Japanese CAD patients get continued access to experimental drug sutimlimab
NCT ID NCT05132127
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study gave sutimlimab to 7 adults in Japan with cold agglutinin disease (CAD) who had already completed earlier trials and still needed treatment. The goal was to monitor safety and side effects over time until the drug became commercially available. It is a small, open-label study focused on long-term safety.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- sutimlimab
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could confirm sutimlimab as a safe long-term treatment option for cold agglutinin disease in Japan.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, open-label study with only 7 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It focuses on safety, not effectiveness, and side effects are possible.
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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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7 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Finished
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Nov 2022
- 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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20 years and older
- 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: --Participant must be adults. * Participants who had been enrolled in and had completed Part B of CARDINAL or CADENZA study. * Participants who had ongoing diagnosis of CAD. * Participants who continued to require treatment for CAD upon completion of participation in the previous study evidenced by return of CAD-related symptoms of anemia and/or deterioration on markers of hemolysis after the end of study visit following the 9-week safety follow up period. (9-week follow up period). * Participants who had acceptable benefit/risk profile. * Participant who had acceptable infection risk. * Participants who had no available appropriate alternative therapy for CAD. * Body weight \>= 39 kg. * Gave signed informed consent. Exclusion Criteria: --Clinical diagnosis of systemic lupus erythematosus or immune complex-mediated autoimmune disorders. * Participants who met recent Rituximab and/or immunosuppressive therapy. * Any of the following medical conditions: 1. Active, serious intercurrent illness which precluded enrolment until recovery was complete. 2. Pregnancy or breast-feeding. * End of Study visit in CARDINAL or CADENZA took place more than 3 months before Baseline visit in this study. * Hypersensitivity reactions to sutimlimab or components thereof, or other allergy that, in the opinion of the Investigator, contraindicated participation in the study.
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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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Investigational Site Number 3920001
Tokyo, 113-8431, Japan
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Investigational Site Number 3920002
Saitama, 350-0495, Japan
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Investigational Site Number 3920003
Osaka, 565-0871, Japan
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Investigational Site Number 3920004
Kanagawa, 259-1193, Japan
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Investigational Site Number 3920005
Ishikawa, 920-8530, Japan
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