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Not yet recruitingNCT07730632Updated Jul 28, 2026

Phase II Clinical Study on the Efficacy and Safety of QLS7305 in Patients With Kidney Disease (Part A)

A Phase 2 interventional study of QLS7305 Injection in IgAN - IgA Nephropathy, Immune Complex Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN) and C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G), sponsored by Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-07-28.

Sponsored by Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
60
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

QLS7305 injection is a chemically synthesized double-stranded small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting complement C3, covalently linked to a ligand containing N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) residues. After subcutaneous (SC) administration, it can inhibit C3 synthesis through the RNA interference (RNAi) mechanism, reduce circulating C3 protein levels, decrease the generation of complement-activated C5 convertase, and inhibit complement pathway activation. It is expected to become an effective treatment for complement-mediated kidney diseases and hematological disorders.

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Conditions studied

  • IgAN - IgA Nephropathy
  • Immune Complex Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis (IC-MPGN)
  • C3 Glomerulopathy (C3G)
  • Primary Membranous Nephropathy

Keywords

  • IC⁃MPGN
  • C3G
  • PMN
  • IgAN
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In context

Glomerulonephritis, IGA

275 studies on the registry are indexed under Glomerulonephritis, IGA; 107 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 60 is close to the median of 62 across 221 interventional studies indexed under Glomerulonephritis, IGA.

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Lead sponsor

Qilu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 198 studies on the registry; 120 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

  • Body weight ≥ 40 kg, (BMI) \< 32.5 kg/m²
  • Within the five years prior to screening, patients must have been diagnosed with primary IgAN or PMN through renal , or within one year prior to screening, diagnosed with C3G or IC-MPGN through renal biopsy, accompanied by glomerular C3 deposition; if a renal biopsy has not been previously performed, a renal biopsy must be conducted during the screening period to confirm eligibility criteria.
  • Participants with IgAN and C3G/IC-MPGN: During the screening period, morning urine UPCR or 24-hour UPCR ≥0.75 g/g or 24-hour UP ≥1 g/day, with the average of two 24-hour UPCR measurements at baseline ≥0.75 g/g; PMN participants: During the screening period, morning urine or 24-hour UP ≥3.5 g/day, with the average of two 24-hour UP measurements at baseline ≥3.5 g/day.
  • During the screening and baseline periods, ≥ 30 ml·min-¹·1.73 m-² (using the CKD-EPI formula)
  • Prior to the first administration, the patient should have received the maximum tolerated dose or the maximum dose recommended in the instructions of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor (ACEi) or an angiotensin II receptor blocker (ARB) for at least 12 weeks, and the dose of the ACEi or ARB should have been stable for at least 4 weeks before the first administration.
  • Voluntarily receive meningococcal and pneumococcal vaccines at least 2 weeks before the first administration of the drug in accordance with the protocol requirements.
  • From the time of signing the form until 12 months after the last administration of the investigational drug, there are no plans for sperm or egg donation, no plans for pregnancy, and voluntary use of effective measures.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Renal pathology indicates tubular atrophy or interstitial fibrosis exceeding 50%.
  • Renal biopsy pathology indicates crescent formation in more than 50% of glomeruli, or clinical presentation suggests the possibility of rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis (RPGN) ( decline ≥50% within 3 months).
  • Participants were evaluated by the investigator as having IgAN, C3G, IC-MPGN, or PMN secondary to conditions such as infection, diseases, or monoclonal immunoglobulin-associated diseases.
  • Participants were evaluated by the investigator as having other systemic diseases or other kidney diseases that could lead to proteinuria, such as diabetic nephropathy, IgA vasculitis, lupus nephritis, or ANCA-associated small vessel vasculitis.
  • Participants were determined to have acute kidney injury (AKI) within 30 days prior to screening and before administration of the study drug.
  • Participants were on dialysis at the time of screening or might require dialysis treatment during the study.
  • Participants had received B cell-targeting biologics, such as rituximab or ocrelizumab, within 180 days prior to the first administration of the study drug.
  • Participants had used other biologics, such as infliximab or eculizumab, within 90 days prior to the first administration of the study drug.
  • Participants who received sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) within 90 days prior to the first administration of the study drug are excluded, except for those who had been on stable SGLT2i therapy for 90 days or more prior to the first administration and continued stable use during the study.
  • Participants who received mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA), such as spironolactone, eplerenone, or finerenone, within 30 days prior to the first administration of the study drug are excluded, except for those who had been on stable MRA therapy for 90 days or more prior to the first administration and continued stable use during the study.
  • Participants with a history of kidney transplantation, organ transplantation, or hematopoietic stem cell transplantation are excluded.
  • Participants with any history of within 5 years prior to screening are excluded, except for those who have been cured (such as basal cell carcinoma, cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma, low-risk/very low-risk localized prostate cancer, papillary thyroid carcinoma, etc.) or have undergone radical resection of carcinoma in situ (such as ductal carcinoma in situ of the breast, cervical carcinoma in situ, etc.).
  • History of active tuberculosis within 1 year prior to screening, or deemed by the investigator to have active tuberculosis at screening.
  • Participants with chronic recurrent infections within 1 year prior to screening, such as liver abscess, chronic pyelonephritis, etc.
  • Surgery requiring general anesthesia or hospitalization for more than 1 day within 30 days prior to screening or planned during the trial.
  • Administration of other than those allowed in the protocol within 30 days prior to screening or planned during the study.
  • infection requiring systemic anti-infective treatment within 30 days prior to the first administration of the product.
  • History of recurrent invasive infections with encapsulated bacteria (e.g., Neisseria meningitidis and Streptococcus pneumoniae).
  • History of severe drug allergy, or allergic reaction to oligonucleotides or N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc).
  • Poorly controlled type 1 or type 2 diabetes, defined as baseline (HbA1c) ≥7.0%.
  • Poorly controlled hypertension, defined as baseline seated resting systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and/or diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg.
  • History of renal artery stenosis, chronic hyperkalemia, or other to RAS inhibitors (RASi).
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(12)

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BMI (body mass index)

Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.

