🏛️ Verified NIH Record • Updated 2026-07-27

A Study Evaluating the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, and Efficacy of Crovalimab Versus Eculizumab in Participants With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Currently Treated With Complement Inhibitors (NCT04432584)

A Phase III, Randomized, Open-label, Active-controlled, Multicenter Study Evaluating the Safety, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamic and Efficacy of Crovalimab Versus Eculizumab in Patients With Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria (PNH) Currently Treated With Complement Inhibitors

🔵 Active, Not Recruiting Phase3 💊 Investigational Drug / Biologic Sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche

🩺 Plain-English Summary (8th-Grade Level)

A study designed to evaluate the safety of crovalimab with eculizumab in participants with PNH currently treated with complement inhibitors. This study will enroll approximately 190 participants.

Who can join: To join this study, participants generally need to meet the listed inclusion criteria (7 items) and avoid the listed exclusions (8 items).

Location: Carolinas Healthcare System — Charlotte, North Carolina

Age range: 2 Years

🧪 Interventions in This Study

📋 "Do I Qualify?" — 1-Minute Self Screener

Instant Checklist

Check every box below. If you can check all of them, you may meet the study's basic screening requirements (final eligibility is confirmed by the site team).

Usually NOT eligible if any of the following apply:

  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • History of allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
  • History of myelodysplastic syndrome with Revised International Prognostic Scoring System (IPSS-R) prognostic risk categories of intermediate, high and very high
  • Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant during the study, within 10.5 months after the final dose of crovalimab, or 3 months after the final dose of eculizumab (or longer if required by the local product label)
  • Participation in another interventional treatment study with an investigational agent or use of any experimental therapy within 28 days of screening or within 5 half-lives of that investigational product, whichever was greater: participants enrolled in an eculizumab or ravulizumab interventional study are eligible provided they fulfill eligibility (e.g., are willing and able to comply with the study assessments) and stop their participation in current trial before randomisation/enrolment
  • Positive for Active Hepatitis B and C infection (HBV/HCV)
  • Concurrent disease, treatment, procedure, or surgery or abnormality in clinical laboratory tests that could interfere with the conduct of the study, may pose any additional risk for the participant, or would, in the opinion of the investigator, preclude the participant's safe participation in and completion of the study
  • History of or ongoing cryoglobulinemia at screening

🔍 Extracted verbatim from the official NIH eligibility criteria. Always confirm with the study coordinator.

📍 All Participating Trial Locations (80 Sites)

Showing the first 25 of 80 sites.

  • Carolinas Healthcare System — Charlotte, North Carolina
  • Nationwide Children's Hospital — Columbus, Ohio
  • Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc — Brussels,
  • AZ Delta Campus Westlaan — Roeselare,
  • Chronos Pesquisa Clinica — Taguatinga, Federal District
  • Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre X — Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul
  • Instituto Joinvilense de Hematologia E Oncologia — Joinville, Santa Catarina
  • Hospital das Clínicas FMRP-USP — Ribeirão Preto, São Paulo
  • *X*CEPHO - Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas em Hematologia e Oncologia — Santo André, São Paulo
  • Hospital Sírio-Libanês — São Paulo, São Paulo
  • Hospital Paulistano — São Paulo, São Paulo
  • Beneficencia Portuguesa de Sao Paulo — São Paulo,
  • Ustav hematologie a krevni transfuze — Prague,
  • North Estonia Medical Centre Foundation — Tallinn,
  • Hopital Claude Huriez - CHU Lille — Lille,
  • Institut Paoli Calmette — Marseille,
  • Universitaetsklinikum Aachen AOeR — Aachen,
  • ELBLANDKLINIKUM Riesa — Riesa,
  • General Hospital of Athens LAIKO — Athens,
  • Attikon University General Hospital — Athens,
  • Prince of Wales Hospital — Hong Kong,
  • Semmelweis Egyetem — Budapest,
  • St James's Hospital — Dublin,
  • Azienda Unita Sanitaria Locale- Ravenna — Ravenna, Emilia-Romagna

💰 Cost, Insurance & Patient Rights

  • 100% Free Items: The investigational treatment and protocol-required procedures are supplied at zero cost by the sponsor.
  • Routine Patient Care: Under federal law (ACA § 2709) and many state statutes, routine care costs are covered during participation.
  • Voluntary Participation: You may withdraw at any time without affecting your standard medical care.

💡 How to Participate

  1. Check the checklist above to see if you may qualify.
  2. Review the official NIH record below to find the coordinating site.
  3. Ask about the visit schedule, what is covered at no cost, and any travel support.
  4. Confirm with your own doctor before making a decision.
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