New drug aims to help type 1 diabetes patients keep making insulin
NCT ID NCT06111586
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 30, 2026 · Updated 2 times
Summary
This phase 2b trial tests frexalimab, an antibody that calms the immune system, in 192 adults and teens newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. The goal is to see if it can preserve the body's ability to produce insulin, reducing reliance on injections. Participants receive frexalimab or placebo for up to 104 weeks, with regular monitoring of insulin production and blood sugar control.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- frexalimab (a monoclonal antibody that blocks CD40L to calm the immune system)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could help people with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes keep making some of their own insulin longer, reducing how much insulin they need to inject.
- What could go wrong
- This is a mid-stage trial with only 192 people, so results may not apply to everyone. The drug may not preserve insulin production better than placebo, and there are risks from immune suppression, such as infections.
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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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197 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2030
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 35 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: * Participants who meet the criteria of T1D according to American Diabetes Association * Initiated exogenous insulin replacement therapy not longer than 90 days prior to screening visit at which random C-peptide will be assessed (V1). * Receiving at least one of the following T1D standard of care (SOC), insulin hormone replacement therapy * one or multiple daily injections (MDI) of basal insulin, prandial insulin and/or premixed insulin, or * continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) * Participants must be positive for at least 1 of the following T1D autoantibodies confirmed by medical history and/or obtained at study screening: * Glutamic acid decarboxylase (GAD-65) * Insulinoma Antigen-2 (IA-2) * Zinc-transporter 8 (ZnT8) or * Insulin (if obtained not later than 10 days after exogenous insulin therapy initiation) * Have random C-peptide levels ≥ 0.2 nmol/L determined at screening visit. * Be vaccinated according to the local vaccination schedule. Any vaccinations should take place at least 28 days prior to randomization for non-live vaccines and at least 3 months prior to randomization for live vaccines. * Contraceptive use by men and women should be consistent with local regulations regarding the methods of contraception for those participating in clinical studies * Participants body weight at screening must be at least 20kg. Exclusion Criteria: * Serious systemic viral, bacterial or fungal infection (eg, pneumonia, pyelonephritis), infection requiring hospitalization or IV antibiotics or significant chronic viral (including history of recurrent or active herpes zoster, acute or active cytomegalovirus (CMV), Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) as determined at screening), bacterial, or fungal infection (eg, osteomyelitis) 30 days before and during screening. * Participants with a history of invasive opportunistic infections, such as, but not limited to histoplasmosis, listeriosis, coccidioidomycosis, candidiasis, pneumocystis jirovecii, and aspergillosis, regardless of resolution. * Evidence of active or latent tuberculosis (TB) as documented by medical history and examination, chest X-rays (posterior anterior and lateral), and/or TB testing. Blood testing (eg, QuantiFERON® TB Gold test) is strongly preferred; if not available, any local approved TB test is allowed. * Evidence of any clinically significant, severe or unstable, acute or chronically progressive, uncontrolled infection, medical or surgical condition (eg, but not limited to, cerebral, cardiac, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, gastrointestinal, neurologic, acquired or inherited bone/skeletal disorders including repeated bone fractures for unknown reason, juvenile osteoporosis, osteogenesis imperfecta, osteochondropathies, or any known immune deficiency), or any condition that may affect participant safety in the judgment of the Investigator (including vaccinations which are not updated based on local regulation). * History or current hypogammaglobulinemia. * History of a systemic hypersensitivity reaction or significant allergies, other than localized injection site reaction, to any humanized mAb. Clinically significant multiple or severe drug allergies, intolerance to topical corticosteroids, or severe post-treatment hypersensitivity reactions (including, but not limited to, erythema multiforme major, linear IgA dermatosis, toxic epidermal necrolysis, and exfoliative dermatitis). * Has other autoimmune diseases (eg, rheumatoid arthritis \[RA\], polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis \[pJIA\], psoriatic arthritis \[PsA\], ankylosing spondylitis \[AS\], MS, SLE), that require treatment with biologic drugs (mono or polyclonal antibodies) or systemic corticosteroid therapy (at discretion of investigator). * History, clinical evidence, suspicion or significant risk for thromboembolic events, as well as myocardial infarction, stroke, antiphospholipid syndrome, other prothrombotic disorders and/or participants requiring antithrombotic treatment. * Diabetes of forms other than autoimmune T1D that include but is not limited to genetic forms of diabetes, maturity-onset diabetes of the young (MODY), latent autoimmune diabetes of the adult (LADA), secondary to medications or surgery, type 2 diabetes by judgement of the investigator. * History of malignancy of any organ system, treated or untreated, within 5 years of screening, regardless of whether there is evidence of local recurrence or metastases. * Systemic corticosteroids (duration \> 7 days), adrenocorticotropic hormone 1 month prior to screening. * Any IV, IM or SC administered biologic treatments, \< 3 months or \< than 5 half-lives (whichever is longer), prior to randomization. * Any live (attenuated or viral-vector) vaccine (including but not limited to varicella zoster, oral polio, nasal influenza, rabies) within 3 months prior to randomization. * Any non-live (inactivated, mRNA, recombinant, conjugate, toxoid) vaccine administered less than 28 days prior to randomization. * Other medications not compatible or interfering with IMP at discretion of investigator. * Any immunosuppressive therapy within 12 weeks prior to randomization. * Course of Thymoglobulin®, teplizumab or other immunomodulatory treatments at any time. * Any drugs that may be used for treatment of T1D and type 2 diabetes other than insulin including but not limited to metformin, glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonists and sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 and 1 (SGLT2/1) inhibitor and verapamil within 2 weeks prior to screening. * Abnormal laboratory test(s) at screening. The above information is not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a patient's potential participation in a clinical trial.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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AOU delle Marche - Ospedale G. Salesi-Site Number : 3800008
Torette, Ancona, 60020, Italy
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AdventHealth Orlando- Site Number : 8400002
Orlando, Florida, 32803, United States
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria 'Federico II'-Site Number : 3800009
Naples, Napoli, 80131, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona - Centro regionale di Diabetologia Pediatrica-Site Number : 3800004
Verona, 37126, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Meyer IRCCS-Site Number : 3800003
Florence, Firenze, 50139, Italy
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Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Maggiore Della Carità-Site Number : 3800001
Novara, 28100, Italy
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Azienda Socio Sanitaria Territoriale Dei Sette Laghi - Ospedale Filippo del Ponte-Site Number : 3800002
Varese, 21100, Italy
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Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason- Site Number : 8400016
Seattle, Washington, 98101, United States
