Conditions: Atopic Dermatitis
Keywords: Atopic Dermatitis
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 60
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Atopic dermatitis (AD) is a common inflammatory skin disorder that adversely affects most aspects of everyday life in majority of patients. It has a prevalence of up to 3-4% of adults and up to 25% among children. AD has a complex pathogenesis, characterized by: 1) immune activation with increased numbers of T-cells, dendritic cells (DCs), and increased expression of inflammatory molecules 2) marked epidermal hyperplasia in chronic diseased skin, and 3) defective barrier function with increased trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL) and decreased lipids, reflecting underlying alterations in keratinocyte differentiation. AD is predominantly a Th2 (IL-4, IL-13, and IL-31) disease, and recently was also found to be a "T22" (IL-22) polarized disease.

ILV-094 is an anti IL-22 antibody and therefore should reverse the immune activation of AD. This study is being done to assess the safety, tolerability, clinical efficacy, and mechanism of action of ILV-094 in patients with AD.

Detailed description:
This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, study of six IV infusions of ILV-094 administered to subjects with atopic dermatitis. Sixty subjects will be randomly assigned in a 2:1 ratio to one of the two treatments arms (ILV-094 vs placebo). Forty patients will be enrolled in the ILV-094 treatment arm and 20 in the placebo-treatment arm, accordingly. A loading IV dose of 600 mg of ILV-094 or placebo will be given at baseline (Day 0), followed by five additional IV doses of 300 mg of ILV-094 or placebo every two weeks (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10). We will continue to follow the patients every two weeks for an additional 10 weeks after the last IV dose (20 weeks post baseline).

Arms:
arm 1: Forty patients will be enrolled in the ILV-094 treatment arm. A loading IV dose of 600 mg of ILV-094 will be given at baseline (Day 0), followed by five additional IV doses of 300 mg of ILV-094 every two weeks (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10). arm 2: Twenty patients will be enrolled in the ILV-094 placebo arm. A loading IV dose of placebo will be given at baseline (Day 0), followed by five additional IV doses of placebo every two weeks (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10).

Interventions: intervention 1: ILV-094 intervention 2: Placebo Comparator
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: IV infusion of ILV-094 intervention 2: Twenty patients will be enrolled in the ILV-094 placebo arm. A loading IV dose of a placebo will be given at baseline (Day 0), followed by five additional IV doses of placebo every two weeks (Weeks 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10).

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