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Renal Transplant Failure and RejectionPhase 2MODERNIZE1NCT07508787

A Study Comparing Siplizumab With Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin to Help the Body Accept a Kidney Transplant

A Phase 2 study testing Siplizumab and Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin in people with Renal Transplant Failure and Rejection, run by Nefro Avillion Clinical Development, LLC at 14 sites in 3 countries.

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Trial summary

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if siplizumab can prevent rejection of a kidney transplant in adult participants with end stage kidney disease. The main questions it aims to answer are: How many adverse events do participants receiving two different doses of siplizumab have compared to rabbit… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 70 years
Conditions the study is for
Renal Transplant Failure and Rejection
What is being tested?
Siplizumab and Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
120 participants
Where
14 sitesin 3 countries
Study dates
29 Jun 2026to 28 Mar 2028
Phase
Phase 2
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 70 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Recipients of a renal allograft from a non-HLA identical living or deceased donor.
  • Recipients of a kidney with a cold ischemia time < 30 hours; hypothermic machine perfusion within the same timeframe is acceptable.
  • Women of childbearing potential, defined as all women physiologically capable of becoming pregnant, must agree to use highly effective methods of contraception.

Who cannot join

  • Transplant recipients seronegative for EBV.
  • Transplant recipients receiving a kidney from a non-heart beating donor (ie, DCD) whose organ is retrieved from an uncontrolled DCD or whose donor age > 55 years of age.
  • Multi-organ transplant recipients (eg, kidney-pancreas, organ other than kidney), dual-kidney transplant recipients, recipients with more than one prior kidney transplant, or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation recipients.
  • Presence of current or historical DSA via single-antigen bead assay or local SoC. The MFI cut-off value used to determine the presence of DSA will be defined as per the institutional SoC. Results within 3 months prior to transplant are acceptable.
  • Crossmatch positive (isolated positive B cell crossmatches are not an exclusion criterion).
  • ABO-incompatible recipient.
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  • Administration of complement inhibitor therapy within 6 months prior to the transplant, or likely to require treatment with complement inhibitor therapy during the study.
  • Participants receiving immunosuppressive therapies prior to transplant for pre-existing conditions must be candidates for the protocol-defined regimen.
  • History of malignancy of any organ system, except for localized excised non-melanomatous skin lesions or carcinoma in situ of the cervix.
  • Seropositive for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B surface antigen. Participants who are seropositive for hepatitis C virus (HCV) are excluded without proof of sustained viral response after anti-HCV treatment.
  • Recipient of a kidney from a donor who tests positive for human immunodeficiency virus or hepatitis B surface antigen/hepatitis B core protein.
  • History of hypersensitivity to any of the study drugs or to drugs of similar chemical classes (eg, siplizumab, rATG, TAC, MPA derivatives, CS).
  • Evidence of active tuberculosis (TB) infection (participants with a history of latent TB may become eligible after treatment with anti-TB therapy according to national guidelines).
  • Participants with severe systemic infection(s), at the time of screening or within 2 weeks prior to randomization

Trial locations and contacts

14 sites in 3 countries. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

14 sites in 3 countries

United States11 sites, 11 recruiting
  • University of Michigan - Michigan Medicine

    Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109

    Nerissa Reister, Clinical Research Coordinator, 734-763-5718, naflow@med.umich.edu

    Recruiting
  • Emory University Hospital

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30322

    Emily Temponi, Study Coordinator, 404-712-1114, emily.k.temponi@emory.edu

    Recruiting
  • University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas, 75390

    David Wojciechowski, DO, 214-645-7846, David.Wojciechowski@UTSouthwestern.edu

    Recruiting
  • Henry Ford Health

    Detroit, Michigan, 48202

    Matthew Callaghan, 313-916-4596, mcallag2@hfhs.org

    Recruiting
  • Inova Fairfax Hospital

    Falls Church, Virginia, 22042

    Alma Khan, MSN, CCRC, 703-776-5912, Alma.Khan2@inova.org

    Recruiting
  • Cooperman Barnabus Medical Center

    Livingston, New Jersey, 07039

    Jayrol Mock, APN, 973-322-2339, Jayrol.Mock2@rwjbh.org

    Recruiting
  • Virginia Commonwealth University Health

    Richmond, Virginia, 23298

    Meron Zeleke, 804-628-4969, Meron.Zeleke@vcuhealth.org

    Recruiting
  • UC Davis Medical Center

    Sacramento, California, 95817

    Timothy Huynh, Clinical Research Coordinator, 916-703-4471, ttihuynh@health.ucdavis.edu