What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.

Biopsy and archival tissue

A biopsy takes a small piece of tissue to examine. “Archival tissue” is a sample already taken, for example at diagnosis, and kept by the hospital.

Whether a stored sample will do depends on when it was taken, how much there is and what the study needs. Ask whether the study accepts your stored sample or needs a new biopsy.

GFR and eGFR (kidney filtering)

GFR (glomerular filtration rate) is how much blood the kidneys filter each minute. It is usually estimated from a blood test — eGFR, by formulas such as CKD-EPI or MDRD — and some studies ask for it to be measured directly instead. Usually given in mL/min/1.73 m².

Check the method, the units and the minimum the study states. A value of 90 or above is in the normal-or-high range, but kidney damage can show in other tests too.

Investigational drug or device

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It may be new, or already approved and being studied for another use, dose or form. Criteria often leave out people who took part in another study of one within a recent period, commonly 30 days or five half-lives.

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You can keep asking questions during the study, you are told of new information that matters, and you can choose to leave at any time.

Contraception

Ways of preventing pregnancy. “Highly effective” methods fail less than 1% of the time a year when used correctly — for example an IUD or an implant.

Criteria usually say which methods count and how long to keep using them after the last dose, sometimes for male participants too. Some studies accept a partner’s vasectomy if it was confirmed successful and that person is the participant’s only sexual partner.

Autoimmune disease

A condition in which the immune system attacks the body’s own tissues, such as rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, psoriasis, type 1 diabetes or inflammatory bowel disease.

Immunotherapy studies often leave out active autoimmune disease, and some name exceptions, such as thyroid disease on replacement hormone. Check the exceptions this study lists.

Cancer (malignancy)

Malignancy means cancer. Criteria about another or earlier malignancy ask whether you have had a different cancer, usually within a set number of years.

Some are commonly allowed, such as treated skin cancers other than melanoma and early cancers removed completely — check the exceptions this study lists.

Live vaccines

Vaccines made with a weakened form of the germ, such as measles–mumps–rubella (MMR), chickenpox and yellow fever. They can be risky when the immune system is weakened. Flu injections are not live; the nasal flu spray is.

Clinically significant

Judged by the study doctor to matter for your health or for the study. It is a doctor’s decision, so ask the study team if you are unsure whether something counts.

HbA1c

A blood test of average blood sugar over the past two to three months, given as a percentage or in mmol/mol. 6.5% (48 mmol/mol) or more is the usual threshold for diabetes, normally confirmed by a second test.

Contraindication

A reason a treatment, test or procedure should not be given to a particular person, such as an allergy, another illness or a medicine they take.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
60 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Cohort 1: IgAN, QLS7305 injection 100 mg on D1 and D85

    Drug: QLS7305 Injection

  • Experimental
    Cohort 2: IgAN, QLS7305 injection 200 mg on D1 and D85

    Drug: QLS7305 Injection

  • Experimental
    Cohort 3: C3G/IC-MPGN/PMN, QLS7305 injection 200 mg on D1 and D85

    Drug: QLS7305 Injection

Interventions

  • DrugQLS7305 Injection

    Route of administration: subcutaneous injection

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in the 24h-UPCR at week 12

    Time frame: Baseline and day 85

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change from Baseline in the 24h-UPCR at week 24/36

    Time frame: Baseline, day 169 and 253

  2. Change from Baseline in the 24h-UACR at week 12/24/36

    Time frame: Baseline, day 85, 169 and 253

  3. Change from Baseline in the Scr at each visit

    Time frame: Baseline, day 15, 29, 57, 85, 99, 113, 141, 169, 197, 225 and 253

  4. Number of Participants with Adverse Events as Assessed by CTCAE v6.0

    Time frame: Up to Week 48

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Study locations

1 site
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Aug 2026; primary completion for Aug 2028, 24 months later.

Of 41 phase 2 interventional studies under Glomerulonephritis, IGA, half reached primary completion within 33 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 17 and three quarters within 50. This study's planned 24 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Jul 17, 2026
First posted
Jul 28, 2026
StartEst.
Aug 10, 2026
Primary completionEst.
Aug 10, 2028
CompletionEst.
Aug 11, 2028
Last update
Jul 28, 2026
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Jul 28, 2026, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07730632
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Jul 28, 2026
Start date
Aug 10, 2026 (estimated)
Primary completion
Aug 10, 2028 (estimated)
Completion
Aug 11, 2028 (estimated)
Last update
Jul 28, 2026

Study contacts

Chuan Tian
Contact
chuan2.tian@qilu-pharma.com
15801230857

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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