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41 recruiting in this ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot · reviewed 2026-08-17

Lupus clinical trials, in English

SLE and lupus nephritis are often separate NCT records. SLEDAI scores, steroid dose, and kidney-biopsy class appear frequently. Pregnancy and live-vaccine rules are typical exclusions. Confirm lab cutoffs on ClinicalTrials.gov. Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Not a recommendation to join any study.

How to read this list

Each headline is a rewrite of registry fields (phase, intervention, condition). Open the NCT link before you call a site. Eligibility is decided by the study team, not by this page. See how to find a trial and eligibility explained.

Phases in this snapshot: Not a traditional drug phase (12) · Phase 3 (9) · Phase 1 (9) · Phase 2 (6) · Phase 4 (3) · Phase 1 / Phase 2 (1) · Phase 2 / Phase 3 (1)

Cities that appear on these records

  • Warsaw, Poland · 14
  • Sofia, Bulgaria · 12
  • Taipei, Taiwan · 12
  • Bucharest, Romania · 11
  • Seoul, South Korea · 11
  • Barcelona, Spain · 11
  • Roma, Italy · 11
  • São Paulo, Brazil · 10

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Intervention hubs that overlap this snapshot: CAR-T therapy · Dapagliflozin · Adalimumab · Risankizumab

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBethesda, Maryland
Study of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

This protocol will evaluate patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and their relatives to learn more about how the disease develops and changes over time. It will also study genetic factors that make a person susceptible to SLE.

NCT00001372 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBethesda, Maryland
Immune System Related Kidney Disease

Kidney diseases related to the immune system include, nephrotic syndrome, glomerulonephritis, membranous nephropathy, lupus nephritis, and nephritis associated with connective tissue disorders. This study will allow researchers to admit and follow patients suffering from autoimmune diseases of the kidney.

NCT00001979 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

RecruitingPhase 2Loma Linda, California
Phase 2: testing Obinutuzumab for Lupus Nephritis

This phase II, randomly assigned, neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment, compared with a dummy treatment study is designed to measure the safety, how well it works and pharmacokinetics (PK) of obinutuzumab in adolescent participants (AP) aged 12 to less than 18 with biopsy-confirmed proliferative lupus nephritis (LN). It will also evaluate open label safety and PK of obinutuzumab in pediatric participants (PP), aged 5 to \<12 with LN.

NCT05039619 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Hoffmann-La Roche

RecruitingPhase 4New York, New York
Phase 4: testing Herpes Zoster Subunit (HZ/su) Vaccine for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

This randomly assigned, neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment, compared with a dummy treatment, non-inferiority crossover study will measure the Herpes Zoster Sunbit (HZ/su) vaccine in SLE patients in order to evaluate safety and immunogenicity in patients with variable baseline clinical activities, ages and immunosuppressant exposures. The investigators hypothesize that HZ/su administration will be non-inferior to dummy treatment (placebo) with respect to the risk of moderate or severe SLE flare(s) occurring within 24 weeks of receiving the first dose of the assigned treatment.

NCT05559671 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · NYU Langone Health

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseManhasset, New York
Not a traditional drug phase: Electroencephalography (EEG) signals, which will be detected noninvasively from dry scalp surface electrodes while the subjects are in a state of wakeful rest. for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) often experience a frustrating decline of their cognitive skills that includes considerable problems in attention, learning, and memory. This lupus-related cognitive dysfunction (termed SLE-CD) is recognized as the most prevalent of the nineteen neuropsychiatric SLE syndromes, as it affects up to 80% of patients and can significantly decrease their quality of life.

NCT06378736 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Northwell Health

RecruitingPhase 2Montreal, Quebec
Phase 2: testing Inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) at baseline for COVID 19

The goal of this pragmatic embedded open-label, 2 x 2 factorial phase II randomly assigned controlled trial is to evaluate strategies to improve COVID-19 booster and influenza vaccine immunogenicity in people living with immunocompromising conditions (PLIC). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.

NCT06599658 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

RecruitingPhase 1Melbourne, Victoria
Phase 1: testing SAR448501 for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This is an open-label, multi-ascending dose (MAD) phase 1 study, with dose expansion at selected doses, in adult patients with select autoimmune rheumatic diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of the study is to identify possible optimal dose(s) by assessing the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical response of SAR448501/DR-0201.

