Pfizer launches early safety trial for new kidney disease drug
NCT ID NCT06994897
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This early-stage study tests a new medicine called PF-07985631, which may one day treat a kidney disease called IgA nephropathy. About 92 healthy adults will receive either the study drug or a placebo as an injection or IV. The main goal is to check safety and how the body processes the drug, not to treat any illness.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 1
The first testing in people. Mainly checks safety and dose, usually in a small group.
- Participants
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About 92 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
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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18 to 55 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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: 1. Between 18 and 45 years of age who are overtly healthy. 2. Japanese/Chinese and multiple dose cohorts only: Adult participants 18 to 55 years of age who are overtly healthy may be eligible at the discretion of PI. 3. Japanese/Chinese cohorts only: Participants must have 4 biological Japanese/Chinese grandparents who were born in Japan/China. Exclusion: 1. Evidence or history of clinically significant hematological, renal, endocrine, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, cardiovascular, hepatic, psychiatric, neurological, or allergic disease (including drug allergies, but excluding untreated, asymptomatic, seasonal allergies at the time of dosing). 2. Participants with a history of allergic or anaphylactic reaction with any investigative biologic agents. 3. History of infections requiring treatment within 28 days prior to Day 1 or any active infection at Day 1. 4. Active or latent infection with tuberculosis. 5. History of recurrent urinary tract infections AND/OR sinopulmonary infections AND/OR gastrointestinal infections requiring antibiotic treatment. 6. Known fever within the 7 days prior to dosing. 7. Active gastrointestinal (GI) tract ulcerations or GI bleeding. 8. Vaccination within 6 weeks prior to Day 1 dosing or planned vaccination during the study. 9. Positive urine drug test. 10. Screening supine blood pressure (BP) ≥140 mm Hg (systolic) or ≥90 mm Hg (diastolic). 11. Estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) \<75 mL/min/1.73 m². 12. Chest X-ray showing any active disease in the chest, or pulmonary nodules \>0.5 cm in diameter that have not been previously evaluated, cavitary lesions or evidence of bronchiectasis. 13. Standard 12 lead ECG that demonstrates clinically relevant abnormalities that may affect participant safety or interpretation of study results. 14. Positive stool hematest at screening or admission. 15. Participants with ANY of the following abnormalities in clinical laboratory tests at screening: * Alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), bilirubin (direct and total) ≥1.05 × upper limit of normal * Immunoglobulin G, Immunoglobulin M, Immunoglobulin A below the lower limit of normal (LLN) * Total white blood cell (WBC) below the LLN * Lymphocyte count below the LLN * Platelet count below the LLN * Hemoglobin below the LLN
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Pfizer Clinical Research Unit - Brussels
RECRUITINGBrussels, Bruxelles-capitale, Région de, B-1070, Belgium
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