New hope for rare Kidney-Blood disease: crovalimab trial shows promise
NCT ID NCT04861259
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jul 22, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This study tests a new medicine called crovalimab for people with a rare disease called atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome (aHUS), which causes blood clots and kidney damage. The trial includes 83 adults and teens who receive the drug to see if it can control the disease and improve kidney function. Participants must be up to date on certain vaccines to join.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
-
Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
-
83 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
-
Oct 2021
- Expected to finish
-
Aug 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
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
-
12 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
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 \>= 40 kg at screening. * Vaccination against Neisseria meningitidis serotypes A, C, W, and Y; vaccination against serotypes B, according to national vaccination recommendations. * Vaccination against Haemophilus influenzae type B and Streptococcus pneumoniae, according to national vaccination recommendations. * For participants 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. * Female participants of childbearing potential must have a negative serum pregnancy test result within 7 days prior to initiation of crovalimab. * 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). * Known C5 polymorphism (for C5 SNP Cohort only). * Poorly controlled TMA following treatment with another C5 inhibitor (for C5 SNP 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 Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) test. * Active systemic bacterial, viral, or fungal infection within 14 days before first crovalimab administration * Presence of fever (\>= 38°C) * 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 Chorot only). * Receiving PE/PI within 8 weeks of the first crovalimab administration (Switch Cohort only). * Positive for active Hepatitis B and C infection (HBV/HCV) (for Switch Cohort and C5 SNP 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 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 and TMA related to a known DGKE nephropathy.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
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
-
A.O. Universitaria S. Martino Di Genova
Genoa, Liguria, 16132, Italy
-
All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)
New Delhi, National Capital Territory of Delhi, 110029, India
-
Children's Hospital Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
-
Complejo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC)
A Coruña, 15006, Spain
-
Del- Pesti Centrumkorhaz- Szent Laszlo Korhaz Telephely
Budapest, 1097, Hungary
-
Emory Children's Center
Atlanta, Georgia, 20010, United States
-
Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCCS
Rome, Lazio, 00168, Italy
-
Hopital Lapeyronie
Montpellier, 34295, France
-
Hopital Tenon
Paris, 75970, France
-
Hospital Clinic i Provincial
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
-
Hospital General de México
Distrito Federal, Mexico CITY (federal District), 06726, Mexico
-
Hospital Universitario "Dr. Jose Eleuterio Gonzalez"
Monterrey, Nuevo León, 64460, Mexico
-
Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
Seville, 41013, Spain
-
Hospital das Clinicas - FMUSP
São Paulo, São Paulo, 05403-000, Brazil
-
Hospital de Especialidades Puerta de Hierro S.A de C.V.
Zapopan, 45116, Mexico
-
Hôpital Robert Debré
Paris, 75019, France
-
Instituto Nacional de Ciencias
Mexico City, Mexico CITY (federal District), 14080, Mexico
-
Instytut ?Centrum Zdrowia Matki Polki
Lodz, 93-338, Poland
-
Istanbul University Istanbul Medical Faculty
Istanbul, 34390, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Klinik II für Nephrologie, Rheumatologie, Diabetologie und Allgemeine Innere Medizin
Cologne, 50937, Germany
-
Klinik für Nephrologie des Universitätsklinikum Essen
Essen, 45147, Germany
-
Kocaeli University Medical Faculty
Kocaeli, 41380, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Malatya Park Hospital
Malatya, 44330, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Medanta-The Medicity
Gurgaon, Haryana, 122001, India
-
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
Hanover, 30625, Germany
-
Nagoya University Hospital
Aichi, 466-8560, Japan
-
Necmettin Erbakan University Meram Medical Faculty
Konya, 42080, Turkey (Türkiye)
-
Peking University First Hospital
Beijing, 100034, China
-
Rabin Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 49100, Israel
-
Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
-
Saitama Medical University Hospital
Saitama, 350-0451, Japan
-
Santa Casa de Misericordia
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, 30150-221, Brazil
-
Sheba MC
Ramat Gan, 52621, Israel
-
The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center
Columbus, Ohio, 43212, United States
-
The University of Tokyo Hospital
Tokyo, 113-8655, Japan
-
UPECLIN Hospital das Clinicas da Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu
Botucatu, São Paulo, 18618-686, Brazil
-
UT Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas, 78229, United States
-
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
-
Univ of CA San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
-
Universitätsklinikum Essen
Essen, 45122, Germany
-
Vancouver General Hospital
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 2S3, Canada
-
Washington University
St Louis, Missouri, 63110, United States
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can aHUS patients safely stop eculizumab? algorithm put to the test
- New hope for aHUS patients: Long-Term iptacopan study launches
- Skin biopsies could unlock hidden genetic diagnoses
- Real-World study tracks Ravulizumab's impact on rare kidney disease
- New pill shows promise for rare blood disorder aHUS
- New drug ravulizumab aims to control rare blood disorder aHUS