Phase 2
Completed N=25
A Study to Evaluate the Safety, Efficacy, Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of M281 Administered to Pregnant Women at High Risk for Early Onset Severe Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (HDFN)
Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT03842189 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
25
Serious AEs
44.0%
Results posted
Jan 2026
Primary outcomePrimary: Number of Maternal Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) — 3; 2; 4; 4 Participants
Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety in mother and neonate/infant of M281 administered to pregnant women who are at high risk for Early Onset Severe Hemolytic Disease of the Fetus and Newborn (EOS-HDFN). The effectiveness of the investigational drug M281 will be measured by looking at the percentage of participants with live birth at or after gestational age (GA) 32 weeks and without a need for an intrauterine transfusion (IUT) throughout their entire pregnancy.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Number of Maternal Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events (TEAEs) |
3; 2; 4; 4; 13 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates/Infants With Adverse Events (AEs) |
3; 2; 4; 3; 12 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Maternal Participants With Treatment-emergent Serious Adverse Events (TESAEs) |
2; 0; 1; 2; 5 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates/Infants With Serious Adverse Events (SAEs) |
2; 1; 1; 2; 6 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Maternal Participants With Treatment-emergent Adverse Events of Special Interest (TEAESIs) |
1; 1; 1; 2; 5; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates/Infants With Adverse Events of Special Interest (AESIs) |
1; 2; 0; 0; 3; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Electrocardiogram (ECG) Parameter - Mean Ventricular Rate at Baseline |
77.0; 77.5; 63.0; 76.3; 72.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Electrocardiogram (ECG) Parameter - Mean Ventricular Rate at GA Week 36 |
89.0; 77.0; 80.7; 77.0; 79.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in ECG Parameter- Mean Ventricular Rate |
8.0; -0.5; 16.7; 8.0; 9.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Maternal Participants With Treatment-emergent (TE) Clinically Important Laboratory and Biomarker Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Values Over Time |
1; 2; 3; 2; 8; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates or Infants With Clinically Important Laboratory and Biomarker Immunoglobulin G (IgG) Values Over Time |
1; 1; 3; 3; 8; 1 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Temperature at Baseline |
36.6; 37.0; 37.2; 36.8; 36.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Temperature at GA Week 36 |
36.7; 36.8; 37.1; 36.0; 36.8 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Temperature at PP Week 24 |
36.5; 36.8; 36.8; 36.7; 36.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Vital Sign - Body Temperature |
0.0; -0.2; -0.2; 0.2; -0.1; -0.1 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at Baseline |
17.0; 19.0; 15.5; 18.0; 17.2 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at GA Week 36 |
20.0; 18.0; 16.3; 17.0; 17.4 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at PP Week 24 |
16.5; 15.5; 15.8; 17.3; 16.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Vital Sign - Respiratory Rate |
2.0; -1.0; 1.0; 1.0; 0.6; 0.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Pulse Rate at Baseline |
81.3; 81.0; 67.5; 73.5; 74.6 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Pulse Rate at GA Week 36 |
88.0; 95.0; 84.0; 100.0; 90.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs -Pulse Rate at PP Week 24 |
73.0; 75.0; 69.8; 77.8; 73.8 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Vital Sign - Pulse Rate |
-3.0; 14.0; 15.0; 29.0; 14.1; -3.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at Baseline |
112.0; 100.5; 102.3; 104.8; 105.0; 68.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at GA Week 36 |
134.0; 105.0; 107.3; 110.5; 110.9; 70.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at PP Week 24 |
117.5; 110.5; 112.3; 118.8; 115.0; 73.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Vital Sign - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) |
15.0; 4.5; 5.0; 5.0; 6.1; 9.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at Baseline |
76.0; 64.0; 71.8; 75.8; 72.8 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at GA Week 36 |
130.6; 77.6; 80.8; 87.3; 87.8 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at PP Week 24 |
60.1; 69.5; 71.3; 78.0; 71.4 | — |
| PRIMARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Vital Sign - Body Weight |
20.6; 13.6; 8.6; 7.7; 11.1; 1.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value in Vital Signs - Body Temperature at Baseline |
36.7; 36.8; 36.5; 36.7; 36.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Temperature at PP Week 1 |
37.1; 36.9; 36.8; 37.1; 37.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value in Vital Signs - Body Temperature at PP Week 4 |
