CalciMedica's KOURAGE Trial Receives FDA Review Approval
CalciMedica announced that the FDA has reviewed a protocol amendment and interim safety data for CalciMedica's Phase 2 KOURAGE trial in patients with Stage 2 or Stage 3 acute kidney injury, or AKI, with associated acute hypoxemic respiratory failure, or AHRF. Following the applicable review period, the Company has received no comments from the FDA on the submission, meaning that CalciMedica may continue to dose patients with Auxora in the study. In March 2026, CalciMedica submitted an amendment to the KOURAGE trial to address design issues, which included refinements to patient inclusion criteria and changes to stratification methodology. The FDA has confirmed that the Clinical Pharmacology team of the Division of Cardiology and Nephrology has no comments regarding this submission. As the KOURAGE trial was never placed on clinical hold, and the decision to pause enrollment was made solely at the discretion of the Company, the FDA is not obligated to respond to the IND amendment. Following more than 60 days of review, the information contained in the amendment has resulted in no comments or questions from the FDA and no clinical hold communication. CalciMedica expects feedback from the FDA on the design of a potential pivotal program evaluating Auxora in acute pancreatitis in the Q3.