Status:

UNKNOWN

Tofacitinib in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis-related Interstitial Lung Disease.

Lead Sponsor:

National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, Mexico

Conditions:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Interstitial Lung Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

18+ years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

Nowadays, no single drug is approved to treat rheumatoid arthritis-related interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD). The medical management of this clinical condition is empirical and controversial. There i...

Detailed Description

This is a phase 2 open-label study designed to evaluate the safety and tolerability of tofacitinib in RA-ILD patients. Patients who met the inclusion criteria of the study protocol will receive tofaci...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients must fulfill ACR/EULAR 2010 RA classification criteria.
  • Patients must have an interstitial lung disease confirmed by a high-resolution computed tomography scan or a surgical lung biopsy. Nonspecific interstitial pneumonia, usual interstitial pneumonia, lymphocytic pneumonia, and organized pneumonia, either by HRCT or surgical biopsy, will be included.
  • Patients must be 18 years of age or older.
  • There is no evidence of active, latent, or inadequately treated infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB).
  • Patients must discontinue using the non-permitted medications: leflunomide, azathioprine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, cyclophosphamide, and any biologic disease-modifying drug (bDMDARDs) such as anti-TNF therapy, rituximab, tocilizumab, etc. Patients must have a stable prednisone dose of ≤ 10 mg/ PO/day for at least three months.
  • All patients must have stable doses of prednisone during the last three months of follow-up, and the prednisone dose must be ≤ 10 mg/day. Patients without a prednisone history in the previous three months may also be included in the protocol.

Exclusion

  • Seropositivity for the following infections: HIV, HBV, and HCV.
  • Absolute neutrophil count ≤ 1,200/L
  • Absolute platelet count ≤ 100,000 /L
  • Severe renal damage with GFR \< 30 ml/min based on CKD-EPI formula.
  • AST or ALT greater than 1.5 times the upper limit of normal AST and ALT levels
  • Severe hepatic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, cardiac, and neurological disease may put the patient´s life at risk regardless of ILD severity.
  • Severe active infections at baseline evaluation, such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, meningitis.
  • 8 History of drug abuse or alcoholism. 9. History of any malignancy 10. Patients with an FVC \< 40% of what is expected will be excluded from the study.
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Key Trial Info

Start Date :

August 8 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

March 2 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05246293

Start Date

August 8 2022

End Date

March 2 2025

Last Update

April 27 2023

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Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ismael Cosío Villegas

Mexico City, Tlalpan, Mexico, 14080