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OATD-01 for adults with active pulmonary sarcoidosis, compared with placebo

Tests OATD-01 against placebo in adults with active pulmonary sarcoidosis.

Key facts

Who runs it
Molecure S.A.
Where
Birmingham, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and London, United KingdomSee the 4 sitesAlso in 7 other countries, 22 sites
Registry title
Efficacy and Safety Study of OATD-01 in Patients With Active Pulmonary Sarcoidosis
Status
Recruiting
Phase
Phase 2
People taking part
96 people, planned
Started
21 Mar 2024
Expected to end
Sept 2027
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • OATD-01
  • Placebo
Record updated
8 October 2026

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults with active pulmonary sarcoidosis that causes symptoms. Sarcoidosis is a disease where small clumps of inflamed cells form, here in the lungs.

Age
18 Years and older
Sex
Men and women
Disease stage
Active, symptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis with a definite diagnosis by ATS guidelines. The lung tissue must be involved on an [18F]FDG PET/CT scan.
Earlier treatment
People who have never been treated and people treated before can join. Corticosteroids must have stopped at least 3 months before enrolment. Immunosuppressants, anti-TNF agents or other anti-inflammatory or anti-fibrotic drugs must have stopped at least 4 months before.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Needing standard sarcoidosis treatment right away
  • Active sarcoidosis of the heart or nervous system, or Löfgren syndrome now or in the past
  • Other major lung disease, such as tuberculosis, asthma, COPD or lung cancer
  • Serious heart problems, HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C
  • Smoking more than 5 cigarettes or e-cigarettes a day, or using nicotine products

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Male and female subjects with active symptomatic pulmonary sarcoidosis, (definite diagnosis of active pulmonary sarcoidosis per ATS guidelines)
  • Treatment-naïve or previously treated (no recruitment cap)
  • Parenchymal pulmonary involvement on [18F]FDG PET/CT

Who cannot take part

  • Requirement for immediate start of standard of care therapy for pulmonary sarcoidosis
  • Potentially effective systemic or inhaled pharmacological (including investigational) therapy for sarcoidosis (whether pulmonary or other disease), with the exception of any of the following:; corticosteroids received not later than 3 months prior to enrolment; immunosuppressants or anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) agents (or other anti-inflammatory/anti-fibrotic treatment) received not later than 4 months prior to enrolment
  • Active cardiac or neuro- sarcoidosis
  • History of/active Löfgren syndrome
  • Clinically significant lung disease other than sarcoidosis (e.g. tuberculosis, asthma, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, interstitial lung disease, lung cancer) or any current inflammatory or immunological systemic disease other than sarcoidosis
  • Known neurosarcoidosis or small fiber neuropathy or medical conditions causing primary ataxia
  • Known positivity for Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV 1/2 antibodies), hepatitis B virus (HBV), or hepatitis C virus (HCV), or detected at screening
  • Severe, uncontrolled systemic disease (e.g., cardiovascular, pulmonary, thyroid, renal or metabolic disease) at Screening, or other condition, which in the opinion of the investigator, would compromise the safety of the subject or the subject's ability to participate in the study
  • Heart conditions: QTcF interval prolongation, cardiac arrhythmia (other than non-sustained supraventricular arrhythmia), heart failure (New York Heart Association class III or IV) and/or known myocardial hypertrophy or Left Ventricle Ejection Fraction \<50% in the cardiac MRI
  • Lab abnormalities: Abnormal bilirubin, transaminases, alkaline phosphatase (ALP), Creatinine clearance (CrCL) Hypokalemia hypocalcemia (\<2.1 mmol/L), marked fasting hyperglycemia at screening
  • Uncontrolled diabetes at Screening with plasma glucose exceeding 8.3 mmol/L, or other contraindication to [18F]FDG administration and/or PET procedure (including body temperature \>37°C and any metabolic disease affecting the energy metabolism of muscles) as described in the PET protocol
  • Prohibited medications: Current treatment with drug with QT prolongation effect, thiazide diuretics, strong CYP3A4 inhibitors and/or inducers, P-glycoprotein and/or BCRP strong inhibitors, drugs that are sensitive substrates of OCT1, MATE1, MATE2K, OAT3 with a narrow therapeutic index, pirfenidone and nintedanib
  • Systemic treatment indication being an extrapulmonary location of sarcoidosis (e.g., neurological)
  • Current smoker of \>5 cigarettes or e-cigarettes per day or user of nicotine-releasing alternatives (patches, chewing gums etc)

Where in United Kingdom

Also in 7 other countries, 22 sites

  • BirminghamHospital not named in the registryContact: Molecure SATaking people
  • CambridgeHospital not named in the registryContact: Molecure SANo longer taking part
  • EdinburghHospital not named in the registryContact: Molecure SATaking people
  • LondonHospital not named in the registryContact: Molecure SATaking people

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This is a Phase 2, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, adaptive, multicenter study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, tolerability, Pharmacodynamics (PD), and Pharmacokinetics (PK) of OATD-01 in the treatment of subjects with active pulmonary sarcoidosis.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • Active ArmTreatment being tested

    Subjects will receive OATD-01 as 25mg film-coated tablets for oral administration once daily for 12 weeks

    Treatment: OATD-01

  • Placebo ArmPlacebo, for comparison

    Subjects will receive placebo as film-coated tablets for oral administration once daily for 12 weeks

    Treatment: Placebo

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of a 12-week Administration of OATD-01, an Oral Inhibitor of Chitinase-1 (CHIT1), for the Treatment of Active Pulmonary Sarcoidosis (the KITE Study)
Plain-language title
OATD-01 for adults with active pulmonary sarcoidosis, compared with placeboGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 14 November 2026.
Record updated
8 October 2026