New hope for kids with rare kidney disease: crovalimab trial underway
NCT ID NCT04958265
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Sep 10, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This phase 3 trial tests crovalimab in 41 children with atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), a rare disease that causes blood clots and kidney damage. The drug is given first through a vein, then as a shot under the skin every four weeks. The goal is to see if it can stop disease flares and improve kidney function. Because aHUS is a chronic condition, treatment is expected to be lifelong.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Crovalimab (a drug given by IV and then by injection under the skin)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could offer a new treatment option for children with aHUS, helping control the disease and protect kidney function.
- What could go wrong
- This is a single-arm, open-label study with no comparison group, so results may be less certain. The drug requires lifelong use and carries infection risks, including meningitis.
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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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41 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- 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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28 days 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: * Body weight \>= 5 kg at screening. * Vaccination against Neisseria meningitis serotypes A, C, W, and Y; vaccination against serotype B, according to national vaccination recommendations. * Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type B and Streptococcus pneumoniae, according to national vaccination recommendations. * For patients continuing to receive other therapies concomitantly with crovalimab (e.g., immunosuppressants, corticosteroids, mammalian target of rapamycin inhibitor (mTORi), or calcineurin inhibitors): stable dose for \>=28 days prior to screening and up to the first crovalimab administration. * For female participants of childbearing potential: an agreement to remain abstinent or use contraception. * Participants with a prior kidney transplant are eligible if they have a known history of complement-mediated aHUS prior to the kidney transplant. * Onset of initial TMA presentation within 28 days prior to the first dose of crovalimab (for Naive Cohort only). * Documented treatment with either eculizumab or ravulizumab (for Switch Cohort only). * Clinical evidence of response to a C5 inhibitor (for Switch Cohort only). * Poorly controlled TMA following treatment with another C5 inhibitor (for C5 SNP participants in the Pretreated Cohort only). * Known C5 polymorphism (for C5 SNP participants in the Pretreated Cohort only). Exclusion Criteria: * TMA associated with non-aHUS related renal disease. * Positive direct Coombs test. * Chronic dialysis within 90 days prior to first crovalimab administration , and /or end stage renal disease * Identified drug exposure-related TMA. * Presence or history of a condition that could trigger TMA, such as malignancy, bone marrow or organ transplant (other than kidney transplant) or autoimmune disease. * History of a kidney disease, other than aHUS. * History of Neisseria meningitidis infection within 6 months of study enrollment. * Known or suspected immune deficiency (e.g., history of frequent recurrent infections). * Positive HIV test. * Active systemic bacterial, viral, or fungal infection within 14 days before first crovalimab administration. * Presence of fever (\>= 38°C) before the first crovalimab administration (If fevers are solely due to the underlying aHUS pathology, and there is no evidence or suspicion of a systemic infection, participants may enroll). * Multi-system organ dysfunction or failure. * Recent intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIg) treatment. * Pregnant or breastfeeding or intending to become pregnant. * Participation in another interventional treatment study with an investigational agent or use of any experimental therapy within 28 days of screening or within five half lives of that investigational product, whichever is greater. * Recent use of tranexamic acid. * Current or previous treatment with a complement inhibitor (for Naive Cohort only). * First initiation of plasma exchange/plasma infusions (PE/PI) should not be more than 28 days prior to first crovalimab administration (for Naive Cohort only). * Last PE/PI completed less than 2 hours prior to first crovalimab administration (for Naive Cohort only). * Receiving PE/PI within 8 weeks of the first crovalimab administration (Switch Cohort only). * Normalization of serum creatinine values at baseline (\<97.5th percentile for age), (for Naive Cohort only). * Positive for active Hepatitis B and/or C infections (HBV/HCV) (for Switch Cohort and switching C5 SNP Pretreated Cohort participants who recently received C5 inhibitor treatment). * Cryoglobulinemia at screening (for Switch Cohort and C5 SNP Cohort participants who recently received C5 inhibitor treatment). * Diagnosis of a condition leading to non-aHUS TMA: Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP), Shiga Toxin producing Escherichia Coli (STEC)-TMA, Pneumococcal HUS, TMA secondary to cobalamin C defect (as demonstrated by either increased total blood homocysteine levels or MMACHC gene mutation) and TMA related to Diacylglycerol kinase ε (DGKE) nephropathy.
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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
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Aichi Children?s Health and Medical Center
Aichi, 474-8710, Japan
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All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110029, India
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Beijing Children's Hospital, Capital Medical University
Beijing, 100045, China
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CHU Sainte-Justine
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada
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Chiba Children's Hospital
Chibashi, Chibaken, 266-0007, Japan
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Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Gh Necker Enfants Malades
Paris, 75743, France
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Hackensack University Medical Center
Hackensack, New Jersey, 07601, United States
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Hospital de Especialidades Puerta de Hierro S.A de C.V.
Zapopan, 45116, Mexico
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Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve
Montpellier, 34295, France
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Inst. Da Criança- Faculdade de Medicina Usp
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-900, Brazil
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Institute of Kidney Diseases and Research Centre
Ahmedabad, Gujarat, 380016, India
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Instytut ?Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
Lodz, 93-338, Poland
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Medanta-The Medicity
Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India
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Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, 100034, China
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The children's hospital , Zhejiang university school of medicine
Hangzhou, 310051, China
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UZ Gent
Ghent, 9000, Belgium
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UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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University of Nebraska
Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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Uniwersyteckie Centrum Kliniczne
Gdansk, 80-294, Poland
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