New hope for kidney transplant patients: safer rejection prevention?
NCT ID NCT06365437
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a new drug called TCD601 (siplizumab) in 33 kidney transplant patients to see if it could safely prevent organ rejection. The drug was compared to a standard treatment (ATG). The trial was stopped early, so we have limited information, but the goal was to find a gentler option for transplant recipients.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- TCD601 (siplizumab)
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could point toward a safer way to prevent organ rejection after kidney transplant, reducing side effects compared to current treatments.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early, small Phase 2 trial that was terminated, so results are limited. The drug may not prove safer or more effective than standard therapy, and risks include infection and rejection.
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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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33 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Jun 2021
- Finished
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Dec 2024
- 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.
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 unrelated, or non-HLA identical living related donor. * Recipients of a kidney with a cold ischemia time (CIT) less than 30 hours. Exclusion Criteria: * Multiple-organ transplant recipients * 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 * Subjects at high immunological risk for rejection
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Hospital Clinic de Barcelona
Barcelona, 08036, Spain
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Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge
Barcelona, 08907, Spain
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Innsbruck Medical University
Innsbruck, A-6020, Austria
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Karolinska University Hospital
Stockholm, Huddinge, 14157, Sweden
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Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Gothenburg, 41345, Sweden
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Skåne University Hospital
Malmö, 20502, Sweden
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University of Vienna
Vienna, 1090, Austria
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