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    <submissionType>SCHEDULE 13G</submissionType>
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          <!-- Field: Pseudo-Tag; ID: Name; Data: SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC -->
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      <securitiesClassTitle>Class A Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>12/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
      <issuerInfo>
        <issuerCik>0001661059</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NextCure, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerCusip>65343E207</issuerCusip>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
          <com:street1>9000 Virginia Manor Road</com:street1>
          <com:street2>Suite 200</com:street2>
          <com:city>Beltsville</com:city>
          <com:stateOrCountry>MD</com:stateOrCountry>
          <com:zipCode>20705</com:zipCode>
        </issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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      <designateRulesPursuantThisScheduleFiled>
        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>SilverArc Capital Management, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>DE</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>176057.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>176057.00</sharedDispositivePower>
      </reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>176057.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
      <aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>N</aggregateAmountExcludesCertainSharesFlag>
      <classPercent>5.02</classPercent>
      <typeOfReportingPerson>IA</typeOfReportingPerson>
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      <reportingPersonName>Devesh Gandhi</reportingPersonName>
      <citizenshipOrOrganization>X1</citizenshipOrOrganization>
      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedNumberOfShares>
        <soleVotingPower>0.00</soleVotingPower>
        <sharedVotingPower>176057.00</sharedVotingPower>
        <soleDispositivePower>0.00</soleDispositivePower>
        <sharedDispositivePower>176057.00</sharedDispositivePower>
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      <reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>176057.00</reportingPersonBeneficiallyOwnedAggregateNumberOfShares>
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      <typeOfReportingPerson>IN</typeOfReportingPerson>
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        <issuerName>NextCure, INC.</issuerName>
        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>9000 Virginia Manor Road, Suite 200, Beltsville, MD 20705</issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>
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        <filingPersonName>SilverArc Capital Management, LLC ("SilverArc") and Devesh Gandhi ("Gandhi" and together with SilverArc, the "Reporting Persons")</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>20 Park Plaza, Suite 620

Boston, MA 02116.</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>SilverArc is a Delaware limited liability company.  Gandhi is a citizen of the United States.</citizenship>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>IA</typeOfPersonFiling>
        <typeOfPersonFiling>HC</typeOfPersonFiling>
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        <amountBeneficiallyOwned>176057</amountBeneficiallyOwned>
        <classPercent>5.02</classPercent>
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          <solePowerOrDirectToDispose>0</solePowerOrDirectToDispose>
          <sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>176057</sharedPowerOrDirectToDispose>
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      <item5>
        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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      <item6>
        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>As of the date of this Report, SilverArc, an investment adviser registered under Section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 176,057 shares, or 5.02% of the Common Stock believed to be outstanding, as a result of acting as investment adviser to various clients. Gandhi is the Sole Member of SilverArc and as such is deemed to be the beneficial owner of 176,057 shares, or 5.02% of the Common Stock believed to be outstanding. Clients of SilverArc have the right to receive and the ultimate power to direct the receipt of dividends from, or the proceeds of the sale of, such securities. SilverArc Capital Alpha Fund I, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership for which SilverArc acts as an investment adviser, may be deemed to beneficially own 6,162 of these 176,057 shares, which equates to 0.18% of the Common Stock believed to be outstanding. SilverArc Capital Alpha Fund II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership for which SilverArc acts as an investment adviser, may be deemed to beneficially own 169,895 of these 176,057 shares, which equates to 4.85% of the Common Stock believed to be outstanding.</ownershipMoreThan5PercentOnBehalfOfAnotherPerson>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>Y</notApplicableFlag>
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        <notApplicableFlag>N</notApplicableFlag>
        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.</certifications>
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    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>SilverArc Capital Management, LLC</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Devesh S. Gandhi</signature>
        <title>Sole Member of SilverArc Capital Management, LLC</title>
        <date>02/10/2026</date>
      </signatureDetails>
    </signatureInformation>
    <signatureInformation>
      <reportingPersonName>Devesh Gandhi</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Devesh S. Gandhi</signature>
        <title>Sole Member of SilverArc Capital Management, LLC</title>
        <date>02/10/2026</date>
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