New drug cocktail aims to improve kidney transplant success
NCT ID NCT05669001
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This phase 2 trial tested a new combination of drugs—siplizumab, belatacept, and mycophenolic acid—in 76 people who just received a kidney transplant. The goal was to see if this combo is safer and works better than the usual immunosuppression therapy. Researchers measured side effects and kidney function over 12 months.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- siplizumab (TCD601) combined with belatacept and mycophenolic acid
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new way to prevent organ rejection with fewer side effects than current standard treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 76 participants, so results may not apply to everyone. The combination therapy could still cause serious side effects or fail to improve outcomes.
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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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76 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Dec 2023
- Finished
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Apr 2026
- 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 70 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.
Key Inclusion Criteria: * Able to understand the study requirements and provide written informed consent before and study assessment is performed * Male or female patients ≥ 18 to 70 years of age * Recipients of a de novo renal allograft from a heart-beating deceased, living ABO compatable, non-HLA identical living related donor Key Exclusion Criteria: * Subjects who have received a kidney allograft previously * Recipient of a kidney from an HLA identical living related donor * Recipient of a kidney from a donor after cardiac death
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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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Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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Emory University Hospital
Atlanta, Georgia, 30322, United States
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Henry Ford Hospital
Detroit, Michigan, 48202, United States
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Houston Methodist Hospital
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
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Inova Fairfax Hospital Medical Campus
Falls Church, Virginia, 22042, United States
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Loyola University Medical Center
Maywood, Illinois, 60153, United States
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02114, United States
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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Northwestern University
Chicago, Illinois, 60611, United States
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Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, Louisiana, 70121, United States
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Tampa General Hospital
Tampa, Florida, 33606, United States
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University of California Davis Medical Center
Sacramento, California, 95817, United States
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University of California San Francisco Medical Center
San Francisco, California, 94143, United States
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University of Cincinnati Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, 45219, United States
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University of Nebraska Medical Center
Omaha, Nebraska, 68198, United States
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University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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University of Virginia Health
Charlottesville, Virginia, 22903, United States
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