Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Efzofitimod in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)-Related Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) (SSc-ILD)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05892614 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : June 7, 2023
Last Update Posted : November 3, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Interstitial Lung Disease | Drug: efzofitimod 450 mg Drug: efzofitimod 270 mg Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 25 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Triple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Proof-of-Concept (PoC) Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Efzofitimod in Patients With Systemic Sclerosis (SSc)-Related Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) (SSc-ILD) |
Actual Study Start Date : | October 26, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2024 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | December 2024 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: efzofitimod 450 mg
Administered IV infusion
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Drug: efzofitimod 450 mg
IV infusion over approximately 60 minutes every 4 weeks |
Experimental: efzofitimod 270 mg
Administered IV infusion
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Drug: efzofitimod 270 mg
IV infusion over approximately 60 minutes every 4 weeks |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Administered IV infusion
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Drug: Placebo
IV infusion over approximately 60 minutes every 4 weeks |
- Absolute change from baseline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in mL [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
- Annual rate of decline in FVC in mL [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
- Annual rate of decline in FVC in percent predicted [ Time Frame: 24 weeks ]
- Proportion of patients with > 5% and ≥ 10% decline in absolute FVC [ Time Frame: Baseline to week 24 ]
- Proportion of patients with > 5% and ≥ 10% decline in percent predicted FVC [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]
- Change in HRCT fibrosis score [ Time Frame: Baseline to Week 24 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Diagnosis of SSc based on ACR/ EULAR criteria (2013)
- Overall duration of SSc < 48 months from the first non-Raynaud symptom manifestation
- HRCT obtained at the Screening Visit or within the 3 months prior to Screening consistent with SSc-ILD (adjudicated by a central reader) AND with pulmonary involvement > 10%
- Clinical presentation at Screening consistent with lcSSc (up to 40% of patients) or dcSSc
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Presence of at least:
Any 1 laboratory marker for active disease
OR
Clinically significant decline in FVC % predicted (%pred) based on ≥ 105% relative decline over the preceding one year (two readings from the same pulmonary function laboratory)
- MMF of ≥ 2 gm/day (or equivalent doses of other mycophenolate based compounds) for 6 months
Exclusion Criteria:
- Pulmonary disease with FVC %pred ≤ 45% OR DLco %pred ≤ 30%; FEV1/FVC ratio < 0.7
- Participants with pulmonary artery hypertension on parenteral therapy or with clinical evidence of right heart failure
- HRCT obtained in the 3 months prior to Screening consistent with other confounding pathology.
- Treatment with corticosteroids (> 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) within 2 weeks prior to baseline
- SSc-ILD treatments other than MMF OR MMF < 2 gm/day
- Any previous treatment with any of the following: rituximab, intravenous immune globulin (IVIG), nintedanib, tocilizumab, cyclophosphamide, pirfenidone, tyrosine-kinase inhibitors (e.g., imatinib, nilotinib, dasatinib)
- Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than SSc, Is an active, heavy smoker of tobacco/nicotine-containing products
- History of (anti-Jo-1) anti-synthetase syndrome or Jo-1 positive at Screening

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05892614
Contact: aTyr Pharma Clinical Research | 877-215-5731 | clinicaltrials@atyrpharma.com |
United States, California | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, Illinois | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Chicago, Illinois, United States, 60612 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, Louisiana | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Recruiting |
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, 70115 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, Ohio | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Recruiting |
Cleveland, Ohio, United States, 44195 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, Oklahoma | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, 73104 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, South Carolina | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Charleston, South Carolina, United States, 29425 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
United States, Texas | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Dallas, Texas, United States, 75246 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com | |
aTyr Investigative Site | Not yet recruiting |
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030 | |
Contact 877-689-4494 SScILD@cssienroll.com |
Study Director: | Lisa Carey | aTyr Pharma, Inc. |
Responsible Party: | aTyr Pharma, Inc. |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05892614 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
ATYR1923-C-005 |
First Posted: | June 7, 2023 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 3, 2023 |
Last Verified: | November 2023 |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
ILD SSc-ILD Interstitial Lung Disease lung inflammation |
fibrosis pulmonary function efzofitimod systemic sclerosis |
Lung Diseases Lung Diseases, Interstitial Scleroderma, Systemic Scleroderma, Diffuse Sclerosis |
Pathologic Processes Respiratory Tract Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Skin Diseases |