    Not yet recruiting
  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington, 98195

    Belinda Pan, Research Coordinator, 206-598-1562, bcpan@uw.edu

    Recruiting
  • Tampa General Hospital

    Tampa, Florida, 33606

    Jennifer Schmidt, BSN, RN, 813-844-7041, jenniferanilsen@tgh.org

    Recruiting
  • UMass Chan Medical Center

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01655

    Anil Chandraker, MD, 508-334-7087, anil.chandraker4@umassmed.edu

    Recruiting

Other trials in United States

Spain2 sites, 2 recruiting
  • Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron

    Barcelona, 08035

    Study Coordinator, +34 932746000, assajos.nefrologia@vhir.org

    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Regional de Malaga

    Málaga, 29010

    Study Coordinator, +34 951291174, estudios.clinicos@ibima.eu

    Recruiting

Other trials in Spain

Brazil1 site, 1 recruiting
  • Fundação Faculdade Regional de Medicina de São José do Rio Preto - Centro Integrado de Pesquisa

    São José do Rio Preto

    Research Coordinator, +55 (17) 3201-5054, osvaldo.junior@centrodepesquisacip.com.br

    Mario Abbud Filho, MD

    Recruiting

Other trials in Brazil

About this study

Official title: Phase 2b, Randomized, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Dose-Finding, Active-Controlled Study of Siplizumab (TCD601) Compared to Rabbit Anti-Thymocyte Globulin in Renal Transplant Recipients Requiring Induction Therapy and Receiving Standard of Care Immunosuppression With Tacrolimus, Mycophenolic Acid and Corticosteroids

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if siplizumab can prevent rejection of a kidney transplant in adult participants with end stage kidney disease. The main questions it aims to answer are:

How many adverse events do participants receiving two different doses of siplizumab have compared to rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin (rATG)?

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How many participants successfully keep their kidney transplant after receiving siplizumab or rATG? This will be calculated as those participants that did not: die; have their kidney fail to work properly (graft loss); their body rejects their transplant (tissue sample (biopsy)-proven acute rejection: BPAR); or who were lost to follow-up.

How does the body respond to siplizumab after dosing at each of the 2 dose levels?

How does siplizumab work in the body compared to rATG?

Selected participants will be divided into 3 groups. In 2 of the groups, participants will be given siplizumab at one of the two study medicine doses. Participants in the third group will be given rATG. All participants will take the usual anti-rejection medicines given before, during, and after a kidney transplant. All participants will also be given medicines before the study drug to lower the risk of reactions, and medicines used to prevent or treat infections after the transplant.

Participants will be asked to provide their medical history at the first visit at the study site where you will have your kidney transplant. At the first visit and other visits participants will be asked to provide their medication history, have a physical exam, check vital signs, have blood drawn for tests, and have non-invasive tests that record the electrical activity of your heart (ECG) and blood draws.

Participants will be monitored for 12 months after transplant surgery.

Read the detailed description

Approximately 120 renal transplant candidates requiring induction therapy will be enrolled 1:1:1 to receive 1 of 2 dose levels of siplizumab or to the comparator rATG.

Randomization will be stratified by donor status (living vs donation after brain death vs donation after cardiac death) to ensure similar proportions of donor types in each study arm. All participants will also receive:

  • A triple regimen (TAC, MPA, and CS) of background immunosuppressive therapy for the duration of the study.
  • Premedication prior to study treatment infusions.
  • Infection prophylaxis

This clinical trial will evaluate the safety of an anti-cluster of differentiation 2 (CD2) monoclonal antibody, siplizumab, compared to rATG as induction therapy in renal transplant recipients.

Following hospital discharge, participants will undergo assessments and procedures as indicated in the protocol through Month 12 or EOS, unless more frequent visits are required per local SoC or for laboratory specimen collection.

