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Treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpetic keratitis by amenamevir

Oral amenamevir treatment against epithelial herpetic keratitis resistant to acyclovir ointment therapy (Pilot study) - Treatment of acyclovir-resistant herpetic keratitis by amenamevir

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-jRCTs061190001
Enrollment
3
Registered
2019-04-17
Start date
2019-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Epithelial herpetic keratitis Epithelial herpetic keratitis

Interventions

Amenamevir(Amenalief) 200mg (2 tablets) is orally administered once daily after breakfast for 14 days.

Sponsors

Inoue Yoshitsugu
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1) Men and women more than 20 years old in the timing of participation agreement 2) Patients with herpetic epithelial keratitis resistant to 2 weeks treatment by acyclovir ointment

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients with allergy to amenamevir infection of bacteria or fungi 2) Pregnant or possibly pregnant women 3) Women during breast-feeding 4) Patients who were administered other experimental or investigational drugs within 3 months before the start of amenamevir 5) Patients with administration of drugs to become substrates of cytochrome P450 6) Patients with administration of drugs to inhibit cytochrome P4503A 7) Patients with administration of drugs to induce cytochrome P4503A 8) Patients with administration of drugs to become substrates of cytochrome P4502B6 9) Patients with administration of ciclosporin 10) Patients with administration of antiviral drugs 11) Patients with past history of heart diseases 12) Patients with past history of hematogenous diseases 13) Patients with severe lever diseases 14) Patients with secondary corneal or conjunctival infection of bacteria or fungi 15) Others, Patients who were decided inappropriate to this study by the primary responsible doctor

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Disappearance of herpetic epithelial lesion in 14 days after the start of treatment

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Efficacy evaluation: the reduction of herpetic epithelial lesion size and HSV-DNA copy number Safety evaluation: adverse event, laboratory values (hematological test, blood biochemistry, urinalysis), vital signs, 12-lead ECG

Contacts

Public ContactYoshitsugu Inoue

Tottori University Hospital

yoinoue@med.tottori-u.ac.jp+81-859-38-6617

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026