Culver, Emma L.
Baker, Matthew C.
Della-Torre, Emanuel
Zhang, Wen
Perugino, Cory A.
Wells, Audrey
Mamuye, Admasu
Quinn, Shauna M.
Poma, Allen
Greene, Thomas J.
Stone, John H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Zenas BioPharma, Inc.
Article History
Received: 22 December 2025
Accepted: 10 February 2026
First Online: 16 March 2026
Declarations
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: Emma L. Culver has participated in advisory boards and consulting for Amgen, Zenas BioPharma, Sanofi, Acepodia, Ipsen, Mirum, GSK, Dr Falk Pharma, and Gilead, and receives research support from the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre. Matthew C. Baker has received fees from Amgen, Sanofi, Zenas BioPharma, argenx, Eli Lilly, Gilead, and Neurocrine. Emanuel Della-Torre has participated in advisory boards and consulting for Amgen, Zenas BioPharma, Sanofi, and Acepodia. Wen Zhang has participated in advisory boards and consulting for Amgen, Zenas BioPharma, Sanofi, and Acepodia. Cory A. Perugino has received consulting fees from Amgen, Sanofi, and Acepodia. Audrey Wells, Admasu Mamuye, Shauna M. Quinn, Allen Poma, and Thomas J. Greene are employees of Zenas BioPharma, Inc. and may hold stock or stock options in the company. John H. Stone has received grants from the National Institutes of Health (UM1 AI144295) and Q32Bio, serves as Chair of a Data and Safety Monitoring Board for Merck, and has received consulting fees from Amgen, Zenas, Sanofi, AcepodiaBio, Novartis, HingeBio, ZipBio, and Argenx.
: The INDIGO study protocol has been approved by relevant health authorities and institutional review boards and was activated at 114 sites in Argentina, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and United States. The trial is conducted in accordance with consensus ethical principles derived from the Declaration of Helsinki and applicable International Council for Harmonisation–Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP) guidelines. All patients provide written informed consent prior to any study procedures.