Azathioprine: All patients included into this study will be treated with Azathioprine tablets 100mg QD for 12 months.
Telitacicept: Patient will be treated with Telitacicept (Taiai the commercial name) 160 mg every week subcutaneously for 12 months
Study summary
This study is a prospective, open-labelled, randomized, controlled, single-center clinical trial. The aim of this study is to compare the remission rate of patients treated with Telitacicept combined with azathioprine and azathioprine alone in remission-maintenance treatment of AAV.
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
65 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Patients age 18 to 65 years, both genders can be included.
2. Patients who are newly diagnosed or relapsing granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis must fulfill the 2022 ACR/EULAR classification criteria of GPA or MPA.
3. Patients who are in complete remission after combined treatment with glucocorticoids and Rituximab. Remission is defined as a Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score (BVAS version 3) of 0. And the daily dosage of prednisone are no more than 10mg (or equivalent).
4. Patients have to be ANCA-positive at diagnosis or during the course of their disease.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Patients with TPMT gene mutation.
2. Patients who had been treated with either AZA but relapsed in the past.
3. Patients who had been treated with either AZA but had to stop due to adverse events or intolerance.
4. Patients who have planned for pregnancy in next 1.5 years.
5. Patients with severe liver dysfunction(defined as the 2-folds elevation of normal upper limit or Child grade III), heart failure or ESRD(eGFR\<30ml/min).
6. Patients with uncontrolled sever hypertension, diabetes, active bacteria or fungal infection;
7. Patients with active hepatitis virus infection as well as patients who have active mycobacteria infection;
8. Patients who had other autoimmune diseases.
9. Patients with malignancy.
10. Patients who are not eligible according to the judge of the principal investigators or site investigators.
Primary outcome measure(s)
The time of first relapse during 12 months follow-up of two groups — from inclusion to the end of the study, 12 months in total The time from baseline to first relapse(re-appearance of disease with a BVAS \>0) of patients during 12 months follow-up of two groups
Trial sites (1)
Facility
City
Region
Status
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
Beijing
Beijing Municipality
Recruiting
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This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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