New hope for kidney transplant patients: drug may prevent rejection with fewer side effects
NCT ID NCT05983770
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tested a new medicine called tegoprubart in 127 people who received a kidney transplant. The goal was to see if it works better than the standard drug tacrolimus at preventing the body from rejecting the new kidney. Participants took the study drug and were monitored for one year to check kidney function and 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 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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127 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Finished
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Sep 2025
- 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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18 to 100 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: * Male or female ≥ 18 years of age * Recipient of their first kidney transplant from a living or deceased donor * Agree to comply with contraception requirements during and for at least 90 days after the last administration of study drug Exclusion Criteria: * Induction therapy, other than study assigned rATG, planned as part of initial immunosuppressive regimen * Currently treated with any systemic immunosuppressive regimen, including immunologic biologic therapies * Currently treated with corticosteroids other than topical or inhaled corticosteroids * Will receive a kidney with an anticipated cold ischemia time of \> 30 hours * Will receive a kidney from a donor that meets any of the following: * 5a. Donation after Cardiac Death (DCD) criteria; Or * 5b. Kidney Donor Profile Index (KDPI) of \> 85%; Or * 5c. Is blood group (ABO) incompatible * Medical conditions that require chronic use of systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants * History of a thromboembolic event, known hypercoagulable state, or condition requiring long term anticoagulation * Positive T- or B-cell crossmatch that is due to HLA antibodies or presence of a DSA at Screening
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Augusta University
Augusta, Georgia, 30912, United States
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CHRU Tours - Hopital Bretonneau
Tours, France
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CHU Grenoble-Alpes - Hopital Nord Michallon
Grenoble, France
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CHU de Toulouse - Hopital de Rangueil
Toulouse, France
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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dupuytren
Limoges, 87042, France
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Charite Universitatsmedizin Berlin
Berlin, Germany
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Duke University Medical Center
Durham, North Carolina, 27710, United States
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Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Fiona Stanley Hospital
Perth, Western Australia, 6150, Australia
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Fundação Oswaldo Ramos - Hospital do Rim
São Paulo, Brazil
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Groupe Hospitalier Pellegrin
Bordeaux, France
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Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, 08035, Spain
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Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina de São Paulo
São Paulo, Brazil
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Hospital del Mar - Parc de Salut Mar
Barcelona, 08003, Spain
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Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, 21287, United States
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Keck School of Medicine of USC
Los Angeles, California, 90033, United States
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Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospita;
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55907, United States
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Medstar Georgetown University Hospital
Washington D.C., District of Columbia, 20007, United States
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New York University Langone Health - Tisch Hospital
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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Royal Adelaide Hospital
Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
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St. Paul's Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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Tulane Medical Center
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, United States
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UT Southwestern
Dallas, Texas, 75235, United States
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University of California Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, 90024, United States
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University of California, Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California, Irvine Medical Center
Orange, California, 92868, United States
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University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Kansas Medical Center
Kansas City, Kansas, 66160, United States
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University of Minnesota Medical Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 17104, United States
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University of Washington Medical Center
Seattle, Washington, 98195, United States
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University of Wisconsin Health
Madison, Wisconsin, 53792, United States
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Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia, 23298, United States
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Washington University in St. Louis
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
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