Efficacy and Safety of Telitacicept in the Treatment of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis

Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phasePhase 2
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age18+
SponsorPeking University People's Hospital

About this trial

This study is a multicenter, open-label, randomized controlled trial designed to preliminarily evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in patients with refractory rheumatoid arthritis during a 24-week treatment period followed by a 2-week follow-up period.

Eligibility criteria

This trial does not accept healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Male and Female participants of age >18 years will be enrolled;

Meet the 2021 EULAR criteria for the diagnosis of difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis;

The dose of prednisone should be ≤10 mg or equivalent dose of corticosteroids, and the dose must remain unchanged for at least 4 weeks;

Consent to use effective contraception during the study period (women of childbearing age);

Disqualifiers

Those with specific allergy history (asthma, urticaria, eczema, etc.), or allergic constitution, or hypersensitivity to any component of telitacicept;

Subjects who have received intra-articular, intravenous, intramuscular, or intrarectal (excluding suppositories for anal diseases) corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to baseline;

Subjects who have used Tripterygium wilfordii glycosides, total glucosides of paeony, Huobahuagen tablets, or other immunosuppressive or anti-inflammatory traditional Chinese medicines or decoctions within 4 weeks prior to baseline;

Subjects currently using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (excluding acetaminophen) whose dose has not been stable for 4 weeks prior to randomization, or who are unable to continue treatment at the original dose during the trial;

Trial design

Design model

Parallel

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Telitacicept 160mg

    Biological/Vaccine

    Telitacicept 160 mg will be administered subcutaneously once weekly for 24 consecutive weeks.

  • Standard therapy

    Drug

    Standard therapy includes DMARDs, GCs, and NSAIDs.

Treatment groups

420 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups
Group A: Telitacicept plus standard therapy groupExperimental treatment 2 interventions
Group B: Standard therapy groupActive comparator 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

ACR20 response rate

Time frame
Week 24

Secondary outcomes

1

ACR50 and ACR70 response rates

Time frame
Week 24
2

Change from baseline in SDAI

Time frame
Week 24
3

The proportion of subjects achieving SDAI ≤ 3.3

Time frame
Week 24
4

Change from baseline in CDAI

Time frame
Week 24

Other outcomes

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