A Study of Obexelimab in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

NCT ID: NCT06559163

Last Updated: 2025-07-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

RECRUITING

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

190 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-17

Study Completion Date

2026-09-30

Brief Summary

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This study aims to examine the efficacy and safety of obexelimab in participants with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Detailed Description

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This study consists of a 24-week treatment period followed by a 12-week follow-up period. Patients must have a clinical diagnosis of SLE at least 24 weeks prior to screening and meet the 2019 European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR)/American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Classification Criteria. To enter the Screening Period (Day -28 to Day -1) patients will have active SLE as defined by having: a) hybrid Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (hSLEDAI) ≥ 6 and clinical hSLEDAI ≥ 4, and b) British Isles Lupus Assessment Group (BILAG)-2004 Grade A or B in ≥ 1 organ system. Patients must be treated with one or more of the following background nonbiologic lupus standard of care therapies: oral corticosteroid, antimalarial, and/or immunosuppressant.

On Day 1, patients will be randomized 1:1 to obexelimab or placebo subcutaneous (SC) injection once per week (QW) for 24 weeks. All patients will return to the study site for scheduled visits at Week 2, Week 4, and then every 4 weeks thereafter until study completion. During the study, patients will undergo assessments for efficacy, safety, PK, PD, and immunogenicity.

Including screening and follow-up, the maximum duration of participation in this study for an individual patient is approximately 40 weeks (i.e., up to a 28-day Screening Period, 24-week Treatment Period, and a 12-week follow-up).

Conditions

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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

QUADRUPLE

Participants Caregivers Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Obexelimab

Obexelimab will be administered as a subcutaneous injection for 24 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Obexelimab

Intervention Type DRUG

Obexelimab is a monoclonal antibody that simultaneously binds CD19 and FcyRllb, resulting in down regulation of B cell activity.

Placebo

Placebo will be administered as a subcutaneous injection for 24 weeks.

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Interventions

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Obexelimab

Obexelimab is a monoclonal antibody that simultaneously binds CD19 and FcyRllb, resulting in down regulation of B cell activity.

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo

Intervention Type DRUG

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Males and females, ≥ 18 to ≤ 70 years of age
2. Diagnosed with SLE at least 24 weeks prior to screening and meets the 2019 EULAR/ACR classification criteria.
3. Patient has all 3 of the following based on features active on the day of the visits:

1. hSLEDAI ≥ 6 and clinical hSLEDAI ≥ 4 at screening, and clinical hSLEDAI ≥ 4 at Day 1 Note: Clinical points exclude laboratory tests, except proteinuria.
2. BILAG-2004 Grade A or B in ≥ 1 organ system at screening and Day 1.
3. In the opinion of the investigator and the central adjudicator, there is sufficient disease activity to warrant enrollment into a clinical study with an investigational agent.
4. Patients must be treated with one or more of the following background nonbiologic lupus standard of care therapies: oral corticosteroid, antimalarial, and/or immunosuppressant.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Active lupus nephritis for which, in the opinion of the investigator or the central adjudicator, current medications are insufficient for patient's safety or additional therapy that is not permitted in the protocol is needed.
2. A history of thrombosis or embolism in the previous 6 months before the Screening visit, or previous 12 months associated with antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) or another relevant hypercoagulable state.
3. Any active skin conditions other than cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) that may interfere with the study assessment of CLE such as, but not limited to, psoriasis, dermatomyositis, and systemic sclerosis.
4. Active severe neuropsychiatric or central nervous system SLE.
5. Current inflammatory disease other than SLE (including, but not limited to, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, spondyloarthropathy, reactive arthritis, scleroderma, dermatomyositis) that may interfere with the assessment of lupus signs and symptoms in the opinion of the investigator or central adjudicator.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

70 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Zenas BioPharma (USA), LLC

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Sierra Pacific Arthritis and Rheumatology Centers

Fresno, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

California Research Institute

Huntington Park, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

University of California, San Diego

La Jolla, California, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Research of West Florida, Inc

Clearwater, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinical Research of West Florida, Inc.

