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 volunteersQualifiers
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
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Telitacicept 160mg
Biological/VaccineTelitacicept 160 mg will be administered subcutaneously once weekly for 24 consecutive weeks.
Standard therapy
DrugStandard therapy includes DMARDs, GCs, and NSAIDs.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
ACR20 response rate
Secondary outcomes
ACR50 and ACR70 response rates
Change from baseline in SDAI
The proportion of subjects achieving SDAI ≤ 3.3
Change from baseline in CDAI
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