About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if CIT-013 works to treat rheumatoid arthritis in adults. It will also learn about the safety of CIT-013. The main questions it aims to answer are:
Does CIT-013 lower the disease activity of RA patients? What medical problems do participants have when receiving CIT-013? Researchers will compare CIT-013 to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if CIT-013 works to treat the symptoms of RA.
Participants will:
Take receive CIT-013 or placebo every other week for 6 weeks and 50 mg CIT-013 for 6 weeks Visit the clinic once every 2 weeks for checkups and tests Keep monitor their symptoms during this period
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
Male or female patients with RA according to the 2010 classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) ≥ 3 months prior to screening
Aged 18-85
DAS28-CRP ≥ 3.2, with ≥ 3 Swollen Joints, and ≥ 3 Tender Joints, and CRP ≥ ULN at screening and confirmed prior to randomization
Stable on a conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drug for ≥ 4 weeks (csDMARD). This drug must have been used for ≥ 3 months.
Disqualifiers
High clinical activity or disease severity requiring the immediate start of a biological DMARD (bDMARD) or targeted synthetic DMARD (tsDMARD).
Contra-indication for CIT-013
Current inflammatory joint disease other than RA (Sjogren with active disease is included).
≥ 1 week for etanercept;
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
CIT-013 low dose
DrugSubcutaneous injection
CIT-013 high dose
DrugSubcutaneous injection
Placebo
DrugSubcutaneous injection
CIT-013 medium dose
DrugCIT-013 medium dose
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
The change in DAS28-CRP at week 6 compared to baseline
Efficacy of CIT-013
Secondary outcomes
Incidence of TEAEs as assessed by CTCAE
Safety and tolerability of CIT-013
Maximum Plasma Concentration of CIT-013 before doses
CIT-013 levels