Tampa, Florida, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Emory University

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Accurate Clinical Research

Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Henry Ford Hospital

Detroit, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

June DO, PC

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Juno DO, PC

Lansing, Michigan, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

DJL Clinical Research PLLC

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Penn State - Hershey Medical Center

Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Prolato Clinical Research Center (PCRC)

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Accurate Clinical Research

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

Prime Clinical Research - Mansfield

Mansfield, Texas, United States

Site Status RECRUITING

CHU de Liege

Liège, , Belgium

Site Status RECRUITING

Medical Center Medtech Services EOOD

Haskovo, , Bulgaria

Site Status RECRUITING

University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment "Eurohospital Plovdiv"

Plovdiv, , Bulgaria

Site Status RECRUITING

Richmond Clinical Trials

Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Riverside Professional Centre

Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada

Site Status RECRUITING

Anhui Provincial Hospital (The First Affiliated Hospital of USTC)

Hefei, Anhui, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Peking University People's Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shenzhen People's Hospital

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

Shijiazhuang, Hebei, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Nanchang, Jiangx, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University

Nanchang, Jiangx, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Lanzhou University Second Hospital

Pudong, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine

Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China

Site Status RECRUITING

The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University

Suzhou, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Shanxi Bethune Hospital

Taiyuan, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

The First Affiliated Hospital of Ziamen University

Xiamen, , China

Site Status RECRUITING

Sjaellands Universitetshospital, Koge

Køge, , Denmark

Site Status RECRUITING

Medicover Munchen Ost MVZ

München, Bavaria, Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Uniklinik Koln

Cologne, , Germany

Site Status RECRUITING

Attikon University General Hospital

Chaïdári, Athens, Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

General Hospital Asklepieio Voulas

Voula, Athens, Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

University General Hospital of Heraklion

Heraklion, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Olympion General Clinic

Pátrai, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Kianous Stavros

Thessaloniki, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

General Hospital of Thessaloniki ''Hippokration''

Thessaloniki, , Greece

Site Status RECRUITING

Policlinico Universitario Campus Biomedico Di Roma

Roma, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro Ricerche Cliniche Di Verona S.r.l.

Verona, , Italy

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital of Japan Community Health Care Organization Chukyo Hospital

Nagoya, Aichi-ken, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health

Kitakyushu-shi, Fukuoka, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital of Shinkenko Clinic

Naha, Okinawa, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Hokkaido University Hospital

Kita-ku, Sapporo Hokkaido, Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Juntendo University Hospital

Bunkyō City, , Japan

Site Status RECRUITING

Clinstile, S.A. de C.V.

Mexico City, Cuidad de Mexico, Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

PanAmerican Clinical Research

Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Eme Red Hospitalaria

Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Kohler and Milsten Research

Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Oaxaca Site Management Organization

Oaxaca City, , Mexico

Site Status RECRUITING

Prywatna Praktyka Lekarska Prof Hab Med Pawel Hrycaj

Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Centrum Medyczne Plejady

Krakow, Lesser Poland Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

MICS Centrum Medyczne Warszawa

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

MICS Centrum Medyczne Bydgoszcz

Bydgoszcz, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Krakowskie Centrum Medyczne

Krakow, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

SOMED CR

Lodz, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

SPZOZ Uniwersytecki Szpital Kliniczny nr 1 im Norberta Barlickiego Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi

Lodz, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Pracownia Badan Klinicznych Salus

Wroclaw, , Poland

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Egas Moniz

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

ULS de Santa Maria, EPE - Hospital de Santa Maria

Lisbon, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

ULS da Arrábida, E.P.E. - Hospital de São Bernardo

Setúbal, , Portugal

Site Status RECRUITING

Centro Reumatologico de Caguas

Caguas, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Site Status RECRUITING

