NCT05507580CompletedPhase 4
A Study to Assess Treat-to-Target and Dosing Flexibility of Oral Upadacitinib Tablets in Adult Participants With Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
A Phase 3b/4 Randomized, Blinded, Treat-to-Target and Dose-Flexibility Study of Upadacitinib in Adult Subjects With Moderate to Severe Atopic Dermatitis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 29 Jul 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a skin condition that may cause a rash and itching due to inflammation of the skin. Therapies spread over the skin may not be enough to control the AD in trial participants who require systemic anti-inflammatory treatment. This study evaluates the dosing flexibility of upadacitinib in adult participants with moderate to severe AD. Adverse events and change in the disease activity will be assessed. Upadacitinib is an approved drug for the treatment of moderate to severe/active immune-mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, ulcerative colitis (UC), Crohn's Disease (CD), and AD. The study is comprised of a 35-day Screening Period, a 12-week double-blind period and a 12-week single-blind period. During the double-blind period, participants are placed in 1 of 2 groups, called treatment arms and will be randomized in a 1:1 ratio to receive upadacitinib. At 12 weeks during the single blind period, participants will be blinded to the upadacitinib dose based on their EASI response and reassigned to in 1 of 4 arms. After the last study visit, there is a 30-day follow-up visit. Approximately 454 adult participants ages 18 to 64 with moderate to severe AD who are candidates for systemic therapy will be enrolled at up to 160 sites worldwide. The study is comprised of a 12-week double-blind period, followed by a 12-week single-blind period. Participants will receive upadacitinib oral tablets once daily for up to 24 weeks. There may be higher treatment burden for participants in this trial compared to their standard of care (due to study procedures). Participants will attend regular visits during the study at a hospital or clinic. The effect of the treatment will be checked by medical assessments, blood tests, checking for side effects and completing questionnaires.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 4
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 461 (actual)
- First submitted
- 18 Aug 2022
- Start date
- 29 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 11 Jul 2024
- Lead sponsor
- AbbVie
- Diseases
- Atopic dermatitis (eczema)
- NCT number
- NCT05507580
- EU CT number
- 2023-504869-23-00
- EudraCT number
- 2022-000434-42
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 4
- Participants enrolled: 461
- From 29 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 11 Jul 2024
- 106 sites in 18 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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Prior treatment
- Participants with current or past history of infection including:
- Two or more episodes of herpes zoster, or one or more episodes of disseminated herpes zoster;
- One or more episodes of disseminated herpes simplex (including eczema herpeticum);
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection defined as confirmed positive anti-HIV antibody (HIV Ab) test;
- Active tuberculosis (TB) or meet TB exclusionary parameters (protocol specified requirements for TB testing);
- Japan only: Positive result of beta-D-glucan (screening for Pneumocystis jirovecii infection) or two consecutive indeterminate results of beta-D-glucan during the Screening Period;
- Active infection(s) requiring treatment with intravenous anti-infectives within 30 days, or oral/intramuscular anti-infectives within 14 days prior to the Baseline Visit;
- Chronic recurring infection and/or active viral infection that, based on the investigator's clinical assessment, makes the participant an unsuitable candidate for the study;
- COVID-19 infection: In participants who tested positive for COVID, at least 5 days must have passed since a COVID-19 positive test result for study entry of asymptomatic participants. Participants with mild/moderate COVID-19 infection can be enrolled if fever is resolved without use of antipyretics for 24 hours and other symptoms improved, or if 5 days have passed since the COVID-19 positive test result (whichever comes last). Participants may be rescreened if judged to be in good general health, as determined by the investigator based upon the medical history and physical examination.
Other illness
- Evidence of Hepatitis B virus (HBV) or Hepatitis C virus (HCV).
- Any of the following medical diseases or disorders:
- Recent (within past 6 months) cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction, coronary stenting, and aorto-coronary bypass surgery;
- History of an organ transplant which requires continued immunosuppression;
- History of an allergic reaction or significant sensitivity to constituents of the study drug (and its excipients) and/or other products in the same class;
- History of gastrointestinal perforation (other than due to appendicitis or mechanical injury), diverticulitis, or significantly increased risk for gastrointestinal perforation per investigator judgment;
- Conditions that could interfere with drug absorption including but not limited to short bowel syndrome or gastric bypass surgery; participants with a history of gastric banding/segmentation are not excluded;
- History of malignancy except for successfully treated non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) or localized carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
Who the study is looking for
- Chronic atopic dermatitis (AD) with onset of symptoms at least 3 years prior to Baseline and participant meets Hanifin and Rajka criteria.