Safety assessments will include physical examinations, ECGs, vital signs, viral surveillance and monitoring, standard clinical laboratory evaluations completed centrally (hematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis), and AE/SAE monitoring.

Final analysis will be performed when all participants have completed 12-month follow-up visits post-transplant or have otherwise ended the trial. This analysis will be performed to evaluate the safety of siplizumab at 2 dose levels compared to rATG.

Being tested
Siplizumab, Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin
Medical subject headings
Rejection, Psychology

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • SiplizumabDrug

    Also called TCD601

    A non-agonistic, humanized, anti-CD2 monoclonal antibody of the IgG1κ class

  • Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulinDrug

    Also called Thymoglobulin

    An anti-human thymocyte immunoglobulin preparation made of purified polyclonal antibodies derived from rabbits

Study groups in NCT07508787
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Low dose siplizumabExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Siplizumab
High dose siplizumabExperimentalNot described
Receives: Drug: Siplizumab
Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulinActive comparatorNot described
Receives: Drug: Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Assessment of the safety of 2 dose levels of siplizumab versus rATG.

    Number and percentage of participants at 12 months post-transplant experiencing adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs), and adverse events of special interest (AESIs).

    Measured: 12 months

Secondary outcomes (9)
  1. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Composite incidence of BPAR, death, graft loss, and loss-to-follow-up.
    • Incidence of participants who experienced BPAR as defined by central pathology (blinded independent central review using Banff Allograft Pathology Scoring).
    • Incidence of treated BPAR and steroid-resistant BPAR.

    Measured: 12 months

  2. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Grade of BPAR.

    Measured: 12 months

  3. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Severity of BPAR.

    Measured: 12 months

  4. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Time to first BPAR for each participant.
    • Time to graft loss for each participant.
    • Time to death for each participant.

    Measured: 12 months

  5. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Participant survival at 12 months.
    • Graft survival at 12 months.

    Measured: 12 months

  6. Assessment of the incidence of composite efficacy failure (defined as death, graft loss, biopsy-proven acute rejection [BPAR], or loss-to-follow-up) and their individual components.

    • Number of participants requiring for-cause renal allograft biopsy assessments over 12 months post-transplant.

    Measured: 12 months

  7. Assessment of the pharmacokinetics (PK) of 2 dose levels of siplizumab.

    Siplizumab Cmax (maximum blood concentration) over 12 weeks post-transplant.

    Measured: 12 weeks

  8. Assessment of the pharmacokinetics (PK) of 2 dose levels of siplizumab.

    Siplizumab AUC (area under the concentration-time curve) over 12 weeks post-transplant.

    Measured: 12 weeks

  9. Assessment of the pharmacodynamics (PD) of 2 dose levels of siplizumab versus rATG.

    Depletion and recovery of lymphocyte count by subset (total lymphocytes; CD3+, CD4+, and CD8+ T cells; CD19+ B cells; CD56+ NK cells) over 12 months post-transplant.

    Measured: 12 months

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Apr 2026
  2. Study start29 Jun 2026
  3. Primary completion28 Mar 2028 (estimated)
  4. Study completion28 Mar 2028 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Prevention
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Model description
Participants will be randomized in a 1:1:1 ratio to a low dose of siplizumab, a high dose of siplizumab and rATG.
Masking
Quadruple blind
Who is masked
Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor
Enrolment
120 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07508787
Sponsor's protocol ID
TCD601B205
Acronym
MODERNIZE1
Status last verified
Oct 2026
First submitted
11 Mar 2026
Last updated
6 Oct 2026
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A Phase 2 study testing Siplizumab and Rabbit anti-thymocyte globulin in people with Renal Transplant Failure and Rejection, run by Nefro Avillion Clinical Development, LLC at 14 sites in 3 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 14 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: looking for participants now, as of the sponsor's last update on 6 Oct 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 14 sites in United States, Spain, Brazil. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

What does this phase mean?

Phase 2 studies give the treatment to a larger group to see whether it has the intended effect and to keep checking safety.

Not every study follows the same path, and some studies (observational studies, device studies) have no phase.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

Each site lists its own contact: choose the nearest one under Trial locations. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Assessment of the safety of 2 dose levels of siplizumab versus rATG. (time frame: 12 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 6 Oct 2026.

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