Study of Daxdilimab (HZN-7734) in Participants With Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis (LN)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05540665 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : September 15, 2022
Last Update Posted : November 13, 2023
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Lupus Nephritis | Drug: Daxdilimab Drug: Placebo (Normal Saline) | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 19 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Daxdilimab in Adult Participants With Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis |
Actual Study Start Date : | April 26, 2023 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | September 2025 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | November 2026 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Daxdilimab Arm 1
Daxdilimab injections over a total of 104 weeks
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Drug: Daxdilimab
Daxdilimab will be administered subcutaneously as two injections for each dose. Other Names: HZN-7734 |
Experimental: Daxdilimab Arm 2
Daxdilimab injections over a total of 104 weeks
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Drug: Daxdilimab
Daxdilimab will be administered subcutaneously as two injections for each dose. Other Names: HZN-7734 |
Placebo Comparator: Placebo
Placebo injections over a total of 104 weeks
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Drug: Placebo (Normal Saline)
Placebo will be administered subcutaneously as two injections for each dose. |
- Proportion of participants achieving complete renal response (CRR) at Week 48 and sustained through Week 52. [ Time Frame: Week 48 to Week 52 ]
- Proportion of participants achieving overall renal response (ORR) at Week 48 and sustained through Week 52. [ Time Frame: Week 48 to Week 52 ]
- Change from baseline in estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) at Week 52. [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Week 52 ]
- Proportion of participants able to taper oral corticosteroids (OCS) to target by Week 24 and maintain target dose through Week 52. [ Time Frame: Week 24 to Week 52 ]
- Anti-Drug Antibody (ADA) rate. [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Week 116 ]
- Incidence of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs), treatment-emergent serious adverse events (TESAEs), and treatment-emergent adverse events of special interest (AESIs). [ Time Frame: Day 1 to Week 116 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 80 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Willing and able to understand and provide written informed consent
- Adult men or women 18 to 80 years of age
- Willing and able to comply with the prescribed treatment protocol and evaluations for the duration of the trial
- Fulfill the 2019 European League Against Rheumatism/American College of Rheumatology Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)
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Have at least one of the following at Screening per central lab:
- Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) ≥ 1:80
- Anti-dsDNA antibodies elevated to above normal range as established by the central laboratory (ie, positive results)
- Anti-Smith antibodies elevated to above normal (ie, positive results).
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Diagnosis of proliferative LN based on a renal biopsy obtained within 6 months prior to signing the informed consent form (ICF) or during the Screening Period:
- Class III (± class V) or class IV (± class V) LN according to the World Health Organization (WHO) or 2003 International Society of Nephrology (ISN)/Renal Pathology Society (RPS) classification (based on local evaluation of renal biopsy).
- Urine protein to creatinine ratio ≥113.17 mg/mmol, obtained via a 24-hour urine collection at Screening.
- Estimated glomerular filtration rate ≥35 mL/min/1.73 m2
- Negative serum beta-human chorionic gonadotropin test at Screening (females of childbearing potential only).
Key Exclusion Criteria:
- History of allergy, hypersensitivity reaction, or anaphylaxis to any component of the investigational product or to a previous monoclonal antibody or human immunoglobulin therapy.
- Known intolerance to ≤1.0 gm/day of MMF or equivalent dose of mycophenolic acid (MPA).
- A diagnosis of pure Class V membranous LN based on a renal biopsy obtained within 6 months prior to signing ICF or during the Screening Period.
- History of dialysis within 12 months prior to signing the ICF or expected need for renal replacement therapy (dialysis or renal transplant) within a 12-month period after enrollment.
- History of, or current renal diseases (other than LN) that in the opinion of the Investigator could interfere with the LN assessment and confound the disease activity assessment (eg, diabetic nephropathy).
- Known history of a primary immunodeficiency or an underlying condition such as known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, a positive result for HIV infection per central laboratory, splenectomy, or any underlying condition that in the opinion of the Investigator significantly predisposes the participant to infection.
- Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C, active tuberculosis (TB), any severe herpes infection, clinically active infection, or opportunistic infection.
- Clinically significant cardiac disease including unstable angina, myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure within 6 months prior to Randomization.
- History of cancer within the past 5 years, except in situ carcinoma of the cervix, cutaneous basal cell or squamous cell carcinoma with curative therapy.
- Receipt of a live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to Day 1.
- The use of immunosuppressants, biologics, and DMARDS within the protocol defined washout periods.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05540665

Study Director: | Theresa Podrebarac, MD | Horizon Therapeutics |
Responsible Party: | Horizon Therapeutics Ireland DAC |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT05540665 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HZNP-DAX-203 2022-001377-31 ( EudraCT Number ) |
First Posted: | September 15, 2022 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | November 13, 2023 |
Last Verified: | November 2023 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
Nephritis Lupus Nephritis Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases Female Urogenital Diseases and Pregnancy Complications |
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