- Eczema Area and Severity Index (EASI) score \>= 16, vIGA-AD score \>= 3 and \>= 10% Body Surface Area (BSA) of AD involvement at the Baseline Visit.
- Baseline weekly average of daily Worst Pruritus NRS \>= 4.
- Candidate for systemic treatment defined as prior use of systemic treatment for AD, OR previous inadequate response to TCS, TCI or PDE-4 inhibitors, OR for whom topical treatments are otherwise medically inadvisable.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 64 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (106)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Eastern Health Specialists /ID# 246153 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Campbelltown | Australia | Unknown status |
| Skin Health Institute Inc /ID# 246146 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Carlton | Australia | Unknown status |
| Momentum Clinical Research /ID# 254028 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Darlinghurst | Australia | Unknown status |
| Premier Specialist /ID# 246150 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kogarah | Australia | Unknown status |
| Veracity Clinical Research /ID# 246154 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Woolloongabba | Australia | Unknown status |
| Grand Hopital de Charleroi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Charleroi | Belgium | Completed |
| AZ Sint-Lucas & Volkskliniek Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gent | Belgium | Completed |
| CHU de Liège Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Liège | Belgium | Completed |
| Associatie dermatologie Maldegem Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Maldegem | Belgium | Completed |
| Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe | Belgium | Completed |
| Medical Center Kordis OOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pleven | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Alexandrovska University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Tokuda Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Completed |
| ASMC IPSMC Skin And Venereal Diseases Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofiya | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Ambulatoria Za Specializirana Medicinska Pomosht-Grupova Praktika Po Dermatologia Clinica Evroderma OOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofiya | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Medical Center Evrohealth EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofiya | Bulgaria | Completed |
| Beacon Dermatology Inc /ID# 246705 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| Dermatology Research Institute - Blackfoot Trail /ID# 246703 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Calgary | Canada | Unknown status |
| Rejuvenation Dermatology - Edmonton Downtown /ID# 256790 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Alberta DermaSurgery Centre /ID# 247286 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edmonton | Canada | Unknown status |
| Lynde Institute for Dermatology /ID# 246699 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Markham | Canada | Unknown status |
| SKiN Centre for Dermatology /ID# 246702 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Peterborough | Canada | Unknown status |
| Dr. Chih-ho Hong Medical Inc. /ID# 246700 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Surrey | Canada | Unknown status |
| Private Practice - Dr. Kim Papp Clinical Research /ID# 246698 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Waterloo | Canada | Unknown status |
| Beijing Friendship Hospital /ID# 247719 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Peking University Third Hospital /ID# 247842 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Beijing | China | Unknown status |
| Dermatology Hospital of Southern Medical University /ID# 247951 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guangzhou | China | Unknown status |
| Huashan Hospital, Fudan University /ID# 247680 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shanghai | China | Unknown status |
| The First Hospital of China Medical University /ID# 247686 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Shenyang | China | Unknown status |
| Thermalsole und Schwefelbad Bentheim GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bad Bentheim | Germany | Completed |
| Fachaerztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis fuer Dermatologie Und Venerologie Allergologie Umweltmedizin Lasermedizin GbR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Blankenfelde-Mahlow | Germany | Completed |
| Studienzentrum an der Hase GbR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bramsche | Germany | Completed |
| Elbe Kliniken Stade-Buxtehude Elbe Klinikum Buxtehude gGmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buxtehude | Germany | Completed |
| Klinikum Darmstadt GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Darmstadt | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus Dresden an der Technischen Universitaet Dresden AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dresden | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Frankfurt AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Frankfurt Am Main | Germany | Completed |
| Derma-Study-Center Friedrichshafen GmbH Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Friedrichshafen | Germany | Completed |
| Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Halle (Saale) | Germany | Completed |
| Dermatologikum Hamburg Gmbh Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamburg | Germany | Completed |
| BAG Dres. med. Quist PartG Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mainz | Germany | Completed |
| Universitaetsklinikum Muenster AöR Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Muenster | Germany | Completed |
| Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Alicante | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Badalona | Spain | Completed |
| Bellvitge University Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | L'hospitalet De Llobregat | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Infanta Leonor Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Madrid | Spain | Completed |
| Hospital Universitario Puerta de Hierro de Majadahonda Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Majadahonda | Spain | Completed |
| Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Pontevedra Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pontevedra | Spain | Completed |
| University Hospital Virgen Del Rocio S.L. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sevilla | Spain | Completed |
| NHS Lothian /ID# 246245 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde /ID# 246253 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Glasgow | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust /ID# 246241 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Leeds | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust /ID# 246393 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Southampton | United Kingdom | Unknown status |
