmed by genetic testing or by a skin biopsy with immunofluorescence mapping (IFM). A minimal body weight of at least 5 kg is required
- Subject is eligible to participate in this clinical trial based on general health condition
- Subject with a target wound meeting the following criteria: 5-50 cm2, and < 9 months, no signs of acute infection
- Patient/legal representative understands the nature of the procedure and provide written informed consent/assent prior to any clinical trial procedure
- Women of childbearing potential must have a negative urine pregnancy test at Visit 1. Women of childbearing potential, male participants, and their partner must be willing to use highly effective contraceptive methods during the course of the entire clinical trial
Who cannot take part
- Current or previous (within 30 days of screening) treatment with another IP, or participation and/or under follow-up in another interventional clinical trial
- Previous participation in this clinical trial (except for screening failures)
- Clinically significant or unstable concurrent disease or other clinical contraindications like an uncontrolled or poorly controlled mental health condition of the subject and/or his/her legal representative that could impact on patient's safety or interfere with study compliance such as inability to attend scheduled study visits
- Signs and/or a history of skin precancerous and cancerous lesions at screening or any current tumor diseases, including squamous cell carcinoma and basal cell carcinoma
- Known chronic lung disease
- Any known allergies to components of the IP or premedication
- Clinically significant laboratory values for coagulation and thrombocytes at screening
- Thromboembolic events of any grade in medical history
- Immunoreactions of any grade in medical history
- Patient/legal representative anticipated to be unwilling or unable to comply with the requirements of the protocol
- Pregnant or lactating women
- Employees of the sponsor, or employees or relatives of the investigator
This trial has no sites in United States.
It has sites in 16 countries. Choose a country to see its sites.
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The aim of this clinical trial is to investigate the safety and efficacy of allo-APZ2-OTS administered intravenously to subjects with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa (RDEB) compared to placebo. An additional baseline-controlled open-label arm will be included to investigate the safety and efficacy of allo-APZ2-OTS administered intravenously to subjects with JEB and to RDEB subjects < 1 year.
The 2 groups in the trial
- VerumTreatment being tested
Treatment: allo-APZ2-OTS
- PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison
Data and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Interventional, Multicenter, Phase III Clinical Trial to Investigate the Safety and Efficacy of ABCB5-positive Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (ABCB5+ MSCs) on Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
- Record updated
- 10 December 2025