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Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center- Site Number : 8400019
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States
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IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele-Site Number : 3800006
Milan, Milano, 20132, Italy
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Investigational Site Number : 0400001
Vienna, 1090, Austria
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Investigational Site Number : 0400002
Graz, 8036, Austria
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Investigational Site Number : 0400004
Linz, 4020, Austria
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Investigational Site Number : 0560001
Leuven, 3000, Belgium
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Investigational Site Number : 0560002
Brussels, 1090, Belgium
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Investigational Site Number : 1240001
Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Y 3W2, Canada
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Investigational Site Number : 1240003
Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3T2, Canada
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Investigational Site Number : 1240004
Montreal, Quebec, H4a 3j1, Canada
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Investigational Site Number : 1240005
Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1C5, Canada
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Investigational Site Number : 1240007
London, Ontario, N6a 4l6, Canada
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Investigational Site Number : 2030001
Prague, 150 06, Czechia
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Investigational Site Number : 2030002
Prague, 100 34, Czechia
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Investigational Site Number : 2030003
Ostrava, 708 52, Czechia
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Investigational Site Number : 2080005
Herlev, 2730, Denmark
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Investigational Site Number : 2460001
Helsinki, 00029, Finland
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Investigational Site Number : 2460002
Turku, 20521, Finland
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Investigational Site Number : 2460003
Tampere, 33520, Finland
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Investigational Site Number : 2460004
Oulu, 90220, Finland
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Investigational Site Number : 2500003
Saint-Herblain, 44800, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500004
Corbeil-Essonnes, 91106, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500005
Mont-de-Marsan, 40024, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500006
Paris, 75679, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2500007
Pontoise, 95300, France
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Investigational Site Number : 2760001
Hanover, 30173, Germany
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Investigational Site Number : 2760002
Oldenburg in Holstein, 23758, Germany
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Investigational Site Number : 2760003
Dresden, 01307, Germany
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Investigational Site Number : 2760004
Ulm, 89081, Germany
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Investigational Site Number : 3480001
Balatonfüred, 8230, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number : 3480002
Nyíregyháza, 4400, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number : 3480003
Nyíregyháza, 4400, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number : 3480004
Budapest, 1089, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number : 3480006
Székesfehérvár, 8000, Hungary
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Investigational Site Number : 6160002
Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, 40-752, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160004
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-117, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160005
Lodz, Lódzkie, 92-213, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160006
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-097, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160007
Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 04-746, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160008
Bialystok, Podlaskie Voivodeship, 15-274, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 6160009
Szczecin, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, 71-252, Poland
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Investigational Site Number : 7050001
Ljubljana, 1000, Slovenia
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Investigational Site Number : 7240001
Barcelona, Barcelona [Barcelona], 08035, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240002
Esplugues de Llobregat, Barcelona [Barcelona], 08950, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240003
Seville, Sevilla, 41009, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240004
Málaga, 29010, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240005
Oviedo, Principality of Asturias, 33011, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240006
Valencia, 46010, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7240007
Vitoria-Gasteiz, Álava, 01009, Spain
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Investigational Site Number : 7520001
Stockholm, 113 65, Sweden
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Investigational Site Number : 7520002
Solna, 171 64, Sweden
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Investigational Site Number : 7520003
Stockholm, 118 83, Sweden
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Investigational Site Number : 8260001
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2QQ, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260003
Birmingham, England, B15 2TH, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260004
Leicester, Leicestershire, LE5 4PW, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260006
Harrow, London, City of, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260007
Birmingham, England, B4 6NH, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260009
Dundee, Dundee City, DD1 9SY, United Kingdom
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Investigational Site Number : 8260010
Glasgow, Glasgow City, G51 4TF, United Kingdom
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Joslin Diabetes Center - Boston- Site Number : 8400015
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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NorthShore University Health System - Endeavor Health Medical Group - Skokie - Woods Drive- Site Number : 8400007
Skokie, Illinois, 60077, United States
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Ospedale Pediatrico Bambin Gesu IRCCS-Site Number : 3800007
Rome, Roma, 00165, Italy
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Rocky Mountain Diabetes and Osteoporosis Center- Site Number : 8400009
Idaho Falls, Idaho, 83404, United States
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The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Site Number : 8400005
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University at Buffalo - Downtown Campus- Site Number : 8400004
Buffalo, New York, 14203, United States
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University of California San Francisco - Mission Bay- Site Number : 8400012
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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University of Colorado - Anschutz Medical Campus- Site Number : 8400003
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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University of Florida College of Medicine- Site Number : 8400010
Gainesville, Florida, 32610, United States
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University of Miami Hospital- Site Number : 8400013
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill- Site Number : 8400001
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27514, United States
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University of Texas - Southwestern Medical Center- Site Number : 8400011
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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