Latin Clinical Trial Center

San Juan, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico

Site Status RECRUITING

Centrul Medical de Diagnostic si Tratament Ambulator NEOMED SRL

Brasov, , Romania

Site Status RECRUITING

Dr I Cantacuzino Clinical Hospital

Bucharest, , Romania

Site Status RECRUITING

FARMOVS

Bloemfontein, , South Africa

Site Status RECRUITING

Panorama Medical Centre

Cape Town, , South Africa

Site Status RECRUITING

FutureMeds DKF

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario La Paz

Madrid, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío

Seville, , Spain

Site Status RECRUITING

Buddhist Tzu Chi General Hospital

Chiayi City, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital

Kaohsiung City, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Chung Shan Medical University Hospital

Taichung, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Taipei Medical University Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Taipei, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Chang Gung Memorial Hospital

Taoyuan District, , Taiwan

Site Status RECRUITING

Countries

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United States Belgium Bulgaria Canada China Denmark Germany Greece Italy Japan Mexico Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania South Africa Spain Taiwan

Central Contacts

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Patient and Medical Information

Role: CONTACT

833-269-4696

Facility Contacts

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Ramachandran Srinivasan

Role: primary

DoQuyen Huynh

Role: primary

Arezou Khosroshahi

Role: primary

Alireza Meysami

Role: primary

Christina Arriens

Role: primary

Nancy Olsen

Role: primary

Christian Von Frenckell

Role: primary

Krasimir Kraev

Role: primary

Dimitar Penev

Role: primary

Lucas Alexandra

Role: primary

Juris Lazovskis

Role: primary

Zhu Chen

Role: primary

Yanying Liu

Role: primary

Zhanguo Li

Role: primary

Yujing Ye

Role: primary

Dongzhou Liu

Role: primary

Gao Lixia

Role: primary

Xinwang Duan

Role: primary

Haili Shen

Role: primary

Ting Li

Role: primary

Zhichun Liu

Role: primary

Zhang

Role: primary

Guixiu Shi

Role: primary

Ada Colic

Role: primary

David Kofler

Role: primary

Philipp Köhler

Role: primary

Dimitrios Boumpas

Role: primary

Antonia Elezoglou

Role: primary

Podromos Sidiropoulos

Role: primary

Andreas Bounas

Role: primary

Lucas Settas

Role: primary

Theodoros Dimitroulas

Role: primary

Roberto Giacomelli

Role: primary

Giovonni Orsolini

Role: primary

Masanari Kodera

Role: primary

Masaru Kato

Role: primary

Kentaro Minowa

Role: primary

Juan Manuel Martinez Noriega

Role: primary

Gabriela Sierra-Jimenez

Role: primary

Miguel Angel Angulo Gamez

Role: primary

Jesus Abraham Simon Campos

Role: primary

Sergio Garcia Mendez

Role: primary

Pawel Hrycaj

Role: primary

Magdalena Celinska-Lowenhoff

Role: primary

Malgorzata Gryka-Marton

Role: primary

Katarzyna Kolossa

Role: primary

Przemyslaw Borowy

Role: primary

Tomasz Budlewski

Role: primary

Ilona Kurnatowska

Role: primary

Katarzyna Rachwal-Siek

Role: primary

Carina Lopes

Role: primary

Nikita Khmelinskii

Role: primary

Brigas Daniela

Role: primary

Liliana Duca

Role: primary

Ana Maria Gheorghiu

Role: primary

Eduard Krantz

Role: primary

Ingrid Louw

Role: primary

Karin Freitag

Role: primary

Angel Robles-Marhuenda

Role: primary

Jose Salvardor Garcia Morillo

Role: primary

Ning-Sheng Lai

Role: primary

Jui-Cheng Tseng

Role: primary

Cheng-Chung Wei

Role: primary

Chi-Ching Chang

Role: primary

Ming-Han Chen

Role: primary

Yao-Fan Fang

Role: primary

Other Identifiers

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ZB012-02-001

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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