About this trial
Early prediction of major organ damage in SLE needs to dynamically track the evolution of SLE patients before and after the onset of major organ damage, and analyze the microscopic molecular evolution patterns synchronized with the macroscopic pathophysiological changes.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Patients meet the 2012 SLICC classification criteria or 2019 ACR/EULAR classification criteria of SLE.
Disease Duration ≤2 years since SLE diagnosis at baseline
Non-Organ-Threatening Disease, including BILAG-2004 categories A/B/C in neurological, cardiopulmonary, gastrointestinal, ophthalmic, renal, or hematological domains
Disease Activity: Clinical SLEDAI-2K >0 at screening/baseline
Disqualifiers
SLE with coexisting other autoimmune or autoinflammatory diseases, including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, or psoriasis.
SLE with concurrent conditions requiring glucocorticoid therapy, such as asthma or Crohn's disease.
Pregnancy, planned pregnancy, or lactation.
SLE with major organ dysfunction at baseline , including: impaired consciousness or cognitive decline, renal insufficiency, cardiac insufficiency (NYHA Class 3 or 4), pulmonary hypertension or interstitial lung disease, uncontrolled infections
Trial population
Patients diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) at Peking Union Medical College Hospital, who met the inclusion/exclusion criteria and voluntarily provided written informed consent.
Trial design
Cohort
Prospective
Treatments tested in this trial
Antimalarial with or without oral glucocorticosteroid
DrugIntervention one: Antimalarial and Oral Glucocorticosteroid, Prednisone or equivalent dose of glucocorticoid tapering: 0.5\~0.6mg/kg/d(week 0\~2), 0.3\~0.4mg/kg/d(week 3\~4), 15 mg/d(week 5\~6), 10 mg/d(week 7\~8), 7.5 mg /d(week 9\~10), 5 mg/d(week 11\~12), 2.5 mg/d(week 13\~24), \<2.5 mg/d(after week 24);Hydroxychloroquin 6.5mg/kg/d but no more than 400mg/d for initial therapy, and reduce to 4\~5mg/kg/d for maintenance therapy Intervention two: Antimalarial only. Hydroxychloroquin 6.5mg/kg/d but no more than 400mg/d for initial therapy, and reduce to 4\~5mg/kg/d for maintenance therapy
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Occurrence of major organ involvement in SLE
Occurrence of lupus nephritis, immune thrombocytopenia or pulmonary arterial hypertension.
Secondary outcomes
Occurrence of disease activity within 24 weeks
Disease activity was defined as the presence of fever, alopecia, rash, arthritis, mucosal ulcers, myositis, pleurisy, pericarditis, decreased complement levels, or increased anti-ds-DNA antibody levels, etc.
Failure to meet DORIS remission criteria at the end of 24 weeks
DORIS stands for Definitions of remission in systemic lupus erythematosus. Clinical remission was defined as: 1. cSLEDAI (SLEDAI-2K Clinical Indicator) = 0 (except for low complement and anti-dsDNA positivity) 2. PGA \<0.5 points 3. No oral glucocorticoids 4. Immunosuppressants (except CTX) and biologics are stable, antimalarials are available
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