New antibody drug aims to tackle COVID-19 early
NCT ID NCT07156864
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This early-stage trial tests a new drug called B10-FC, which is a lab-made antibody designed to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus. The study will first give the drug to 25 healthy volunteers in increasing doses to check safety, then to 10 COVID-19 patients. The main goal is to see if the drug is safe and how the body processes it.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- B10-FC (a lab-made antibody designed to fight the SARS-CoV-2 virus)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a new early treatment option for COVID-19 that helps the immune system fight the virus.
- What could go wrong
- This is a very early Phase 1 trial with only 35 people, focused on safety and dosing. The drug may not work as hoped or could cause side effects.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 35 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
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Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2025
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 to 45 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
INCLUSION CRITERIA Stage 1 Each potential volunteer for inclusion in Stage 1 of the Study should meet all of the following criteria: 1. Written Informed Consent to participate in the Study. 2. Men and women, age limits: min.: 18, max.: 45. 3. Healthy according to the results of a medical examination: no history of pathology in the gastrointestinal tract, liver, kidneys, cardiovascular system, central nervous system, musculoskeletal system, genitourinary, immune and endocrine systems, or blood, which may affect the safety of the volunteer and the assessment of the Study results (no diseases or clinically significant abnormalities were revealed by clinical, instrumental, and laboratory tests). 4. Negative test result for COVID-19, determined by PCR at the screening. 5. No contact with COVID-19 patients for at least 14 days prior to inclusion in the Study (according to information provided by potential volunteer). 6. Negative test result for presence of IgM antibodies to SARS CoV2 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. 7. The result of IgG to S-protein or RBD of no more than x3 IGRI (or no more than 30 BAU) to SARS CoV2 by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, regardless of the previous immune status. 8. Consent to the use effective methods of contraception during the entire period of participation in the Study. 9. Body mass index (BMI) is 18.5≤BMI≤30. 10. A negative pregnancy test result based on the results of a urine test (for women of childbearing age). 11. Negative test results for HIV, hepatitis B and C, syphilis. 12. A negative urine test result for presence of narcotic and psychostimulants. 13. A negative alcohol content test. 14. Indicators of general and biochemical blood analysis at screening in the range of 1.1 X VGRI - 0.9 X NGRI. 15. Indicators of immunoglobulin E are not higher than 2 X IGRI. Stage 2 Each potential volunteer for inclusion in Stage 2 of the Study should meet all of the following criteria: 1. Written Informed Consent to participate in the study. 2. Men and women, age limits: min.: 18, max.: 45. 3. A positive test result for SARS-CoV-2 was obtained \< 5 days before the inclusion in the Study, or clinical manifestations began, confirmed later by PCR/rapid test. 4. Oxygen saturation ≥93% without oxygen donation in any way, a diagnosis of COVID-19 is made, provided that symptoms appear no later than 5 days at the time of inclusion in the Study. 5. The presence of several (at least 2) symptoms of mild or moderate severity at the time of inclusion in the Study; 6. At the time of screening, the potential volunteer is not hospitalized due to the severity of the COVID-19 disease; 7. The presence of factors (at least 1) of a high risk of developing severe COVID-19 and / or hospitalization and / or death, according to the Investigator, not limited to the following: 1. patients not vaccinated against the current strain of the virus 2. elderly patients (over 60 years of age), including those with additional risk factors 3. obesity 4. patients with immunodeficiency, including those taking immunosuppressive drugs for any indication 5. comorbidities (diabetes mellitus, cardiovascular diseases, coagulopathies, chronic kidney disease, including conditions requiring dialysis, chronic lung diseases, liver diseases, etc.) 8. Consent to the use of effective methods of contraception during the entire period of participation in the Study. 9. The potential volunteer is able to perform visits during the Study. EXCLUSION CRITERIA Stage 1 The potential volunteer will not be included in Stage 1 of the Study in the following cases: 1. Inability to read in Russian; inability or unwillingness to understand the essence of the Study. Any other condition that restricts the validity of obtaining informed consent or may affect the volunteer's ability to participate in the Study. 2. Plasma treatment from a recovered COVID-19 patient or MCA against SARS-CoV-2 in the last 3 months. 3. Acute infectious diseases within 2 weeks and non-infectious diseases, exacerbations of chronic diseases within 4 weeks before the screening. 4. The presence of inflammatory or dystrophic changes in the myocardium according to the results of ECG performed on the screening. 