New hope for kids with rare blood disorders: benralizumab trial launches
NCT ID NCT06512883
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 18, 2026 · Updated 8 times
Summary
This Phase 3 trial tests the drug benralizumab (Fasenra) in children aged 6 to 17 with two rare eosinophilic diseases: EGPA and HES. The study aims to see if the drug is safe, how it works in the body, and whether it can help control the disease. Fourteen children will receive injections every 4 weeks, with researchers monitoring side effects and remission rates.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- benralizumab (Fasenra)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a treatment option to control eosinophilic diseases in children, reducing symptoms and reliance on steroids.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, open-label trial with only 14 participants, so results may not apply broadly. Side effects or lack of efficacy are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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About 14 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Apr 2025
- Expected to finish
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May 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
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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6 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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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: All Cohorts: * Male or female participants must be aged 6 to \< 18 years of age at the time of signing the assent form and their caregiver signing the informed consent form. * Body weight greater than (\>=) 15 kilograms (kg). EGPA Cohort: * Therapy with corticosteroids: The prescribed dose of oral corticosteroids (OCS) (greater than \[\>\] 0.1 milligrams per kilogram per day (mg/kg/day), max dose of 50 milligrams per day (mg/day) must be stable (that is, no adjustment of the dose) for at least 4 weeks prior to baseline (Visit 2). * Immunosuppressive therapy: If receiving immunosuppressive therapy, the dosage must be stable for at least 4 weeks prior to baseline (Visit 2). HES Cohort: * Documented HES diagnosis, defined as history of persistent eosinophilia \>1500 cells/µL without secondary cause on 2 examinations ≥1 month apart and evidence of eosinophil-mediated organ involvement. * Symptomatic active HES, or history of a prior flare, or considered eligible based on disease severity per investigator judgement. * AEC ≥1000 cells/µL at screening (Visit 1). * Documented negative testing for Fip1-like 1 gene fused with the platelet-derived growth factor receptor alpha gene (FIP1L1-PDGFR) fusion tyrosine kinase gene translocation. Exclusion Criteria: All Cohorts: * Any current malignancy or history of malignancy. * History of anaphylaxis to any biologic therapy or vaccine. * Known, pre-existing, clinically significant endocrine, autoimmune, metabolic, neurological, renal, gastrointestinal, hepatic, haematological, respiratory, or any other system abnormalities. * Previous receipt of benralizumab in an interventional clinical study. EGPA Cohort: * Diagnosed with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (previously known as Wegener'granulomatosis) or microscopic polyangiitis. * EGPA relapse: any deterioration in EGPA and/or organ-threatening EGPA that per Investigator judgement renders participants unstable in their EGPA within 3 months prior to screening (Visit 1) and through first administration of IP at baseline (Visit 2). * Life-threatening EGPA: imminently life-threatening EGPA disease within 3 months prior to screening (Visit 1) and through first administration of IP at baseline (Visit 2), as per Investigator judgement. HES Cohort: * Life-threatening HES or HES complications, as judged by the investigator. * Hypereosinophilia of unknown significance (HE-US). * Diagnosis of systemic mastocytosis.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
15 sites in 10 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Research Site
RECRUITINGAurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGCincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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RECRUITINGHighland Hills, Ohio, 44106-2624, United States
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RECRUITINGSão Paulo, 01232-010, Brazil
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RECRUITINGToronto, Ontario, M5G1X8, Canada
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGAhmedabad, 380052, India
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RECRUITINGPetah Tikva, 49202, Israel
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RECRUITINGGuadalajara, 44620, Mexico
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RECRUITINGRotterdam, 3015 GD, Netherlands
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGKielce, 25-734, Poland
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NOT_YET_RECRUITINGWarsaw, 04-730, Poland
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RECRUITINGAltındağ, 06230, Turkey (Türkiye)
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RECRUITINGIstanbul, 34093, Turkey (Türkiye)
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