The truncated exponential polynomials em(x) (1), their extensions, and certain newly-introduced polynomials which combine the truncated exponential polynomials with other known polynomials have been investigated and applied in various ways. In this paper, by incorporating the Appell-type Changhee polynomials Chn*(x) (10) and the truncated exponential polynomials in a natural way, we aim to introduce so-called truncated-exponential-based Appell-type Changhee polynomials eCn*(x) in Definition 1. Then, we investigate certain properties and identities for these new polynomials such as explicit representation, addition formulas, recurrence relations, differential and integral formulas, and some related inequalities. We also present some integral inequalities involving these polynomials eCn*(x). Further we discuss zero distributions of these polynomials by observing their graphs drawn by Mathematica. Lastly some open questions are suggested. © 2020 by the authors.