A Phase 3 Study of Obexelimab in Patients With IgG4-Related Disease

Last updated: October 23, 2025
Sponsor: Zenas BioPharma (USA), LLC
Overall Status: Active - Not Recruiting

Phase

3

Condition

N/A

Treatment

Obexelimab

Placebo

Clinical Study ID

NCT05662241
ZB012-03-001
  • Ages > 18
  • All Genders

Study Summary

This study aims to examine the efficacy and safety of obexelimab for the prevention of flare of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD)

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. Males and females, ≥ 18 years of age

  2. Clinical diagnosis of IgG4-RD

  3. Patients must meet the 2019 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for IgG4-RD

  4. Patients must have active IgG4-RD signs/symptoms (i.e., flare) that require theinitiation of GC therapy or the increase in background long-term GC therapy

  5. Other inclusion criteria apply

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Has disease in only 1 organ system whose primary manifestation is fibrosis

  2. Has received prednisone equivalent given orally at a dose greater than 60 mg/daywithin the 4 weeks prior to screening or during screening

  3. Has received a non-biologic, disease-modifying anti-rheumatological drug orimmunosuppressive agent other than GCs within the 2 weeks prior to screening

  4. Has received an investigational treatment or direct medical intervention on anotherclinical study within 12 weeks or < 5 half-lives of the investigational treatment,whichever is shorter, prior to screening

  5. Has received live vaccine or live therapeutic infectious agent within the 2 weeksprior to screening

  6. Active tuberculosis or high risk for tuberculosis; hepatitis C infection in absenceof curative treatment; evidence of hepatitis B infection

  7. Use of B cell depleting or targeting agents within 6 months of randomization

  8. Other exclusion criteria apply

Study Design

Total Participants: 194
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Obexelimab
Phase: 3
Study Start date:
September 30, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
February 15, 2029

Study Description

This study consists of a 1-year randomized control period (RCP), followed by an additional 3-year open label extension (OLE) period.

To enter the Screening Period (Day -28 to Day -1), patients must have active IgG4-RD signs/symptoms (i.e., flare) that require steroid therapy. On Day 1, patients will be randomized in a ratio of 1:1 to receive either obexelimab or placebo administered as subcutaneous (SC) injections. All patients will begin a steroid taper on Day 1 to discontinuation by Week 8.

Patients will be monitored for flares during scheduled in clinic visits and any unscheduled visits. The primary endpoint is time to first IgG4-RD flare that requires initiation of rescue therapy in the opinion of the investigator and the Adjudication Committee (AC).

Following the 52-week RCP, patients will have the opportunity to continue in an OLE period where all patients will receive obexelimab. During the OLE, a subset of patients may be eligible to participate in a sub-study evaluating the immune response to vaccination while receiving obexelimab treatment. Patients who do not wish to enroll into the OLE period will return for an in-clinic safety follow-up visit 8 weeks after the Week 52 visit (i.e., Week 60).

Including screening and follow-up, the maximum duration of participation in this study for an individual patient is 224 weeks (i.e., 28-day screening, 52-week RCP, 156-week OLE, and a 12-week follow-up).

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  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires,
    Argentina

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  • Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires

    Buenos Aires 3435910,
    Argentina

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  • Consultora Integral de Salud Centro Médico Privado

    Córdoba,
    Argentina

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  • Artus Health Centre

    Vancouver, British Columbia
    Canada

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  • Artus Health Centre

    Vancouver 6173331, British Columbia 5909050
    Canada

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  • Center for Clinical Research (Nova Scotia Health)

    Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Canada

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  • Center for Clinical Research (Nova Scotia Health)

    Halifax 6324729, Nova Scotia 6091530
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke CHUS

    Sherbrooke, Quebec
    Canada

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  • Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Sherbrooke CHUS

    Sherbrooke 6146143, Quebec 6115047
    Canada

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  • Anhui Provincial Hospital

    Hefei, Anhui
    China

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    Beijing, Beijing
    China

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    Beijing, Beijing
    China

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    Beijing, Beijing
    China

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    Beijing, Beijing
    China

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    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349
    China

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    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349
    China

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    Beijing 1816670, Beijing Municipality 2038349
    China

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  • The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University

    Shijia Zhuang, Hebei
    China

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    Shijiazhuang 1795270, Hebei 1808773
    China

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  • Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology

    Wuhai, Hubei 1806949
    China

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    Zhuzhou, Hunan
    China

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    Nanjing, Jiangsu
    China

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    Chang chun, Jilin
    China

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    Yantai, Shandong
    China

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    Yantai 1787093, Shandong 1796328
    China

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    Shanghai, Shanghai
    China

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    Shanghai, Shanghai
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    Shanghai 1796236, Shanghai Municipality 1796231
    China

