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Lupus Nephritis: early-phase trial registry

15 of 31 indexed Lupus Nephritis trials are currently recruiting, with more weight in Phase 1-2.

Corpus placement: #495 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count.

31 US clinical trials · 15 currently recruiting · #495 of 28,707 conditions by registered trial count

Lupus Nephritis: 31 US clinical trials tracked, 15 recruiting.

Lupus Nephritis is the subject of 31 registered US clinical trials on ClinicalTrials.gov, 15 of them currently open to new participants. 6 are in Phase 3-4 (later-stage) and 21 in Phase 1-2 (earlier-stage). The most active sponsor is Novartis Pharmaceuticals, running 3 of these trials.

Enrollment posture brief

Registry condition lupus-nephritis

OPEN 15 | RECR 48% | LATE 6 | EARLY 21 | RANK #495 | SPON 3

Nearest open-share peer: Genetic Disease (48% recruiting · 31 trials)

Alcohol Use Disorder71%Chronic Graft Versus Host Di48.4%Lupus Nephritis (this)48%Anaplastic Astrocytoma41.9%Aortic Valve Stenosis41.9%
Open-enrollment share among volume-matched conditions near Lupus Nephritis

Lupus Nephritis lists 15 open slots (48% of 31 indexed trials). Peers are matched on registered volume, not therapeutic-area browse lists. How peer matching works →

Key findings

What ClinicalTrials.gov does not surface for Lupus Nephritis on its own pages , computed from the registry mirror as of 2026-08-08. Each line carries its own denominator so it can be quoted as it stands.

  1. Lupus Nephritis is recruiting above its size-band peers.

    15 of 31 indexed trials (48.4%) are open to enrollment, against a 39.7% average across 762 conditions with 20-99 trials. The peer set uses the same ClinicalTrials.gov-derived counts as this page.

  2. Sponsorship of Lupus Nephritis trials is spread across many organizations.

    Novartis Pharmaceuticals accounts for 3 of 31 trials (9.7%). 28 distinct sponsors appear on at least one study for this condition label.

  3. Typical Lupus Nephritis enrolment sits around 80 participants.

    Median target enrolment is 80 among the 31 trials that report a genuine target (sentinel values excluded). 18 of those (58.1%) plan for fewer than 100 participants.

  4. Lupus Nephritis research is mostly interventional.

    28 interventional and 3 observational studies make up this index (90.3% interventional). Study type is sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov.

Phase 111Phase 210Phase 35Phase 41

Open and recent trials

31 total, page 1 of 1

RECRUITING 3,500 participants

Lupus Landmark Study: A Prospective Registry and Biorepository

Lupus Research Alliance

NCT05934149

RECRUITING 2,000 participants

Repository of Novel Analytes Leading to Autoimmune, Inflammatory and Diabetic Nephropathies (RENAL AID)

The Rogosin Institute

NCT01802034

RECRUITING Phase 3 462 participants

Safety, Efficacy and Tolerability of Ianalumab Versus Placebo, Combination With SoC Therapy, in Participants With Active Lupus Nephritis

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT05126277

RECRUITING 300 participants

Study to Assess Real-world Effectiveness of Belimumab for Treatment of Adults With LN

GlaxoSmithKline

NCT06527872

RECRUITING Phase 2 240 participants

Study of Efficacy and Safety of LNP023 in Participants With Active Lupus Nephritis Class III-IV, +/- V

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT05268289

RECRUITING Phase 2 179 participants

A Study of Rapcabtagene Autoleucel in Active, Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) or Lupus Nephritis (LN) Patients (AUTOGRAPH - SLE/LN)

Novartis Pharmaceuticals

NCT06581198

RECRUITING Phase 2 105 participants

The Pediatric Lupus Nephritis Mycophenolate Mofetil (PLUMM) Study

Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

NCT05538208

RECRUITING Phase 1 96 participants

A Phase 1/2 Study of NKX019 in Subjects With Autoimmune Disease (Ntrust-1)

Nkarta

NCT06557265

RECRUITING Phase 2 89 participants

A Study of CC-97540 (BMS-986353 or Zola-cel), CD19-Targeted NEX-T CAR T Cells, in Participants With Active SLE Despite Immunosuppressants (Breakfree-SLE)

Juno Therapeutics, Inc., a Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

NCT07015983

RECRUITING Phase 1 80 participants

A Safety and Efficacy Study Evaluating CTX112 in Adult Subjects With Refractory Autoimmune Disease

CRISPR Therapeutics

NCT06925542

RECRUITING Phase 2 74 participants

VIBRANT: VIB4920 for Active Lupus Nephritis

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

NCT05201469

RECRUITING Phase 1 47 participants

Phase I/II Study of AD-PluReceptor Plus Tafasitamab-cxix and Lymphodepleting Chemotherapy in Patients With Autoimmune Disorders

