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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT04127747
Date of registration: 14/10/2019
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Second Affiliated Hospital, School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Public title: Efficacy of Individualized Rituximab in Maintaining Remission of Moderate and Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Scientific title: A Multicenter, Randomized Controlled Clinical Study About Efficacy and Safety of Standard Dose and Individualized Dose of Rituximab in Maintaining Remission in Patients With Moderate to Severe Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Date of first enrolment: August 18, 2020
Target sample size: 110
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT04127747
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized. Intervention model: Parallel Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Jing Xue
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Telephone: 13858121751
Email: jingxue@zju.edu.cn
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Name:     Hongwei Du
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Affiliation:  Jinhua Central Hospital
Name:     Wenfeng Tan
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Affiliation:  The people's hospital of Jiangsu province
Name:     Zhichun Liu
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Affiliation:  The second affiliated hospital of Suzhou University, school of medicine
Name:     Hongzhi Wang
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Affiliation:  The First Hospital of Jiaxing
Name:     Xiudi Wu
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Affiliation:  The first hospital of Ningbo
Name:     Jing Xue
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Telephone: 13858121751
Email: jingxue@zju.edu.cn
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Name:     Yongmei Han
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Affiliation:  Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
Name:     Fei Han
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Affiliation:  Zhejiang University
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Age, 18-65 years old, weight = 40 kg, sex unlimited.

2. Clearly diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus.

3. There was at least one BILAG B or above score in the kidney, blood system and nervous
system.

4. After standardized treatment with high dose glucocorticoid combined with
immunosuppressants such as CTX,MMF or RTX, complete or partial remission of the
disease was achieved (up to 1 BILAG B score, and at least 1 BILAG A or BILAG B score
less than before).

5. Glucocorticoid: prednisone or the equivalent of prednisone less than or equal to 20 mg
daily dose, and can be increased or decreased within 20 mg during the study.

6. Subjects are willing to participate in this study and sign informed consent
voluntarily.

7. Prospective subjects agreed to use effective contraception throughout the study
period.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Abnormal liver function: ALT or AST >2ULN,or ALP or TBil >1.5ULN

2. Severe cardiopulmonary disease;

3. Severe blood system disease

4. Patient with malignant tumor;

5. Concurrent infection:Subjects were hospitalized for infection or treated with
parenteral antibiotics within 30 days before random; Hepatitis B surface antigen
positive or active hepatitis, not treated with hepatitis B antivirus; T-SPOT positive
or active tuberculosis, not treated with antituberculous therapy; Any positive in
HCV-Ab, HIV-Ab, or TPPA ;

6. Pregnant patients or patients with recent fertility requirements;

7. Received cyclophosphamide treatment within 30 days before random;

8. For any other reason, the investigator believes that it is inappropriate to
participate in the trial.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Autoimmune Diseases
Intervention(s)
Drug: Individualized dose of rituximab
Drug: Standard dose of rituximab
Primary Outcome(s)
Disease recurrence rate within 24 months. [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Times of use of rituximab in 2 years [Time Frame: 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
2019-233
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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