Status:

COMPLETED

A Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Mizoribine in the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis

Lead Sponsor:

Asahi Kasei Pharma Corporation

Conditions:

Lupus Nephritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

PHASE3

Brief Summary

To demonstrate that the treatment effect in lupus nephritis of MZR is non-inferior to that of standard therapy CTX through analyzing overall remission rate after treatment.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patient has been diagnosed with SLE according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria in 1997;
  • Patient who has had a kidney biopsy within 365 days prior to screening which was confirmed as class III, III+V, IV, IV+V, or V according to the pathologic classification of International Society of Nephrology/Renal Pathology Society (ISN/RPS) in 2003;
  • Patient with 24hr-urine protein ≥ 1.0g;
  • SLE-DAI \> 8 ;
  • Male or female patient between 18 and 70 years (inclusive) at informed consent obtained date;
  • Patient with body weight between 40kg and 80kg (inclusive) at screening;
  • Patients who sign the informed consent form;

Exclusion

  • Patient who had history of allergy to any investigational product (MZR, CTX) or hormone;
  • Patient who had received accumulated dosage of CTX \>3g within one year prior to screening.
  • Patient who had received immunosuppressant or Chinese traditional medicine with immunosuppressive effect within 30 days prior to screening;
  • Patient who had received prednisone\>1.0mg/kg/day or equivalent dose of other oral glucocorticoid therapies within 30 days prior to screening;
  • Patient who received other investigational drugs within 30 days prior to screening;
  • Patient who have received plasma exchange therapy or immunoadsorption therapy within 30 days prior to screening;
  • Patient who require pentostatin or live vaccine (not including flu vaccine);
  • Patient who is undergoing renal replacement therapy;
  • Patient who received kidney transplantation;
  • Patient with malignancy;
  • Patient with severe hypertension (SBP \> 160mmHg or DBP \> 100mmHg) which has not been effectively controlled;
  • Patient with white blood cell count \<3×109/L /L(=3.0 GI/L);
  • Patient with SCr \> 176.8μmol/L;
  • Patient who has a value that is \> 3 times of the upper limit of normal range for AST or ALT;
  • Patient with hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV infection;
  • Patient with other serious infections;
  • Patient who is unsuitable for participating in this study in the opinion of investigators ( e.g. uncontrolled diabetes, central nervous system lupus , lupus encephalopathy, active psychosis,osteonecrosis of the femoral head, fulminant hepatitis, peptic ulcer, etc.);
  • Female patient who is pregnant, currently breast feeding or willing to become pregnant;
  • Patient with any other diseases that would affect the evaluation of efficacy or safety.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

November 1 2014

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02256150

Start Date

November 1 2014

End Date

March 1 2019

Last Update

June 7 2019

Active Locations (26)

Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.

Page 1 of 7 (26 locations)

1

Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

2

China-Japan Friendship Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

3

Chinese PLA General Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China

4

Peking University People's Hospital

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China