5. The volunteer's participation in any other study within the last 90 days. 6. A history of splenectomy. 7. Presence of mental illnesses (registered by psychiatric / mental health facility). 8. Treatment with steroids (excluding hormonal contraceptives) for the last 10 days. 9. Administration of monoclonal antibodies, immunoglobulins or blood products in the last 3 months. 10. Autoimmune diseases or a history of systemic collagenosis that require immunosuppressive therapy. 11. Volunteers who have undergone organ transplants, including bone marrow or peripheral blood stem cell (PSCC) transplants. 12. Immunosuppressive drugs and / or immunomodulators intake for 6 months prior to the start of the Study. 13. Any immunodeficiency (for example, hereditary immunodeficiency, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome \[AIDS\], etc.,). 14. Pregnancy or breast-feeding. 15. Systolic blood pressure less than 100 mmHg or higher than 139 mmHg; diastolic blood pressure less than 60 mmHg or higher than 90 mmHg; heart rate less than 60 beats / min or more than 100 beats / min. 16. A burdened allergic history (including, but not limited to, major multiform erythema, toxic epidermal necrolysis, angioedema, polymorphic exudative eczema, a history of serum sickness, hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to the administration of immunobiological drugs, known allergic reactions to the components of the drug, etc.). 17. History of severe infusion reactions 18. Diabetes mellitus or other forms of glucose tolerance disorders; 19. The medical history of malignant neoplasms, with the exception of basal cell or squamous cell epithelial skin carcinomas, which were removed without any signs of metastasis for 3 years. 20. Blood donation (450 ml or more of blood or plasma) less than 2 months before the start of the Study; 21. Taking narcotic and psychostimulant drugs at the present time or according to the anamnesis. 22. Drinking alcohol above the low-risk level: no more than 20 grams of pure alcohol per day, no more than 5 days a week, alcohol intake within 48 hours before the study drug administration. 23. Smoking: more than 10 cigarettes a day. 24. Planned hospitalization and / or surgical intervention during the period of participation in the Study, as well as 4 weeks before the expected date of study drug administration. 25. The presence of a concomitant disease that may affect the evaluation of the Study results or that, in the opinion of the Investigator, will not allow the volunteer to participate in the Study or may affect the conduct of the study and/or its results (including the assessment of safety parameters), any conditions that, in the opinion of the Investigator (doctor), may be a contraindication to participation in the Study. 26. The weight of a potential volunteer is less than 45 and more than 100 kg (even if the BMI of the volunteer corresponds to the norm-item 8 of the inclusion criteria). Stage 2 The potential volunteer will not be included in Stage 2 of the Study in the following cases: 1. Inability to read in Russian; inability or unwillingness to understand the essence of the research. Any other conditions that limit the validity of obtaining informed consent or may affect the patient's ability to participate in the Study. 2. Pregnancy and lactation. 3. Severe and extremely severe course of COVID-19: * Blood oxygen saturation at rest according to pulse oximetry (SpO2) \< 93% OR * PaO2 / FiO2 ≤ 300 mmHg OR * Respiratory failure and the need for invasive mechanical ventilation (with tracheal intubation) or ECMO; OR * Septic shock OR * Multiple organ failure 4. Previous plasma therapy from a recovered patient with COVID-19 or other mAb drugs against SARS CoV-2 for the treatment of COVID-19 disease that is ongoing at the time of inclusion in the Study. 5. The patient is currently hospitalized or, according to the Investigator, may require hospitalization in the next 24 hours due to the severity of the infection. 6. Oxygen therapy is required due to COVID-19 disease or an increase in the baseline oxygen flow rate due to COVID-19 disease is required in individuals on chronic oxygen therapy due to a non-COVID-19 comorbidity. 7. Confirmed active tuberculosis, AIDS (according to medical history, registration). 8. The presence of any life-threatening concomitant disease in a state of decompensation, which, in the opinion of the Investigator, makes the patient unsuitable for inclusion in the Study; 9. Body weight less than 40 kg. 10. Participation in any other study within the last 90 days. 11. Artificial lung ventilation is required or an unavoidable need for mechanical ventilation is predicted in the next 24 hours based on the patient's current condition. 12. A suspected or proven serious active bacterial, fungal, viral, or other infection (other than COVID-19) that the Investigator believes may pose a risk to the patient and affect the assessment of Study endpoints. 13. There are concomitant diseases that require surgical intervention within the next month. 14. A burdened allergic history (including, but not limited to, erythema majora multiforme, toxic epidermal necrolysis, angioedema, polymorphic exudative eczema, a history of serum sickness, hypersensitivity or allergic reactions to the administration of immunobiological drugs, known allergic reactions to the components of the study drug, etc.). 15. A history of severe infusion reactions. 16. Alcohol or drug addiction.
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