| Clinexpert Kft. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Budapest III | Hungary | Completed |
| Derma-B Kft. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Debrecen | Hungary | Completed |
| Gyöngyösi Bugát Pál Kórház Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gyongyos | Hungary | Completed |
| Somogy Vármegyei Kaposi Mór Oktató Kórház Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaposvár | Hungary | Completed |
| Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria delle Marche Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ancona | Italy | Completed |
| Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale degli Spedali Civili di Brescia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Brescia | Italy | Completed |
| Universita' Degli Studi G. D'annunzio Di Chieti Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Chieti | Italy | Completed |
| Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Milan | Italy | Completed |
| Hospital Santa Maria Della Misericordia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Perugia | Italy | Completed |
| Humanitas Research Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Rozzano | Italy | Completed |
| Fukuoka University Hospital /ID# 255182 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Fukuoka | Japan | Unknown status |
| Maruyama Dermatology Clinic /ID# 255441 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Koto-ku | Japan | Unknown status |
| Miyata Dermatology Clinic /ID# 255491 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Matsudo-Shi | Japan | Unknown status |
| Takagi Dermatological Clinic /ID# 255181 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Obihiro-shi | Japan | Unknown status |
| Tohoku University Hospital /ID# 255183 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sendai | Japan | Unknown status |
| Nomura Dermatology Clinic /ID# 255534 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Yokohama | Japan | Unknown status |
| Korea University Ansan Hospital /ID# 245653 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ansan-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Soon Chun Hyang University Hospital Bucheon /ID# 245654 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bucheon-si | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Chungang University Hospital /ID# 245655 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dongjak-gu | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Konkuk University Medical Center /ID# 245657 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Seoul National University Hospital /ID# 245651 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Seoul | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Ajou University Hospital /ID# 245652 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Suwon | South Korea | Unknown status |
| Academisch Medisch Centrum Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Amsterdam | Netherlands | Completed |
| Amphia Hospital Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Breda | Netherlands | Completed |
| Aotearoa Clinical Trials /ID# 246559 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Auckland | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| Greenlane Clinical Centre /ID# 246556 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Epsom | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| Clinical Trials New Zealand /ID# 246557 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Hamilton | New Zealand | Unknown status |
| OFTALMIKA Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Completed |
| Centrum Nowoczesnych Terapii Dobry Lekarz Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Centermed Krakow Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Cracow | Poland | Completed |
| Centrum Badan Klinicznych PI-House sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdansk | Poland | Completed |
| Pratia S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gdynia | Poland | Completed |
| Silmedic Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Katowice | Poland | Completed |
| Santa SP. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lodz | Poland | Completed |
| DERMED Centrum Medyczne Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lodz | Poland | Completed |
| Specjalistyczna Przychodnia Lekarska Alergo-Med Sp. z o.o Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Completed |
| Specjalistyczny Niepubliczny Zaklad Opieki Zdrowotnej Alergologia Plus Osrodek Diagnostyki I Terapii Uczulen Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Poznan | Poland | Completed |
| Medicover Integrated Clinical Services Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Torun | Poland | Completed |
| Klinika Ambroziak Sp. z o.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Completed |
| ROYALDERM AGNIESZKA NAWROCKA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warszawa | Poland | Completed |
| Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Central E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lisbon | Portugal | Completed |
| Hospital Cuf Descobertas S.A. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Lisbon | Portugal | Completed |
| Sao Joao University Hospital Center Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Completed |
| Centro Hospitalar Universitario Do Porto E.P.E. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Porto | Portugal | Completed |
| Cliniq s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bratislava | Slovakia | Completed |
| BeneDerma s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Dubravka | Slovakia | Completed |
| Univerzitna nemocnica Martin Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Martin | Slovakia | Completed |
| Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital /ID# 245710 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Kaohsiung City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Chung Shan Medical University Hospital /ID# 245707 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taichung | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Mackay Memorial Hospital /ID# 245713 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Taipei Municipal Wan Fang Hospital /ID# 245712 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| National Taiwan University Hospital /ID# 245711 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taipei City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
| Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital /ID# 245709 Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Taoyuan City | Taiwan | Unknown status |
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