Recruiting

Dupilumab

Sponsor:

University of Michigan

Code:

NCT05268107

Conditions

Atopic Dermatitis

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Dupilumab

Study Details

Brief summary:

Previous research has shown that Asian and African Americans are more likely to develop atopic dermatitis (AD) than their Caucasian counterparts. However, limited information is known about AD in Asian and African American populations because most molecular studies have focused on Caucasians with AD.

This trial will determine differences in inflammatory responses to dupilumab between Caucasian, Asian, and African American patients with AD.

The central hypothesis of this study is that ethnic differences in both immune and stromal cells contribute to variability in AD presentation and response to anti-interleukin-4 receptor (IL-4R) inhibition with dupilumab.

Conditions

Atopic Dermatitis

Study ID

NCT05268107

Start date

Jan 25, 2023

Status verified date

Nov, 2025

Completion date

Jun, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Dec, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Established diagnosis of AD for at least 2 years before the screening visit and confirmed according to the American Academy of Dermatology Consensus Criteria at the time of the screening visit
  • Moderate-to-severe AD with involvement > 10% of body-surface-area (BSA) and investigator global assessment (IGA) score 3 (based on the IGA scale ranging from 0 to 4, in which 3 is moderate and 4 is severe) at both the screening and baseline visits
  • Female subjects of childbearing potential (i.e., fertile, following menarche and until becoming post-menopausal unless permanently sterile) must agree either to commit to true abstinence throughout the study and for 12 weeks after the last study drug injection or to use an adequate and approved method of contraception throughout the study and for 12 weeks after the last study drug injection
  • Subject willing and able to comply with all of the time commitments and procedural requirements of the clinical study protocol

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Body weight less than 30 kilogram
  • Subjects meeting 1 or more of the following criteria at screening or baseline:

1. Had an exacerbation of asthma requiring hospitalization in the preceding 12 months.
2. Reporting asthma that has not been well-controlled (ie, symptoms occurring on >2 days per week, nighttime awakenings 2 or more times per week, or some interference with normal activities) during the preceding 3 months
3. Asthma Control Test (ACT) < 19 (only for subjects with a history of asthma).
4. Subjects with a current medical history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and/or chronic bronchitis.
  • Cutaneous infection within 1 week before the baseline visit, any infection requiring treatment with oral or parenteral antibiotics, antivirals, antiparasitics, or antifungals within 2 weeks before the baseline visit.
  • Confirmed or suspected coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection within 4 weeks before the screening or baseline visit
  • Received COVID-19 vaccination within 4 weeks before baseline visit
  • Previous treatment with dupilumab
  • Pregnant women (positive serum pregnancy test result at the screening visit or positive urine pregnancy test at the baseline visit), breastfeeding women, or women planning a pregnancy during the clinical study
  • History of lymphoproliferative disease or history of malignancy of any organ system within the last 5 years, except for basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma in situ (Bowen's disease), or carcinomas in situ of the cervix that have been treated and have no evidence of recurrence in the last 12 weeks before the baseline visit
  • History of hypersensitivity (including anaphylaxis) to an immunoglobulin product (plasma-derived or recombinant, i.e., monoclonal antibody) or to lidocaine
  • Known active or latent tuberculosis (TB) infection
  • Known or suspected immunosuppression or unusually frequent, recurrent, severe, or prolonged infections as per investigator judgment
  • History of or current confounding skin condition (i.e., Netherton syndrome, psoriasis, cutaneous T-cell lymphoma \[mycosis fungoides or Sezary syndrome\], contact dermatitis, chronic actinic dermatitis, dermatitis herpetiformis)
  • Planned or expected major surgical procedure during the study
  • Currently participating or participated in any other study of a drug or device, within the past 8 weeks before the screening visit, or is in an exclusion period (if verifiable) from a previous study
  • History of alcohol or substance abuse within 6 months of the screening
  • History of poor wound healing or keloid formation

Study Design

Enrollment

30 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Basic Science

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Dupilumab

The 3 groups of patients (Asian, African American, and Caucasian) will all receive the same intervention.

Interventions

Dupilumab

Patients will be treated with dupilumab for 4 months (standard FDA-approved dosing of 600 mg subcutaneously at baseline/week 0, followed by 300 mg every 2 weeks).

Skin biopsies will be assessed at baseline (lesional and non-lesional), week 2 (lesional), and week 16 (lesional). In addition, blood will be obtained at baseline and week 16.

Primary outcome measure

  • Difference in inflammatory response to dupilumab between Caucasian, Asian and African American patients with atopic dermatitis as measured by change in expression of interleukin4 (IL4) from week 0 to 2. [ Time Frame: Week 0, week 2 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Locations

University of Michigan

Recruiting

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States, 48109

Contacts

More Information

Sponsor

University of Michigan

Last update posted

Nov 6, 2025

Last verified

Nov, 2025

Keywords

  • Asian patients
  • African American patients
  • Caucasian patients
  • Inflammatory responses
  • Dupixent
  • Dupilumab

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Michigan on 2025-11-06.