Taking people in BelgiumPhase 3
Tests long-term safety of zigakibart in adults with IgA nephropathy
Checks how safe zigakibart is over time in adults with IgA nephropathy, a kidney disease.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Novartis Pharma AG
- Where
- Bonheiden, Charleroi, Gent, Liège, and Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, BelgiumSee the 5 sitesAlso in 7 other countries, 28 sites
- Trial code
- EU 2024-519638-22-00
- U1111-1323-5099
- Registry title
- A clinical trial to learn about the long-term safety of FUB523 (zigakibart) in people with immunoglobulin A (IgA) nephropathy who have completed previous zigakibart trials
- Status
- Recruiting
- Phase
- Phase 3
- People taking part
- 69 people, planned
- Started
- 14 Aug 2026
- Expected to end
- 1 Jan 2033
- Type of study
- Interventional
- Record updated
- 30 October 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults with IgA nephropathy who finished an earlier zigakibart trial and may benefit from open-label zigakibart 600 mg s.c. Q2W.
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Primary IgA nephropathy (IgAN).
- Earlier treatment
- Must have finished an earlier zigakibart trial, whether they got zigakibart or placebo there. Cannot have used systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants for more than 2 weeks in the 12 weeks before the first dose. Cannot have had rituximab within 180 days.
- Biomarker or test result
- IgG level must not be below 3 g/L. Newly diagnosed hepatitis A, B or C, or HIV-1/HIV-2 antibodies rule people out.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Left an earlier zigakibart IgAN trial early, for any reason
- Pregnant, breastfeeding, or planning pregnancy or sperm donation during the trial and until 24 weeks after the last dose
- On chronic dialysis for 30 days or more, or needing a kidney transplant
- Acute kidney injury within 4 weeks before the first dose, or suspected rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Current severe infection, or repeated severe infections in the past
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Signed informed consent must be obtained prior to participation in the OLE study
- Completion of the parent study (both participants assigned to receive the investigational product and placebo) as defined by the respective protocol
- Per Investigator’s clinical judgment, the participant may benefit from receiving open-label treatment of zigakibart 600 mg s.c. Q2W
Who cannot take part
- Participants who at the time of first study treatment administration in the OLE are receiving chronic dialysis (≥ 30 days) or who require kidney transplantation
- Received a live vaccination within 12 weeks prior to first study treatment administration in the OLE study or plan to have a live vaccination within 6 months after the last dose of study treatment
- Use of systemic corticosteroid therapy (including budesonide) or other immunosuppressive therapy such as but not limited to mycophenolate, azathioprine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, etc., and herbs such as Tripterygium Wilfordii Hook F, Caulis sinomenii, and Sinomenium acutum for > 2 weeks in the 12 weeks prior to first study treatment administration in the OLE study; use of rituximab within 180-days of first study treatment administration in the OLE study
- Current severe infection at the time of first study treatment in the OLE study or history of recurrent, severe, infections as determined by the Investigator
- Newly diagnosed positive serology for hepatitis A virus IgM antibodies (anti-HAV IgM), hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg), detectable hepatitis B virus (HBV) DNA, hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibodies (participants who completed treatment and are persistently antibody positive but have documentation of negative HCV polymerase chain reaction [PCR] will be allowed), or antibodies to HIV-1 and/or HIV-2
- Newly diagnosed malignancy (participants with basal cell carcinoma that was completely resected or curatively treated cervical carcinoma in situ or low-risk prostate cancer (i.e., Gleason score < 7 and prostate specific antigen < 10 ng/mL) are eligible for the study)
- History or evidence of any other clinically significant medical or psychiatric disorder, condition, disease, or laboratory finding that, in the discretion of the Investigator, constitutes an uncertain or unfavorable benefit-risk for continued long-term therapy with zigakibart
- Confirmed IgG levels < 3 g/L prior to first study treatment administration in the OLE study
- Women of child-bearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, from menarche until becoming post-menopausal unless they are using highly effective methods of contraception (failure rate < 1% per year) while taking study treatment and for 24 weeks after stopping study treatment. Women are considered post-menopausal if they have had 12 months of natural (spontaneous) amenorrhea with an appropriate clinical profile (e.g., hormonal profile confirming menopause and/or age-appropriate history of vasomotor symptoms)
- Participants who prematurely withdrew from zigakibart parent studies in IgAN for any reason
- Pregnancy or breastfeeding or intent to become pregnant or to donate sperm during the study period and until 24 weeks after last dose
- Sexually active males unwilling to use a highly effective methods of contraception during intercourse while taking study treatment and for 24 weeks after stopping study treatment. In addition, male participants must not donate sperm for the time period specified above
- Acute kidney injury (AKI), defined by AKIN criteria (Mehta et al 2007) within 4 weeks of first study treatment administration in the OLE study
- Clinical suspicion or diagnosis of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN), defined by KDIGO guidelines, or another glomerulopathy at the time of first study treatment administration in the OLE study
Where in Belgium
Also in 7 other countries, 28 sites
- ImeldaBonheiden, BelgiumTaking people
- HUmaniCharleroi, BelgiumTaking people
- Universitair Ziekenhuis GentGent, BelgiumTaking people
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de LiègeLiège, BelgiumTaking people
- Cliniques Universitaires Saint-LucSint-Lambrechts-Woluwe, BelgiumTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of zigakibart in eligible participants receiving open-label zigakibart.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on the EU's official list of trials (CTIS).
- Official title
- A multicenter open-label extension study to evaluate the long-term safety and tolerability of zigakibart in adults with primary IgA nephropathy
- Plain-language title
- Tests long-term safety of zigakibart in adults with IgA nephropathyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 9 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 30 October 2026