New drug aims to shrink cysts in genetic kidney disease

NCT ID NCT06902558

First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Aug 06, 2026 · Updated 2 times

Summary

This study tests an investigational drug called ABBV-CLS-628 in adults with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD), a genetic condition that causes fluid-filled cysts to grow in the kidneys. About 240 participants worldwide will receive either the drug or a placebo by IV every 4 weeks for 92 weeks. The main goal is to see if the drug can slow the increase in total kidney volume and check for side effects.

What this could mean

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Active substance
ABBV-CLS-628
What this could lead to
If successful, this could slow kidney growth and preserve kidney function in people with ADPKD, potentially delaying the need for dialysis or transplant.
What could go wrong
This is an early Phase 2 trial with only 240 participants. The drug may not work better than placebo, and side effects are still being studied.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • 2CA-Braga, Hospital de Braga

    RECRUITING

    Braga, Braga District, 4710-243, Portugal

  • A.O.U. Consorziale Policlinico di Bari

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Bari, Metropolitan City of Bari, 70124, Italy

  • AOU di Modena - Ospedale di Modena

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Modena, Modena, 41124, Italy

  • Academic Medical Research Institute (AMRI) - Los Angeles

    RECRUITING

    Los Angeles, California, 90022, United States

  • Albert Schweitzer Ziekenhuis, locatie Dordwijk

    RECRUITING

    Dordrecht, South Holland, 3318 AT, Netherlands

  • Arlington Nephrology

    WITHDRAWN

    Arlington, Texas, 76015, United States

  • Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I

    RECRUITING

    Rome, Roma, 00161, Italy

  • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Brookview Hills Research Associates

    RECRUITING

    Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27103, United States

  • CARE Institute - Idaho Falls

    RECRUITING

    Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83404, United States

  • CARE-Boise Kidney

    RECRUITING

    Boise, Idaho, 83706, United States

  • CHU Brest - Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche

    RECRUITING

    Brest, Brittany Region, 29200, France

  • CHU Toulouse - Hôpital Rangueil

    RECRUITING

    Toulouse, Occitanie, 31400, France

  • CHU de Liege

    RECRUITING

    Liège, Liège, 4000, Belgium

  • Centro Hospitalar Do Funchal

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Funchal, 9000-168, Portugal

  • Charite Universitaetsmedizin Berlin - Campus Mitte

    RECRUITING

    Berlin, State of Berlin, 10117, Germany

  • Cliniques Universitaires UCL Saint-Luc

    RECRUITING

    Brussels, Brussels Capital, 1200, Belgium

  • Emory University School Of Medicine - Atlanta

    RECRUITING

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States

  • Erasmus Medisch Centrum

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rotterdam, South Holland, 3015 AA, Netherlands

  • Fiona Stanley Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS-Università Cattolica

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Rome, Roma, 00168, Italy

  • Fundacio Puigvert

    RECRUITING

    Barcelona, Barcelona, 08025, Spain

  • Hallym University Kangnam Sacred Heart Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 07441, South Korea

  • Hokkaido University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan

  • Hopital Edouard Herriot

    RECRUITING

    Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, 69003, France

  • Hopital Universitaire Necker Enfants Malades

    RECRUITING

    Paris, Île-de-France Region, 75015, France

  • Hopital de la Conception

    RECRUITING

    Marseille, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, 13005, France

  • Horizon Research Group - Coral Gables

    WITHDRAWN

    Coral Gables, Florida, 33134, United States

  • Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia

    RECRUITING

    Valencia, Valencia, 46010, Spain

  • Hospital Curry Cabral

    RECRUITING

    Lisbon, Lisbon District, 1069-166, Portugal

  • Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge

    RECRUITING

    L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona, 08907, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Fundacion Jimenez Diaz

    RECRUITING

    Madrid, Madrid, 28040, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves

    RECRUITING

    Granada, Granada, 18014, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Seville, Sevilla, 41013, Spain

  • Humber River Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M3M 0B2, Canada

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    RECRUITING

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • Infigo Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Sanford, Florida, 32771, United States

    Contact Email: •••••@•••••

  • Juntendo University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan

  • Keimyung University Dongsan Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, 42601, South Korea