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center

NCT06434363

RECRUITING Phase 2 40 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy, Safety, and Pharmacokinetics of Obinutuzumab in Adolescents With Active Class III or IV Lupus Nephritis and the Safety and PK of Obinutuzumab in Pediatric Participants

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT05039619

RECRUITING Phase 4 30 participants

Safety and Efficacy of Combination Belimumab and Voclosporin in the Treatment of Proliferative Forms of Lupus Glomerulopathy: Synergy Trial

NephroNet

NCT07225387

RECRUITING Phase 1 28 participants

RESET-SLE: A Phase 1/2 Open-Label Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of CABA-201 in Subjects With Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Cabaletta Bio

NCT06121297

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 359 participants

Phase 3 Study of Anifrolumab in Adult Patients With Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis

AstraZeneca

NCT05138133

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 3 271 participants

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Obinutuzumab in Participants With ISN/RPS 2003 Class III or IV Lupus Nephritis

Hoffmann-La Roche

NCT04221477

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 72 participants

An Open-label Study of Povetacicept in Autoantibody-Associated Glomerular Diseases

Alpine Immune Sciences

NCT05732402

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 48 participants

A Phase 1 Study of SYNCAR-001 + STK-009 Without Conditioning Chemotherapy (Lymphodepletion) in Subjects With Severe, Refractory Systemic Autoimmune Rheumatic Disease

Synthekine

NCT06544330

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 14 participants

A Study to Learn More About the Safety and Effects of Felzartamab in Adults With Lupus Nephritis Aged 18 to 75 Years Old

HI-Bio, A Biogen Company

NCT06064929

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 2 12 participants

Daratumumab to Treat Active Lupus Nephritis

Mayo Clinic

NCT04868838

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

KYSA-1: A Study of Anti-CD19 Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-Cell (CD19 CAR T) Therapy, in Subjects With Refractory Lupus Nephritis

Kyverna Therapeutics

NCT05938725

ACTIVE NOT RECRUITING Phase 1 6 participants

A Study of CNTY-101 in Participants With Refractory B Cell-mediated Autoimmune Diseases

Century Therapeutics

NCT06255028

COMPLETED Phase 3 448 participants

Efficacy and Safety of Belimumab in Patients With Active Lupus Nephritis

Human Genome Sciences Inc., a GSK Company

NCT01639339

COMPLETED Phase 3 358 participants

Aurinia Renal Response in Active Lupus With Voclosporin

Aurinia Pharmaceuticals

NCT03021499

COMPLETED NA 166 participants

Establishing Clinical Utility of a New Diagnostic Test for Rheumatology Patients

Qure Healthcare

NCT04266860

COMPLETED Phase 2 121 participants

Dose Finding, Efficacy and Safety of BI 655064 in Patients With Active Lupus Nephritis

Boehringer Ingelheim

NCT02770170

COMPLETED Phase 1 69 participants

A Study of KZR-616 in Patients With SLE With and Without Lupus Nephritis

Kezar Life Sciences

NCT03393013

COMPLETED Phase 2 46 participants

A Study of Laquinimod in Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) Active Lupus Nephritis

Teva Branded Pharmaceutical Products R&D

NCT01085097

COMPLETED Phase 1 22 participants

Phase Ib Study of SC Milatuzumab in SLE

Gilead Sciences

NCT01845740

COMPLETED Phase 2 21 participants

Phase II Study Assessing Safety and Efficacy of APL-2 in Glomerulopathies

Apellis Pharmaceuticals

NCT03453619

Phase Distribution

PhaseTrial count
Phase 1 11
Phase 2 10
Phase 3 5
Phase 4 1

Named interventions

Most-linked intervention names on Lupus Nephritis records (sponsor-reported on ClinicalTrials.gov). Counts are trial links, not unique products.

Placebo Drug
6 trials
Mycophenolate Mofetil Drug
3 trials
Voclosporin Drug
2 trials
Methylprednisolone Drug
2 trials
Cyclophosphamide Drug
2 trials
Obinutuzumab Drug
2 trials
milatuzumab Drug
1 trials
Prednisolone/Prednisone Drug
1 trials

US sites by state

Facility locations filed on Lupus Nephritis trials. A trial with sites in several states counts in each.

California 24 trials
New York 19 trials
Georgia 16 trials
Florida 15 trials
Texas 13 trials
Ohio 12 trials
Colorado 10 trials
North Carolina 9 trials

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, National Library of Medicine. Data is informational only.

What to do with this Lupus Nephritis page

31 registered trials, 15 currently recruiting, is a starting point for a conversation, not a diagnosis or a recommendation.

Trial and recruiting counts reflect ClinicalTrials.gov registry status as of the data vintage above; individual trial eligibility and enrollment status can change.

Every figure on PlainTrial is rendered directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov registry, no number is typed in by an editor. This Lupus Nephritis condition card totals 31 registered trials; most-linked intervention Placebo; top US site state California. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, the data changelog, or report a data error.