Crohn's disease (CD) is a serious, long-term condition that can cause swelling (inflammation) and painful ulcers anywhere in the gut. This study will investigate whether zasocitinib can improve CD biology at the cellular and molecular level in adults. The main aims of this study are to better understand zasocitinib's mechanism of action in CD and evaluate how safe this treatment is. The participants will be treated with zasocitinib for 3 months (12 weeks) and will need to undergo a test where a doctor uses a thin, flexible tube with a tiny camera to look inside the large bowel (colon) and the end of the small bowel (ileum); this test is called ileocolonoscopy. During the study, participants will visit the study clinic several times.
Zasocitinib will be tested in this mechanistic study in adult participants with active Crohn's disease (CD). Peripheral blood and affected intestinal biopsy samples will be evaluated at the cellular and molecular levels, before and during zasocitinib treatment. The study will assess therapeutic biology, biomarkers, and the safety of zasocitinib. The study will enroll approximately 20 participants. This is a single center study. The overall duration is up to approximately 5 months (20 weeks) including a 4-week safety follow-up period.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NA
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
20
Zasocitinib administered orally.
Oxford Experimental Medicine Clinical Research Facility
Oxford, United Kingdom
RECRUITINGNumber of Participants with Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) and Adverse Events of Special Interests (AESIs)
An adverse event (AE) is any untoward medical occurrence in a clinical study participant, temporally associated with the use of the trial intervention, whether or not the occurrence is considered related to the trial intervention. A TEAE is defined as any event emerging or manifesting at or after the initiation of treatment with a trial intervention or medicinal product or any existing event that worsens in either intensity or frequency after exposure to the trial intervention. An AESI is an adverse event of scientific and medical concern specific to the compound or program, for which ongoing monitoring and rapid communication by the investigator may be appropriate.
Time frame: From start of study drug administration up to follow-up (up to Week 16)
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