  • Knoxville Kidney Center

    RECRUITING

    Knoxville, Tennessee, 37923, United States

  • LUMC

    RECRUITING

    Leiden, South Holland, 2333 ZA, Netherlands

  • Lakeridge Health Corporation-Oshawa

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Oshawa, Ontario, L1H 2B9, Canada

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital - Rochester

    RECRUITING

    Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States

  • Mayo Clinic Hospital Jacksonville

    RECRUITING

    Jacksonville, Florida, 32224, United States

  • Medical University of South Carolina

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States

  • Medizinische Hochschule Hannover

    RECRUITING

    Hanover, Lower Saxony, 30625, Germany

  • National Hospital Org Chiba Medical Center Chibahigashi National Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Chiba, Chiba, 260-8712, Japan

  • National Hospital Organization Kyoto Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Kyoto, Kyoto, 612-8555, Japan

  • National Institute of Clinical Research - Pomona

    RECRUITING

    Pomona, California, 91768, United States

  • Nature Coast Clinical Research - Inverness

    RECRUITING

    Inverness, Florida, 34452-4717, United States

  • Nephrology Associates - Chattanooga - East Third Street

    RECRUITING

    Chattanooga, Tennessee, 37404, United States

  • Northeast Clinical Research Center

    RECRUITING

    Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18017, United States

  • Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    Chicago, Illinois, 60611-2927, United States

  • Panax Clinical Research

    RECRUITING

    Miami, Florida, 33014, United States

  • Pusan National University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Busan, Busan Gwang Yeogsi, 49241, South Korea

  • Renal Disease Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States

  • Royal Adelaide Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia

  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Brisbane, Queensland, 4029, Australia

  • SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center

    ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 07061, South Korea

  • Seoul National University Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Seoul, Seoul Teugbyeolsi, 03080, South Korea

  • South Florida Research Institute

    RECRUITING

    Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 33313, United States

  • St. Clair Nephrology

    RECRUITING

    Shelby, Michigan, 48315, United States

  • St. Michael's Hospital

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5B 1W8, Canada

  • Swedish Medical Center - Seattle

    RECRUITING

    Seattle, Washington, 98104, United States

  • TUM Klinikum rechts der Isar

    RECRUITING

    Munich, Bavaria, 81675, Germany

  • The Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC)

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37212, United States

  • Toronto General Hospital-University Health Network

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Toronto, Ontario, M5G 2C4, Canada

  • Tufts Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Boston, Massachusetts, 02111-1552, United States

  • UC Irvine Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Orange, California, 92868-3201, United States

  • UZ Leuven

    RECRUITING

    Leuven, Vlaams-Brabant, 3000, Belgium

  • Unidade Local de Saude de Almada-Seixal, EPE

    RECRUITING

    Almada, Setúbal District, 2805-267, Portugal

  • Unidade Local de Saude de Lisboa Ocidental, EPE

    RECRUITING

    Lisbon, Lisbon District, 2799-523, Portugal

  • Unidade Local de Saude do Algarve, EPE

    RECRUITING

    Faro, Faro District, 8000-386, Portugal

  • Universitaetsklinikum Heidelberg

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, 69120, Germany

  • Universitaetsklinikum Koeln

    RECRUITING

    Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, 50937, Germany

  • Universitair Medisch Centrum Groningen

    WITHDRAWN

    Groningen, Provincie Groningen, 9713 GR, Netherlands

  • University Of California, San Francisco

    RECRUITING

    San Francisco, California, 94143-2202, United States

  • University Of Michigan

    RECRUITING

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109-5000, United States

  • University of Alabama at Birmingham

    RECRUITING

    Birmingham, Alabama, 35294, United States

  • University of California Los Angeles Medical Center

    NOT_YET_RECRUITING

    Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States

  • University of Iowa

    RECRUITING

    Iowa City, Iowa, 52242, United States

  • University of Kansas Medical Center

    RECRUITING

    Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States

  • University of Miami Don Suffer Clinical Research Building

    RECRUITING

    Miami, Florida, 33136, United States

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    RECRUITING

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599-0001, United States

  • University of Pennsylvania

    RECRUITING

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

  • Valiance Clinical Research - Huntington Park

    RECRUITING

    Huntington Park, California, 90255, United States

  • Washington University School of Medicine - St Louis

    RECRUITING

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States

  • Westmead Hospital

    RECRUITING

    Westmead, New South Wales, 2145, Australia

  • Yale University School of Medicine

    RECRUITING

    New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States

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