An Open-Label Clinical Study to Evaluate the Safety and Effect of RLS-1496 Topical Cream for the Treatment of Actinic Keratosis

Summary

This clinical trial will assess the safety and tolerability of topical application of RLS-1496 cream to lesions and adjacent skin on the left forearm of adults with actinic keratoses (AK) on the arms. The right forearm will remain untreated as a control. The therapeutic objective of topical treatment with RLS-1496 cream is to clear or decrease the number of AK in the treated area, per lesion counts performed by the Investigator. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it safe to apply topical RLS-1496 cream to treat AK once daily for 28 days? * Does topical RLS-1496 lower the number of AKs or eliminate AKs in a treated area when applied once daily for 28 days? Researchers will compare results on the left (treated with RLS-1496) and right (no treatment) forearm. Participants will apply RLS-1496 to an identified area on the left forearm once each day for 28 days and have intermittent clinic visits to examine the arms and have the AK lesions counted until 28 days after the last application of RLS-1496. Participants will also have small skin biopsies on the arms.

Detailed description

This open-label study is designed to assess the safety, tolerability, and clinical effects, and pharmacodynamic effects of topically applied RLS-1496 1.0% cream for the treatment of AK lesions and perilesional skin on the left dorsal forearm of adults. The right dorsal forearm will remain untreated as a control. Eligible patients will apply study drug under the supervision of the study staff to the designated affected area on the left dorsal forearm on Day 1 and will be instructed to apply at home starting on Day 2 and each evening thereafter for a total of 28 applications. Patients will be followed for 28 days after the last application of study drug. Safety evaluations will include treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), physical examinations, vital signs, local tolerability assessments, and clinical laboratory assessments. Clinical assessments of treatment effect will be evaluated at each designated treatment and control area. Local tolerability will be assessed. The Investigator will count discrete AK lesions within the designated treatment and control areas. Additional assessments will include selected disease-specific biomarkers and markers for target engagement, and senescence in the skin (biopsy and tape stripping), and in the blood. Following a screening period of up to 28 days, eligible participants will be dosed through Day 28 and followed for an additional 28 days. The predicted maximum duration of study participation, including the screening period, is 85 days. Approximately 24 patients will be enrolled in the study.

Arms & interventions

• DrugRLS-1496 1.0% cream

  Topical cream to be applied to lesions and peri-lesional skin.

Outcome measures

Eligibility criteria