Zanubrutinib in Participants With Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT04643470 |
Recruitment Status :
Recruiting
First Posted : November 25, 2020
Last Update Posted : April 21, 2022
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Lupus Nephritis | Drug: Zanubrutinib Drug: Placebo | Phase 2 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 200 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | Double (Participant, Investigator) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | A Phase 2, Multicenter, Randomized, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Zanubrutinib in Patients With Active Proliferative Lupus Nephritis |
Actual Study Start Date : | December 22, 2020 |
Estimated Primary Completion Date : | December 2022 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | August 2023 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: Zanubrutinib Low Dose
Participants will receive zanubrutinib 40 mg twice daily (BID) for 72 weeks
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Drug: Zanubrutinib
Administered as specified in the treatment arm
Other Names:
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Experimental: Zanubrutinib High Dose
Participants will receive zanubrutinib 160 mg twice daily (BID) for 72 weeks
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Drug: Zanubrutinib
Administered as specified in the treatment arm
Other Names:
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Experimental: Zanubrutinib Medium Dose
Participants will receive zanubrutinib 160 mg once daily (QD) for 72 weeks
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Drug: Zanubrutinib
Administered as specified in the treatment arm
Other Names:
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Experimental: Placebo
Participants will receive placebo to match zanubrutinib for 72 weeks
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Drug: Placebo
Placebo to match zanubrutinib |
- Proportion of participants with complete renal response [ Time Frame: Week 49 Day 1 ]
- Proportion of participants achieving complete renal response [ Time Frame: Week 25 Day 1 ]
- Proportion of participants achieving partial renal response [ Time Frame: Week 25 Day 1 and Week 49 Day 1 ]
- Proportion of participants achieving overall renal response [ Time Frame: Week 25 Day 1 and Week 49 Day 1 ]
- Time to first complete renal response [ Time Frame: Up to Week 73 Day 1 ]The time from the date of randomization to the date of the first complete renal response
- Time to first partial renal response [ Time Frame: Up to Week 73 Day 1 ]The time from the date of randomization to the date of the first partial renal response
- Change in total Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index 2000 (SLEDAI-2K) score [ Time Frame: Week 25 Day 1 and Week 49 Day 1 ]SLEDAI-2K score is an systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) activity index based on the presence of 24 features in 9 organ systems which ranges from 0 - 105, with higher scores indicating more severe features in participants in the past 30 days
- Area under plasma concentration time curve (AUC) of zanubrutinib [ Time Frame: Week 1 Day 1 and Week 5 Day 1 ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 70 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Key Inclusion Criteria:
- Clinical diagnosis of SLE according to the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics 2012 criteria.
- ISN/RPS 2003 Class III/IV lupus nephritis [Type III(A), III (A+C), IV (A), and IV (A+C)], with or without Class V, as confirmed by a renal biopsy.
- Positive antinuclear antibodies, positive anti-dsDNA autoantibody, and/or positive anti Smith autoantibody at screening
- Has 24-hour urine protein excretion > 1.0 g at screening.
Key Exclusion Criteria:
Exclusion criteria related to systemic lupus erythematous and other diseases:
- Glomerulonephritis caused by reasons other than systemic lupus erythematous.
- Sclerosis in >50% of glomeruli on renal biopsy.
- Any other inflammatory diseases that might confound the assessments of efficacy, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, myositis, vasculitis, or overlapping syndrome.
- Severe extrarenal SLE, including but not limited to pulmonary arterial hypertension, severe myocarditis, severe central nervous system lupus (such as neuropsychiatric SLE, seizures, psychosis, transverse myelitis, central nervous system vasculitis and optic neuritis), etc.
NOTE: Other protocol defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria may apply.

To learn more about this study, you or your doctor may contact the study research staff using the contact information provided by the sponsor.
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT04643470
Contact: BeiGene | 1-877-828-5568 | clinicaltrials@beigene.com |
China, Guangzhou | |
Guangdong General Hospital | Recruiting |
Guangdong, Guangzhou, China, 510000 |
Study Director: | Zhen Yao, MD | BeiGene |
Responsible Party: | BeiGene |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT04643470 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
BGB-3111-217 |
First Posted: | November 25, 2020 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | April 21, 2022 |
Last Verified: | April 2022 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Yes |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: | No |
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: | No |
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: | Yes |
Nephritis Lupus Nephritis Kidney Diseases Urologic Diseases Glomerulonephritis Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic Connective Tissue Diseases |
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