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Last refreshed on: 23 October 2023
Main ID:  NCT04077684
Date of registration: 01/09/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Peking University People's Hospital
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Low-dose IL-2 in Patients With SLE: a Multicenter, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety of Low-dose Interleukin-2 in Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: a Multicenter, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: September 10, 2019
Target sample size: 160
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT04077684
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: Quadruple (Participant, Care Provider, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor).  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Xia Zhang
Address: 
Telephone: 8615201303563
Email: haoxiamei@163.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Xia Zhang, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email: haoxiamei@163.com
Affiliation: 
Name:     Zhanguo Li
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Peking University Institute of Rheumatology and Immunology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Meet the 1997 revised classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology

2. SLE disease activity index(SLEDAI) = 8

3. age:18 to 75 years, weight 45-80Kg

4. Patients had an inadequate response to standard treatment for = 3 months. The
background treatment included corticosteroids (=1.0 mg/kg), hydroxychloroquine,
cyclophosphamide , mycophenolate mofetil or other immunosuppressants.

5. Negative urine pregnancy test

6. Written informed consent form

Exclusion Criteria:

1. allergic to IL-2, corticosteroids, hydroxychloroquine, cyclophosphamide or
mycophenolate mofetil

2. active severe neuropsychiatric manifestations of SLE;

3. hepatic insufficiency (alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase = 2
times of the upper limit of the normal range);

4. pregnancy or lactation in females.

5. Cancer or history of cancer cured for less than five years (except in situ carcinoma
of the cervix or Basocellular carcinoma);

6. Serious infection such as bacteremia, sepsis;history of chronic infection;

7. active infection (hepatitis B or C virus, Epstein-Barr virus, human immunodeficiency
virus or Mycobacterium tuberculosis);

8. history vision and visual field disorders, cataract;

9. severe comorbidities including heart failure (= grade III NYHA)

10. active peptic ulcers;

11. complicated with other autoimmune diseases;

12. History of administration of rituximab or other biologics within 6 months;

13. therapy with other immunosuppressors;

14. participate in other clinical trial within 4 weeks;



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Intervention(s)
Drug: Interleukin-2
Primary Outcome(s)
the response measured by the SLE Responder Index-4 (SRI-4) [Time Frame: week 12]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2018PHB041-01
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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