NCT06647069 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Sanofi

RecruitingPhase 3Orchard Park, New York
Phase 3: testing Ianalumab for Lupus Nephritis

The purpose of this up to 6-year extension study is the evaluation of the how well it works and safety 1. after study treatment withdrawal in patients with lupus nephritis (LN) who achieved response (complete renal response \[CRR\] or partial renal response \[PRR\]) on neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment treatment at the end of the SIRIUS-LN core study, and 2.

NCT06711887 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Novartis Pharmaceuticals

RecruitingPhase 1Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Phase 1: testing YTS109 cell for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This study evaluates the safety and how well it works of YTS109 cells in adults with relapsed/refractory autoimmune diseases, such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), etc. Aproximately 6-12 patients aged 18-65 will receive a single infusion of YTS109 cells (1.5×10⁶ cells/kg).

NCT06978647 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · China Immunotech (Beijing) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseNijmegen, Gelderland
SKIN Disease Profiling by an Exploratory, pRospective, Biomarker Study in dermatoloGY Practice (SKINERGY)

The goal of this watch-and-measure (no experimental treatment required) study is to comprehensively profile six immune-mediated inflammatory diseases, including atopic dermatitis (AD), plaque psoriasis (PSO), hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), cutaneous T-cell lymphoma subtype mycosis fungoides (MF), chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU), and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) in daily practice. Data will be compared with data from healthy volunteers.

NCT07021495 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Leiden University Medical Center

RecruitingPhase 1Phoenix, Arizona
Phase 1: testing Cyclophosphamide for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (With and Without Nephritis)

This is a first-in-human, single-arm, open-label study evaluating the safety, tolerability, and preliminary how well it works of ALLO-329 in adults with autoimmune diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with and without renal involvement, idiopathic inflammatory myopathy (IIM), and systemic sclerosis (SSc).The purpose of this trial is to measure the whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with of ALLO-329, an allogeneic anti-CD19, anti-CD70 dual chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, in adults with autoimmune disorders, provide initial evidence of biological activity and clinical response to the treatment and determine the recommended Phase 2 regimen (RP2R).

NCT07085104 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Allogene Therapeutics

RecruitingPhase 2New York, New York
Phase 2: testing Methotrexate for Rheumatic Disease

This study wants to assess the incidence of rheumatologic flares, changes in pain scores (VAS), changes in functional outcomes (PROMIS), wound complications, surgical site infections, and return trips to the operating room for rheumatology patients following shoulder replacements, comparing those who stop their immunosuppressants preoperatively for the same amount of time as suggested in the literature for hip and knee arthroplasty versus those who hold the medications for a shorter period of time preoperatively.

NCT07138898 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · NYU Langone Health

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseLa Jolla, California
Not a traditional drug phase: testing Current standard of care treatment options for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This study wants to characterize the how well it works and safety of current standard of care treatment options in participants with active systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE; including lupus nephritis) with inadequate response to glucocorticoids and at least two immunosuppressants

NCT07175285 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Bristol-Myers Squibb

RecruitingPhase 4Boston, Massachusetts
Phase 4: testing Dapagliflozin (10Mg Tab) along with standard medical therapy for Lupus Nephritis (LN)

Lupus nephritis is a chronic and life-threatening autoimmune cause of kidney disease that predominately impacts young people and can lead to kidney failure. Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors, including dapagliflozin, are known to improve outcomes for people with other causes of chronic kidney disease.

NCT07323524 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Brigham and Women's Hospital

RecruitingPhase 3Anniston, Alabama
Phase 3: testing Anifrolumab for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

The purpose of the SUNFLOWER study is to describe clinical outcomes, including DORIS remission, achieved following the initiation of anifrolumab 120 mg SC once weekly (QW) as add-on therapy to an anti-malarial, with or without GC; in patients not in LLDAS at enrolment. Patients will be naïve to any prior conventional immunosuppressant including prior biologic therapy at enrolment.

