Drugs / clofutriben

Trials 10

PhaseRegistry idDatesIndicationSponsorStatusOutcome
Phase 15 trials
Phase 1 NCT07227922 Nov 2025 → Apr 2026 overdue — Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT07226635 Oct → Dec 2025 — Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT06281236 Feb 2022 → Mar 2025 polymyalgia rheumatica Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Terminated No outcome recorded Stop: Enrollment
Phase 1 NCT05409027 Jul 2021 → Mar 2022 obesity disorder, type 2 diabetes mellitus Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 1 NCT02194491 Apr 2014 → May 2016 — Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 25 trials
Phase 2 NCT07296484 Nov 2025 → Dec 2027 expected Cushing syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Recruiting No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05436639 Jul 2023 → Dec 2024 ACTH-independent adrenal Cushing syndrome, somatic Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05307328 Sep 2022 → Aug 2025 ACTH-dependent Cushing syndrome, ectopic ACTH secretion syndrome Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT05436652 Jul 2022 → Apr 2025 polymyalgia rheumatica Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Completed No outcome recorded
Phase 2 NCT02372578 May 2015 → May 2016 diabetic polyneuropathy Astellas Pharma Global Development, Inc. Terminated No outcome recorded

News releases announcing trial results or a regulatory action · 9

DateIssuerRelease
2026-06-08 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Announces Phase 2a Data Showing Cardiometabolic Benefits of Clofutriben in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes sparrowpharma.com ↗
Clofutriben improved HbA1c and other cardiometabolic parameters in patients with Type 2 diabetes in a 6-week, placebo-controlled, randomized Phase 2 trial
2024-10-28 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Regulatory Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Announces Completion of Phase 2 Trial and FDA Orphan Drug Designation of Clofutriben for Endogenous Cushing’s Syndrome sparrowpharma.com ↗
In addition, Sparrow announced that clofutriben has been granted Orphan Drug Designation by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of endogenous Cushing’s syndrome.
2024-06-04 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents Novel Data on Clofutriben (SPI-62) Reducing Glucocorticoid Toxicities with a Low Risk of Adrenal Insufficiency at the 2024 Annual Endocrine Society Conference sparrowpharma.com ↗
To date, the HSD-1 inhibitor clofutriben (SPI-62) has normalized urine free cortisol (UFC) in >60% of patients with endogenous Cushing’s syndrome (EnCS) without suppressing serum cortisol to levels considered to indicate risk for adrenal insufficiency (AI).
2022-11-14 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents Pharmacology Data on SPI-62 at American College of Rheumatology Convergence 2022 sparrowpharma.com ↗
The study data presented at ACR demonstrate that SPI-62 can prevent cardiometabolic, muscular, and dermal adverse side effects of CORT in mouse.
2022-06-14 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents Clinical Trial Data Analyses on HSD-1 Inhibitor SPI-62 at the Endocrine Society (ENDO) 2022 Annual Meeting sparrowpharma.com ↗
Large changes of the amount of cortisol that can bind intracellular receptors, and thus cause cortisol-related morbidity, can occur independently of urinary free cortisol levels.
2022-06-04 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents New Pharmacological Data on HSD-1 Inhibitor SPI-62 at the 2022 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology sparrowpharma.com ↗
The results of the study suggest that SPI-62 has the potential to mitigate adverse effects of glucocorticoids.
2022-05-25 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents New Clinical Trial Data Analyses on HSD-1 Inhibitor SPI-62 at the 24th European Congress of Endocrinology sparrowpharma.com ↗
ACTH increase compensates for the effect of HSD-1 inhibition on systemic cortisol levels.
2021-12-13 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Regulatory Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Announces FDA Clearance of IND for SPI-62 for the Treatment of Cushing’s Syndrome sparrowpharma.com ↗
Having received clearance for the IND, Sparrow plans to begin enrolling patients in early 2022.
2021-05-22 Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Results Sparrow Pharmaceuticals Presents Data on SPI-62 at the European Congress of Endocrinology sparrowpharma.com ↗
In subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy, SPI-62 showed clinically meaningful separation from placebo on HbA1c, glucose, cholesterol, and triglycerides.

All press releases naming this drug 15 releases

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Evidence & citations 9 cited values

Every value below carries the sentence it was read from. 11 sources stand behind the page.

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Known as clofutriben ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT07227922 ↗
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NCT07296484 ↗

NCT07226635 ↗

Known as AS-2473662 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL5314513 ↗
Known as ASP3662 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT02194491 ↗
1

NCT02372578 ↗

Known as Clofutribene ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL5314513 ↗
Known as HDD-1697 ChEMBL registry synonym — accepted as the source's own label CHEMBL5314513 ↗
Known as SPI-62 ClinicalTrials.gov intervention name — accepted as the source's own label NCT05436639 ↗
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NCT05409027 ↗

NCT05307328 ↗

NCT05436652 ↗

NCT06281236 ↗

Action Inhibit “11β hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (HSD-1) inhibitor” NCT05307328 ↗
Modality Small molecule — CHEMBL5314513 ↗
Route Oral “single oral dose administration of ASP3662” NCT02194491 ↗