36.8; 37.1; 37.0; 37.2; 37.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value in Vital Signs - Body Temperature at PP Week 24 |
36.5; 36.5; 37.1; 37.5; 37.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Change From Baseline in Vital Signs - Body Temperature |
0.2; 0.1; 0.3; 0.3; 0.2; 0.2 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at Baseline |
2.4; 2.8; 2.8; 2.8; 2.7 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at PP Week 1 |
1.6; 2.8; 2.7; 2.6; 2.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at PP Week 4 |
2.6; 3.6; 3.4; 3.7; 3.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Body Weight at PP Week 24 |
6.4; 7.4; 7.6; 8.1; 7.4 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Change From Baseline in Vital Signs -Body Weight |
-0.1; 0.0; -0.1; -0.1; -0.1; 0.2 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at Baseline |
39.0; 47.0; 42.0; 49.5; 43.9 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at PP Week 1 |
36.0; 52.0; 35.3; 54.0; 42.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at PP Week 4 |
69.0; 68.0; 46.5; 40.0; 54.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate at PP Week 24 |
29.0; 32.0; 45.3; 35.0; 37.6 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Change From Baseline in Vital Signs - Respiratory Rate |
-10.0; 3.0; -7.3; 6.0; -3.8; 30.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Sign - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at Baseline |
73.7; 61.5; 61.5; 66.7; 39.0; 32.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Sign - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at PP Week 1 |
62.5; 75.0; 65.0; 66.3; 50.0; 39.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Sign - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at PP Week 4 |
61.0; 76.0; 98.0; 83.3; 31.0; 30.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Absolute Value of Vital Sign - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) at PP Week 24 |
101.0; 113.0; 103.5; 106.8; 68.0; 92.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Neonates/Infants: Change From Baseline in Vital Signs - Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) |
-7.0; 27.0; 0.0; 3.3; -10.0; 28.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Intrauterine Growth Restriction (IUGR) Based on Ultrasound Assessments |
0; 0; 0; 0; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: Amniotic Fluid Index (AFI) at Baseline |
0; 50.0; 50.0; 0; 25.0 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: AFI at GA Week 26 |
0; 25.0; 0; 12.5 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: AFI at GA Week 36 |
0; 0; 33.3; 0; 14.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: Maximum Vertical Pocket (MVP) at Baseline |
0; 0; 0; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: MVP at GA Week 18 |
0; 0; 0; 25.0; 8.3 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Abnormal Amniotic Fluid Values: MVP at GA Week 22 |
0; 0; 0; 0; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates/Infants With Appearance, Pulse, Grimace Response, Activity, Respiration (Apgar) Score |
1; 0; 0; 1; 2; 0 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Maternal Participants With Concomitant Medications and Therapies |
3; 2; 4; 4; 13 | — |
| PRIMARY Number of Neonates/Infants With Concomitant Medications and Therapies |
3; 2; 4; 3; 12 | — |
| PRIMARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Live Birth at or After Gestational Age (GA) Week 32 and Without an Intrauterine Transfusion (IUT) Throughout Their Entire Pregnancies |
33.3; 50.0; 75.0; 50.0; 53.8 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Live Birth |
100; 100; 100; 75; 92.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Maternal Participants Without an Intrauterine Transfusion (IUT) Before Gestational Age (GA) Week 24 |
100; 100; 100; 75; 92.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Maternal Participants : Gestational Age (GA) at First Intrauterine Transfusion (IUT) |
25; 28; 29; 27; 27 | — |
| SECONDARY Median Number of Intrauterine Transfusion (IUT) Per Maternal Participant |
4; 5; 3; 1; 3 | — |
| SECONDARY Frequency of Intrauterine Transfusions (IUTs) on Maternal Participants |
0.52; 0.56; 0.43; 0.70; 0.56 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Maternal Participants With Fetal Hydrops in Utero or Post Birth |
0; 0; 0; 0; 0 | — |
| SECONDARY Maternal Participants: Gestational Age at Time of Delivery |
36; 36; 36; 35; 36 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Neonates Who Required Phototherapy |
100; 50; 100; 100; 91.7 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Neonates Who Required Exchange Transfusions |
0; 0; 0; 33.3; 8.3 | — |
| SECONDARY Duration of Postnatal Phototherapy Required by Neonates |
96.0; 46.68; 100.87; 86.98; 86.98 | — |
| SECONDARY Percentage of Neonates Who Required Simple Transfusions in the First 12 Weeks of Life |
66.7; 50.0; 50.0; 33.3; 50.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Number of Simple Transfusions Required by Neonate in the First 12 Weeks of Life |
4.5; 4.0; 1.0; 1.0; 2.0 | — |
| SECONDARY Maternal Serum Unoccupied Neonatal Concentration of Participants Fc Receptor [FcRn] Receptor Occupancy (RO) in Monocytes by Nipocalimab |
