Current Clinical Trials

Current Clinical Trials

RDCTN members have extensive expertise in Clinical studies & Research. See below a selection of rare disease clinical trials that are in set-up, ongoing and recently closed  from across our network. If you are interested in learning more about the trials listed as currently recruiting please discuss with your clinician in the first instance.

Primary Membranous Nephropathy

Trial Name: A Phase 2b/3 Adaptive, Randomized, Active-controlled Study Evaluating the Efficacy, Safety, and Tolerability of Povetacicept Versus Calcineurin Inhibitor in the Treatment of Primary Membranous Nephropathy. 

Stage: Set-up

Principal Investigator: Prof Peter Conlon

Irish Lead: N/A

Sponsor: Vertex

IgA Nephropathy

Trial Name: A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study of Povetacicept in Adults with Immunoglobulin A Nephropathy (RAINIER) 

Stage: Closed

Principal Investigator: Prof Peter Conlon

Irish Lead: N/A

Sponsor: Vertex

Epidermolysis Bullosa

Trial Name: EB Shield 

Stage: Recruiting

Principal Investigator: Dr Fiona Browne

Irish Lead: Dr Fiona Browne

Sponsor: TWi Biotechnology, Inc.

Progressive Pulmonary Fibrosis

Trial Name: ALOFT- PPF

Stage: Recruiting

Principal Investigator: N/A

Irish Lead: Prof Cormac McCarthy

Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Lung Fibrosis

Trial Name: WHISTLE-IPF

Stage: Recruiting

Principal Investigator: N/A

Irish Lead: Prof Michael Keane

Sponsor: Endeavor Biomedicines, Inc

Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis

Trial Name: ALOFT-IPF

Stage: Recruitment closed

Principal Investigator: N/A

Irish Lead: Prof Cormac McCarthy

Sponsor: Bristol-Myers Squibb

Active Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathy

Trial Name: A Phase 2/3, Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel-Group, 2-Arm, Multicenter, Operationally Seamless Study…

Stage: Recruitment closed

Principal Investigator: Prof Eamonn Molloy

Irish Lead: Prof Bryan Whelan

Sponsor: Argenx

Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

Trial Name: PROSERA

Stage: Recruitment closed

Principal Investigator: Prof Sean Gaine

Irish Lead: Prof Sean Gaine

Sponsor: Gossamer Bio

Osteogenesis Imperfecta

Trial Name: TOPaZ

Stage: Closed 

Principal Investigator: Prof Stuart Ralston
Irish Lead: Prof Rachel Crowley

Sponsor: University of Edinburgh

Familial Paget’s Disease

Trial Name: ZiPP-LTE

Stage: Closed 

Principal Investigator: Prof Stuart Ralston
Irish Lead: Prof Rachel Crowley

Sponsor: University of Edinburgh

Autoimmune Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis

Trial Name: IMPALA-2

Stage: Closed 

Principal Investigator: Dr Bruce Trapnell

Irish Lead: Prof Cormac McCarthy
Sponsor: Savara Inc

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