Obinutuzumab for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Pure Membranous Nephropathy: a Phase II Trial

Starting soon · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Lupus Nephritis, Membranous Nephropathy

In brief

Lupus nephritis (LN) is a frequent and severe complication of systemic lupus erythematosus, with important mortality and morbidity. International 2024 guidelines recommend immunosuppressive therapy (MMF, cyclophosphamide, calcineurin inhibitors, rituximab, azathioprine) in patients with heavy or uncontrolled proteinuria, but none of these therapies has been evaluated in robust multicenter prospective. Therefore, no treatment has regulatory approval for pure class V LN. Obinutuzumab, a 2nd-generation B-cell targeting therapy, is more efficient than rituximab in inducing B-cell depletion and complete renal response in patient with class III or IV lupus nephritis. This study aims to assess the efficacy and safety of an obinutuzumab monotherapy in patients with pure class V LN. The primary endpoint is complete renal response at week 52 according to 2024 KDIGO criteria (UPCR \< 0.5 g/g, eGFR ≥ 85% of baseline, and no intercurrent event: treatment failure, rescue therapy, long-term dialysis, renal transplantation, death or early trial withdrawal)

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07721363

Run by

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

People needed

65

Starts

2026-09-02

Expected to finish

2029-09-02

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-23

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 75. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Diagnosis of SLE fulfilling the 2019 EULAR/ACR classification criteria (score > 10)
• Age from 18 to 75 years old included
• Pure class V lupus nephritis, defined on a renal biopsy sample following the ISN/RPS 2003 criteria AND
• Nephrotic range proteinuria (UPCr or UACr > 3 g/g) at screening visit OR
• Uncontrolled proteinuria after at least 3 months of well-conducted anti-proteinuric therapy [UPCR> 1 g/g despite maximal or maximally tolerated dose of ACEi or ARB + SGLT2i therapy +/- diuretic therapy] and up to 12 months after pure class V lupus nephritis diagnosis.
• For women of childbearing age, agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or willingness to use appropriate and effective contraception, as recommended when using obinutuzumab (18 months after last infusion)
• Signature of informed consent
• French social security affiliation (beneficiary or legal)
• Time interval between kidney biopsy showing pure class V LN and baseline visit of no more than 12 months

You may not qualify if…

• Ongoing treatment (induction or maintenance) for proliferative LN (class III-A or IV-A)
• Negativity for anti-nuclear antibodies (< 1/80) on immunofluorescence assay
• Severe extra-renal (i.e but not limited to : cardiac, central nervous system, pulmonary, enteric) lupus flare requiring high dose (> 1 mg/kg/day) corticosteroids.
• Receipt of any of the following excluded therapies:
• Any anti-CD20 therapy such as rituximab, ocrelizumab, or ofatumumab less than 6 months prior to screening or during screening. If an anti-CD20 therapy has been received between 6 and 12 months prior to screening, the peripheral CD19+ B-cell count by flow cytometry must be > 25 cells/µL
• Cyclophosphamide, tacrolimus, ciclosporin, mycophenolate mofetil, pulse methylprednisolone or voclosporin during the 2 months prior to screening or during screening. Patients maintained on low-dose corticosteroids (<10 mg/day prednisone equivalent) for a prolonged period as part of the management of a previous and resolved flare are eligible for trial participation.
• Any biologic therapy (other than anti-CD20) such as, but not limited to, belimumab, ustekinumab, anifrolumab, secukinumab, or atacicept during the 2 months prior to screening or during screening
• Oral inhibitors of Janus-associated kinase (JAK), Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK), or tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2), including baricitinib, tofacitinib, upadacitinib, filgotinib, ibrutinib, or fenebrutinib or any investigational agent during the 2 months prior to screening or during screening
• Any live vaccine during the 28 days prior to screening or during screening
• Contraindication to the use of obinutuzumab, its premedication drugs or hypersensitivity to its excipients.
• Fewer than 10 non-sclerosed glomeruli analyzable on renal biopsy
• Ongoing pregnancy or breastfeeding women
• CKD stage 4 or 5, defined as eGFR <30 ml/min/1.73m2 according to CKD-EPI creatinine equation measured two times in an interval of 3 months (to be dissociated from acute kidney injury).
• Obsolescence of more than 60% of glomeruli or tubulo-interstitial scarring of more than 60% on kidney biopsy.
• Patients already included in an interventional study (RIPH1, clinical investigation or clinical trial)
• Patient under legal protection measure (tutorship or curatorship) and patient deprived of freedom
• Patients with a previously documented kidney disease causing proteinuria (> 3 g/g or > 3 g/day) more than 1 year prior to the diagnosis of pure class V LN.
• Exclusion of primary membranous nephropathy, defined by positive anti-PLA2R antibodies on serum and/or glomerular PLA2R staining on kidney biopsy

Where it is running

• Sorbonne University - Nephrology Départment - Tenon APHP — Paris, France, France

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