NCT07430306 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · AstraZeneca

RecruitingPhase 4Alicante, Alicante
Phase 4: testing High-intensity lipid-lowering therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

PREVENER is a randomly assigned, open-label, multicenter, phase IV clinical trial designed to measure the how well it works and safety of a carotid ultrasound-based strategy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD). Patients with IRD, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have a 50% higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events compared to the general population.

NCT07611747 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

RecruitingPhase 1Brisbane, Queensland
Phase 1: testing HBM7020 for Rheumatoid Arthritis

This first-in-human study evaluates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and immunogenicity of HBM7020. The study will enroll healthy participants at low doses, followed by participants with moderate to severe autoimmune diseases with predominant B-cell involvement.

NCT07649265 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

RecruitingPhase 3Phoenix, Arizona
Phase 3: testing Anifrolumab for Systemic Sclerosis Cutaneous Lupus E Myopathies Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

This study wants to provide continued access to anifrolumab to eligible participants who are continuing to derive clinical benefit from treatment at the end of a parent clinical study, as assessed by the Investigator, while monitoring whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with. Study details include: * Participants can transition in ROSY-S once they complete their participation in the parent study and should have received at least one dose of anifrolumab in the parent study.

NCT07691970 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · AstraZeneca

RecruitingPhase 3Troy, Michigan
Phase 3: testing Enpatoran for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This study wants to measure the long-term safety and how well it works of orally administered enpatoran in participants with cutaneous manifestations of lupus erythematosus who have completed the Elowen-1 (MS504908\_0001) (NCT07332481) and Elowen-2 (MS504908\_0008) (NCT07355218) study treatment and to provide participants an opportunity to receive active treatment with enpatoran for up to 108 weeks in this open-label study. Study details include: Study Duration: 120 weeks.

NCT07840287 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · EMD Serono Research & Development Institute, Inc.

RecruitingPhase 2 / Phase 3San Diego, California
Phase 2 / Phase 3: testing Afimetoran for Cutaneous Lupus Erythematosus (CLE)

This study is evaluating whether afimetoran, an investigational oral medicine that blocks toll-like receptors 7 and 8 (TLR7/TLR8), can improve skin disease in adults with active cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE), with or without systemic lupus, whose disease has not responded to or who cannot tolerate antimalarial therapy. Participants are assigned by chance to receive afimetoran or a matching dummy treatment (placebo) capsule once daily for 24 weeks, in addition to their existing standard lupus care.

NCT07881120 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Beeline Medicines Corporation

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseRawalpindi, Punjab Province
Not a traditional drug phase: no active ingredient for SLE - Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a complex autoimmune disorder that affects individuals globally, yet there is a significant lack of data regarding its prevalence and management, particularly in Asian populations like Pakistan. To address this gap, we are initiating a groundbreaking project to establish a Lupus Registry in Pakistan.

NCT07902622 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Foundation University Islamabad

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseCambridge, Cambridgeshire
Not a traditional drug phase: testing Anifrolumab for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

People with systemic lupus erythematous (SLE) have an increased risk of premature atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, which is believed to be caused by arterial inflammation. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects an interferon-targeting drug (anifrolumab) used for the treatment of active SLE on arterial inflammation.

NCT07913919 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · University of Cambridge

FAQ: Lupus trials

How do I find recruiting Lupus clinical trials?

This hub lists 41 recruiting Lupus studies from a ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot, rewritten in plain English. Each card links to its NCT record. You can also search the official registry for “systemic lupus erythematosus” at https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=systemic%20lupus%20erythematosus.

What does a Lupus trial page on PlainTrials include?

A phase explainer, a plain-English summary grounded in the brief summary, inclusion/exclusion extracted from the public eligibility block, sponsor name, and any central contact the sponsor published. It is not a match to a trial.

Where are Lupus studies located in this snapshot?

Sites that appear on these records include Warsaw, Poland; Sofia, Bulgaria; Taipei, Taiwan; Bucharest, Romania; Seoul, South Korea. A city on a record is not a guarantee that the site is taking new patients this week — call the NCT contact.

Can PlainTrials tell me if I qualify for a Lupus study?

No. Eligibility is decided by the study team using the protocol, labs, and consent. Our “who it is for” list is a readable extract of public inclusion text only.

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