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    Taiyuan, Shanxi
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    Taiyuan, Shanxi
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    Xi'an, Shanxi
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    Taiyuan 1793511, Shanxi 1795912
    China

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    Chengdu, Sichuan
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    Chengdu 1815286, Sichuan 1794299
    China

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    Tianjin, Tianjin
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    Hangzhou, Zhejiang
    China

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    Pessac, Bordeaux 33604
    France

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    Pessac 2987805, Bordeaux 33604
    France

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    Saint-Pierre, Marseille 13005
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    Saint-Pierre 11919821, Marseille 13005
    France

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    Dijon,
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    Nantes, 44093
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    Paris,
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    Paris,
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    Paris 2988507,
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    Paris 2988507,
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    Strasbourg,
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    München 2867713, Bavaria 2951839
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    Böhlen, Sachsen
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    Berlin,
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    Essen,
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    Ulm,
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    Ulm 2820256,
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    Hong Kong,
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    Pécs, Baranya 7632
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    Szeged, Csongrad
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    Budapest,
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    Pavia, Milan 27100
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    Turin 3165524, Piedmont 3170831 10128
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    Torino, Piemonte 10128
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    Brescia, 25123
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    Brescia 3181554, 25123
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    Firenze,
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    Florence 3176959,
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    Milan 6951411,
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    Pisa,
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    Verona, 37134
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    Verona 3164527, 37134
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    Kitakyushu, Fukuoka 807-8555
    Japan

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    Kokura, Fukuoka
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    Japan

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    Kokura 1858956, Fukuoka 1863958
    Japan

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    Kanazawa 1860243, Ishikawa-ken 1861387
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    Kanazawa-Shi, Isikawa
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    Miki, Kagawa
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    Hiragi 9199689, Kagawa-ken 1860834
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    Sendai, Miyagi
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    Matsumoto, Nagano 390-8621
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    Matsumoto 1857519, Nagano 1856210 390-8621
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    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo 1850144
    Japan

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    Minato-ku, Tokyo 1850144
    Japan

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    Shinjuku-Ku, Tokyo 1850144
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    Toyama shi, Toyama
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    Toyama 1849876, Toyama 1849872
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    Hirakata,
    Japan

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    Hirakata 1862540,
    Japan

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    Hiroshima,
    Japan

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    Hiroshima 1862415,
    Japan

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    Ibaraki,
    Japan

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    Kawasaki,
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    Kawasaki 1859642,
    Japan

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    Kobe,
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    Meguro,
    Japan

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    Meguro City 11790374,
    Japan

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    Nagaoka,
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    Nagaoka 1856199,
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    Nagasaki,
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    Nagasaki 1856177,
    Japan

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    Neyagawa,
    Japan

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    Niigata,
    Japan

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    Ono,
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    Ono 1854026,
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    Osaka,
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    Osaka,
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    Osaka 1853909,
    Japan

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    Sapporo,
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    Sapporo 2128295,
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    Shinjuku-Ku,
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    Seoul, 03080
    Korea, Republic of

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    Suwon, 206
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    Mexico City 3530597, Mexico City 3527646
    Mexico

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    Mexico City,
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    San Luis Potosí,
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    San Luis Potosí City 3985606,
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    Groningen, 9713
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    Warsaw 756135, Masovian Voivodeship 858787
    Poland

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    Warszawa, Mazowieckie
    Poland

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    Bydgoszcz,
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    Bydgoszcz 3102014,
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    Wrocław, 52-416
    Poland

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    Seoul 1835848, Seoul 1835847 03080
    South Korea

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    Suwon 1835553, 206
    South Korea

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    Madrid 3117735, Madrid 3117732 28034
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    Barcelona, 08907
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    Barcelona, 08025
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    Barcelona, 08035
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    Barcelona 3128760, 08025
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    Barcelona 3128760, 08035
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    Madrid, 28041
    Spain

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    Madrid, 28034
    Spain

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    Sevilla,
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    Seville 2510911,
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    Malmö, 21428
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    Kaohsiung,
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    Kaohsiung City 1673820,
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    Taichung City, 404327
    Taiwan

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    Taipei, 110
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    Taipei,
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    Taipei 1668341,
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    Taoyuan, 333
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    Taoyuan District 1667905, 333
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    Altındağ, Ankara 06230
    Turkey

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    Pendik, Istanbul
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    Istanbul,
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    Istanbul,
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    Altındağ 323933, Ankara 323784 06230
    Turkey (Türkiye)

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    Pendik 740616, Istanbul 745042
    Turkey (Türkiye)

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    London,
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    Oxford,
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    Oxford 2640729,
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    Phoenix, Arizona 85032
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    Fresno, California 93291
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    Stanford, California 94305
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    Walnut Creek, California 94598
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    Stanford 5398563, California 5332921 94305
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    Plantation, Florida 33324
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    Chicago, Illinois 60612
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    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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