A Study of Nipocalimab in Pregnancies at Risk for Severe Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN)
Janssen Research & Development, LLC · NCT05912517
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Key facts
- Compensation
- Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
- Who can join
- Ages 18–45 · Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted (a condition is required)
- Study type
- Interventional · Phase 3
- Target enrollment
- 120
- US sites recruiting
- 20
- Study start
- December 20, 2023
- Record last updated
- September 25, 2026
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What the study is about
The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of nipocalimab when compared to placebo in decreasing the risk of fetal anemia (a condition in which a baby's red blood cell volume falls below normal levels while the baby is developing in the womb) with live neonates in pregnant participants at risk for severe hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn.
Being studied: Nipocalimab; Placebo
Conditions: Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn
Eligibility criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
- Pregnant and an estimated gestational age (GA) (based on ultrasound dating) from Week 13\^0/7 to Week 18\^6/7 at randomization
- History of severe Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN) in a prior pregnancy defined as documented:
- fetal anemia as result of HDFN or fetal hydrops as result of HDFN or received greater than or equal to (>=)1 IUT as a result of HDFN or
- fetal loss or neonatal death as a result of HDFN, with maternal alloantibody titers for Rhesus antigen D protein (RhD), Kell, Kell Rhesus antigen C protein (Rhc), Rhesus antigen E protein (RhE), or RhC antigen above the critical levels (anti-Kell >=4; other >=16) and evidence of an antigen-positive fetus
- During the current pregnancy, presence of maternal alloantibody to RhD, Rhc, RhE, or RhC antigen with titers above the critical level (anti-Kell >= 4; other >=16) based on the designated central lab results at screening
- Evidence of antigen-positivity corresponding to the current maternal alloantibody (RhD, Kell, Rhc, RhE, or RhC) confirmed by non-invasive antigen cell-free fetal DNA (cffDNA) performed at the central laboratory
- Have screening lab test results within values within the study protocol-specified parameters: a) albumin >= lower limit of normal (LLN); b) alanine transaminase (AST) less than or equal to (\<=) 2 × upper limit of normal (ULN); c) alanine transaminase (ALT) \<=2 × ULN d) creatinine \<=0.8 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL), SI: \<=70.7 micromole per liter (μmol/L), and Serum total immunoglobulins G (IgG) ≥ 600 mg/dL SI: >=6 g/L
- Medically stable on the basis of physical examination, medical history, vital signs, 12-lead ECG, and clinical lab tests performed at screening
Exclusion Criteria
- Currently pregnant with a multiple gestation (twins or more)
- Evidence of fetal anemia prior to randomization in the current pregnancy
- History of severe preeclampsia prior to GA Week 34 or severe fetal growth restriction (estimated fetal weight \<3rd percentile, based on local fetal growth normative standards) in a previous pregnancy
- Current uncontrolled hypertension
- History of myocardial infarction, unstable ischemic heart disease, or stroke
- Has any confirmed or suspected clinical immunodeficiency syndrome or has a family history of congenital or hereditary immunodeficiency unless confirmed absent in the participant
- Has inflammatory or autoimmune diseases requiring immunosuppressive therapies that may jeopardize the safety of the participant
- Currently has a malignancy or has a history of malignancy within 3 years before screening (with the exception of localized basal cell carcinoma and/or squamous cell carcinoma skin cancer that has been adequately treated with no evidence of recurrence for at least 3 months before the first study intervention administration or cervical carcinoma in situ that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence for at least 3 months before the first study intervention)
- Is currently receiving systemic corticosteroids or other immunosuppressants for disorders unrelated to the pregnancy
- Has received or planning to receive plasmapheresis, immunoadsorption therapy, intravenous immunoglobulin (IV Ig), or any immunoglobulin (Ig)G fragment crystallizable (Fc)-related protein therapeutics during the current pregnancy
- Has a severe infection including opportunistic infections
- Presence of abnormal (protocol-specified) hematologic lab values during screening
- History of an unprovoked pulmonary embolism or history of recurrent deep vein thrombosis (DVT)
The above information was not intended to contain all considerations relevant to a participant's potential participation in a clinical trial.
Recruiting US locations
University of California at San Diego
La Jolla, CA 92037
Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA 90027
UC Davis School of Medicine
Sacramento, CA 95817
Childrens Hospital Colorado
Aurora, CO 80045
University of Miami
Miami, FL 33136
Advocate Children's Hospital
Park Ridge, IL 60068
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
University of Kentucky Medical Center
Lexington, KY 40536
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, MD 21287
Boston Childrens Hospital
Boston, MA 02115
Midwest Fetal Care Center
Minneapolis, MN 55404
Columbia University Medical Center
New York, NY 10032
University of North Carolina (UNC) - School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7516
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH 45267
Oregon Health and Science University
Portland, OR 97239
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Allentown, PA 18103-6218
University of Texas Dell Medical School Department of Women's Health
Austin, TX 78723
University Of Texas Medical Branch At Galveston
Galveston, TX 77555
Intermountain Medical Center
Murray, UT 84107
Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University
Norfolk, VA 23507
Study contacts (from the official record)
- Study Contact · 844-434-4210 · Participate-In-This-Study1@its.jnj.com
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