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A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase I/IIa Study in Patients With Abdominal or Perianal Fistulizing Crohn's Disease to Explore the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of Locally Administered DLX105.

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What is being tested

DLX105

+ Placebo

Drug
Who is being recruted

Crohn Disease+6

+ Digestive System Diseases

+ Fistula

From 18 to 65 Years
+15 Eligibility Criteria
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How is the trial designed

Treatment Study

Placebo-ControlledPhase 2
Interventional
Study Start: June 2012
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Summary

Principal SponsorDelenex Therapeutics AG
Last updated: January 27, 2026
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Study start date: June 1, 2012

Actual date on which the first participant was enrolled.

Beside investigation of the safety and tolerability of locally administered DLX105, the purpose of the study is also to evaluate the response rate and time to response of enterocutaneous fistulas following local injection of DLX105 (secondary objective).

Official TitleA Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Phase I/IIa Study in Patients With Abdominal or Perianal Fistulizing Crohn's Disease to Explore the Safety, Tolerability and Preliminary Efficacy of Locally Administered DLX105.
NCT01624376
Principal SponsorDelenex Therapeutics AG
Last updated: January 27, 2026
Sourced from a government-validated database.Claim as a partner

Protocol

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.
Design Details

18 patients to be enrolled

Total number of participants that the clinical trial aims to recruit.

Treatment Study

These studies test new ways to treat a disease, condition, or health issue. The goal is to see if a new drug, therapy, or approach works better or has fewer side effects than existing options.



Eligibility

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria: person's general health condition or prior treatments.
Conditions
Criteria

Any sex

Biological sex of participants that are eligible to enroll.

From 18 to 65 Years

Range of ages for which participants are eligible to join.

Healthy volunteers not allowed

If individuals who are healthy and do not have the condition being studied can participate.

Conditions

Pathology

Crohn DiseaseDigestive System DiseasesFistulaGastroenteritisGastrointestinal DiseasesIntestinal DiseasesPathological Conditions, Signs and SymptomsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesPathological Conditions, Anatomical

Criteria

3 inclusion criteria required to participate
Diagnosis of Crohn' Disease

Single or multiple enterocutaneous abdominal and/or perianal and/or rectovaginal fistulas of at least 3 months'duration.

TNF-blocker naive patients or patients who are primary or secondary anti-TNF non-responders

12 exclusion criteria prevent from participating
CDAI greater than 450

ongoing treatment with TNF-blockers (duration of wash-out prior to randomization is 8 weeks)

Active abscess formation within fistula

Abdominal or anorectal surgery within the last 4 weeks prior to randomization

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Study Plan

Find out more about all the medication administered in this study, their detailed description and what they involve.
Treatment Groups
Study Objectives

2 intervention groups are designated in this study

50% chance of being blinded to the placebo group

Treatment Groups

Group I

Active Comparator
DLX105 local injection into the identified fistula(s)

Group II

Placebo

Study Objectives

Primary Objectives

Secondary Objectives

Study Centers

These are the hospitals, clinics, or research facilities where the trial is being conducted. You can find the location closest to you and its status.

This study has 1 location

Suspended

University Hospital

Zurich, SwitzerlandOpen University Hospital in Google Maps
CompletedOne Study Center