100.00; 100.00; 100.00; 100.00; 100.00; 2.80 | — |
| SECONDARY Serum Unoccupied Concentration of Participants Fc Receptor [FcRn] Receptor Occupancy (RO) in Monocytes of Neonate by Nipocalimab |
118.20; 70.60; 80.87; 74.50; 81.38 | — |
| SECONDARY Maternal Participants: Change From Baseline in Serum Concentration of Total Immunoglobulin G (IgG) and Subclasses (IgG1, IgG2, IgG3, IgG4), IgA, IgM, and IgE |
-8.12; -7.31; -6.51; -8.19; -7.52; -7.52 | — |
| SECONDARY Neonates/Infants: Change From Baseline in Serum Concentration of Total IgG, IgA, IgM, and IgE |
4.61; -2.16; 0.37; -0.87; 0.26; -7.59 | — |
| SECONDARY Serum Concentrations of Nipocalimab in Maternal Participants |
0.00; 0.00; 0.00; 0.00; 726.00; 577.00 | — |
| SECONDARY Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory (PedsQL) Total and Sub Scale Score in Neonates/Infants |
86.67; 86.67; 88.15; 84.44; 86.39; 78.85 | — |
| SECONDARY Ages and Stages Questionnaires, Third Edition (ASQ-3) Total Domain Score in Neonates/Infants |
36.7; 40.0; 48.8; 51.7; 45.0; 45.0 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Approximately 15 eligible participants and their offspring will be enrolled
- Each participant must meet all of the following criteria to be enrolled in the study:
- Female and greater than or equal to (>=)18 years of age
- Pregnant to an estimated gestational age of between 8 up to 14 weeks
- A previous pregnancy with a gestation that included at least one of the following prior to week 24 gestation:
- Severe fetal anemia, defined as hemoglobin less than or equal to ( =1.5
- Stillbirth with fetal or placental pathology indicative of hemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN)
- Maternal alloantibody titers for anti-D of >=32, or anti-Kell titers >=4
- Free fetal deoxyribonucleic acid consistent with an antigen-positive fetus (blood sample taken from mother)
- Maternal evidence for Immunity to measles mumps, rubella, and varicella, as documented by serologies performed during Screening. If initial serologies are borderline or negative, they may be repeated at a second lab. Alternatively, vaccination records can be used to support evidence of immunity.
- Screening immunoglobulin G and albumin levels within the laboratory normal range for gestational age of pregnancy
- Willing to receive standard of care with intrauterine transfusion if clinically indicated
- Agree to receive recommended vaccinations per local standard of care for both mother and child throughout the course of the study
- It is recommended that patients are up-to-date on age-appropriate vaccinations prior to screening as per routine local medical guidelines. For study patients who received locally-approved (and including emergency use-authorized) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines recently prior to study entry, follow applicable local vaccine labelling, guidelines, and standard of care for pregnant women receiving immune-targeted therapy when determining an appropriate interval between vaccination and study enrollment
Exclusion Criteria
- Currently pregnant with multiples (twins or more)
- Pre-eclampsia In current pregnancy or history of pre-eclampsia in a previous pregnancy
- Gestational hypertension in the current pregnancy
- Current unstable hypertension
- History of severe or recurrent pyelonephritis, 4 or more lower urinary tract infections in the past year or in a previous pregnancy
- History of genital herpes infection
- Active Infection at Screening or Baseline with Coxsackie, syphilis, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis or herpes simplex 1 or 2, as evidenced by clinical signs and symptoms (evidence for prior Infection or exposure, but without clinical signs and symptoms of active infection is acceptable)
- Active infection with tuberculosis as evidenced by positive QuantiFERON-tuberculosis testing
- Requires treatment with corticosteroids or immunosuppression for disorders unrelated to the pregnancy (use of low-potency topical corticosteroids or intra-articular corticosteroids is permitted)
- Has received or is expected to receive any live virus or bacterial vaccine within 12 weeks prior to screening or has a known need to receive a live vaccine while receiving nipocalimab, or within 12 weeks after the last administration of nipocalimab in the study or has received Bacille Calmett-Guérin (BCG) vaccine within 1 year prior to the first administration of nipocalimab
- Currently receiving an antibody-based drug or an Fc-fusion protein drug
- Received plasmapheresis and/or intravenous immunoglobulin during the current pregnancy for treatment of HDFN
- COVID-19 infection: during the 6 weeks prior to baseline (regardless of vaccination status), have had any of: a) confirmed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus(-2) (SARS-CoV-2) (COVID-19) infection (test positive), or; b) suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection (clinical features without documented test results), or; c) close contact with a person with known or suspected SARS-CoV-2 infection. Exception: may be included with a documented negative result for a validated SARSC
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT03842189). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.