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A Study to Understand How Nerandomilast Works in People With Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies

Key facts

Who runs it
Boehringer Ingelheim
Where
Haskovo and Sofia, BulgariaSee the 3 sitesAlso in 25 other countries, 155 sites
Trial code
Status
Not yet recruiting
Phase
Phase 3
People taking part
270 people, planned
Starts
14 Dec 2026
Expected to end
4 Apr 2030
Type of study
Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets a placebo (a dummy treatment), for comparison.
Treatments tested
  • Placebo
  • Nerandomilast
Record updated
29 October 2026

Who can take part

Age
18 years and older
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 adult individuals from ≥18 years of age (or alternative age for adults based on local regulations) on the date of signing the informed consent
  • A definite or probable clinical diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) according to the 2017 American college of rheumatology (ACR)/European alliance of associations of rheumatology (EULAR) classification criteria
  • Participants with overlap myositis (OM) must have IIM as the predominant disease
  • Participants ≥18 years of age (or alternative age for adults based on local regulations) with juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) can only be included if they were 15 years old or older at first onset of DM symptoms
  • Disease activity defined by moderate to severe myopathy
  • The participant must be on background therapy for IIM
  • Woman (or women) of childbearing potential (WOCBP) must be ready and able to use highly effective methods of birth control for a period of 28 days before treatment initiation, throughout the trial, and for a period of at least 5 days after the last dose of investigational medicinal product (IMP). WOCBP taking oral contraceptives also have to use one barrier method
  • Signed and dated written informed consent in accordance with ICH-GCP and local legislation prior to admission to the trial. 9. Further inclusion criteria apply

Who cannot take part

  • Major surgery (major according to the investigator's assessment, e.g. hip replacement) performed within 6 weeks prior to randomisation or planned during the trial period
  • Participants who must or wish to continue the intake of restricted medications or any drug considered likely to interfere with the safe conduct of the trial
  • Any documented active or suspected malignancy or history of malignancy within 5 years prior to screening, except appropriately treated basal cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ squamous cell carcinoma of the skin, or in situ carcinoma of uterine cervix
  • Participants diagnosed with advanced interstitial lung disease (ILD)
  • Severe muscle damage
  • Further exclusion criteria apply

Where in Bulgaria

Also in 25 other countries, 155 sites

  • Medical Center MedTech Services Ltd.Haskovo, BulgariaContact: Boehringer IngelheimNo longer taking part
  • Alexandrovska University HospitalSofia, BulgariaContact: Boehringer IngelheimNo longer taking part
  • University Multiprofile Hospital For Active Treatment St. Ivan Rilski EADSofia, BulgariaContact: Boehringer IngelheimNo longer taking part

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

This study is open to adults aged 18 and older who have a condition known as active idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM) or myositis. People can participate if they have a specific type of myositis. The purpose of this study is to find out whether a medicine called nerandomilast improves IIM symptoms.

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Participants are put into 2 groups randomly, which means by chance. One group takes nerandomilast tablets and the other group takes placebo tablets. Placebo tablets look like nerandomilast tablets but do not contain any medicine. Participants take nerandomilast or placebo twice a day for 1 year.

Participants are in the study for about 1 year and 2 months. During this time, they visit the study site at least 16 times. During this time, doctors regularly check the participant's health, IIM symptoms, and take note of any unwanted effects. Participants fill in questionnaires about their IIM symptoms and how IIM impacts their quality of life. The results are compared between the 2 groups to see whether the treatment works.

The 2 groups in the trial

  • NerandomilastTreatment being tested
  • PlaceboPlacebo, for comparison

    Placebo matching nerandomilast

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 and on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
Official title
A Phase III, Parallel Design, Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled, Multi-centre Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Nerandomilast Oral Therapy Added to Standard Background Therapy Over 52 Weeks in Adult Trial Participants With Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (VERANDA™-IIM)
Record updated
29 October 2026