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Last refreshed on: 19 April 2022
Main ID:  NCT02903212
Date of registration: 01/09/2016
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Besancon
Public title: Tolerance and Effectiveness of Cell Therapy by Autologous Apoptotic Cells in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis APO-RA
Scientific title: Tolerance and Effectiveness of Cell Therapy by Autologous Apoptotic Cells in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date of first enrolment: March 2023
Target sample size: 22
Recruitment status: Not yet recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02903212
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Contacts
Name:     Charline Vauchy, PhD
Address: 
Telephone: +33381218875
Email: cvauchy@chu-besancon.fr
Affiliation: 
Name:     Eric Toussirot, Professor
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Rhumatology - CHU Besançon
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients with a diagnosis of Rheumatoid arthritis

- Therapy failure with at least one biological agent from anti-TNF-alpha (etanercept,
infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab and golimumab; 3 months at optimal dose),
anti-IL6 (tocilizumab; 3 months); T-cell costimulatory pathway inhibitor (abatacept; 3
months); anti-CD20 (rituximab; 6 months at optimal dose); Anti IL-1 (anakinra; 3
months)

- Disease Activity Score (DAS) DAS28 = 3.2

- Subject has provided written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Pregnant or lactating women

- Inflammatory arthritis other than rheumatoid arthritis

- History of invasive cancer

- Immunodeficiency (HIV infection, Immunosuppressive therapy)

- Active bacterial or viral infections, in particular HCV or HBV.

- Surgery not older than 4 weeks.

- Unstable comorbidities: uncontrolled diabetes, heart disease, advanced renal or
hepatic impairment.

- Contraindication to an apheresis



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Intervention(s)
Biological: Autologous apoptotic cells injection
Primary Outcome(s)
Tolerance of apoptotic cells injection [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
P/2013/196
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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