The goal of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Recombinant Human Tumor necrosis Factor-α Receptor Ⅱ Fusion Protein (rhTNFR-Fc)in the treatment of patients with acute Gout.
Gout is a disease in which uric acid level exceeds its saturation in blood or tissue fluid due to purine metabolism disorder, excessive production or reduced excretion of uric acid, and thus sodium urate crystals are formed and deposited locally in joints, inducing local inflammatory response and tissue destruction. According to the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of gout, it is recommended to use small doses of colchicine or NSAID or glucocorticoid as early as possible (sufficient amount and short course) for treatment in the acute stage of gouty arthritis. Gout patients with intolerance, poor efficacy or contraindications of the above-mentioned drugs are usually considered as refractory gout, which is difficult to treat and lacks universally effective drugs. Recombinant human tumor necrosis factor-α receptor Ⅱ fusion protein(rhTNFR-Fc) has effective anti-inflammatory effect in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and other rheumatic diseases. This is a multicenter, prospective, open-label, two-arm study.Subjects will be administered a single dose of rhTNFR-Fc 50 mg subcutaneously (SC), at the onset of an acute gout attack, or a single dose of triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg intramuscularly (IM),to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rhTNFR-Fc in the treatment of patients with acute Gout.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
100
Subjects will receive 50 mg of study drug on visit 1. A second dose of study drug will be administered if the pain intensity is ≥ 5 on a pain scale of 0-10 at Visit 2
Subjects will be administered triamcinolone acetonide 40 mg intramuscularly on visit 1. A second dose of drug will be administered if the pain intensity is ≥ 5 on a pain scale of 0-10 at Visit 2
Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Jiangxi Provincial People's Hospital
Nanchang, Jiangxi, China
Joint pain intensity in the most affected joint
Pain intensity in the most affected baseline joint measured by the numeric 0-10 pain scale at 72 hours
Time frame: 72 hours
Acute gout recurrence time
Time from baseline to first acute gout recurrence
Time frame: within 12 weeks
Joint pain on numeric pain scale
Patient's assessment of joint pain intensity in the most affected baseline joint on a 0-10 pain scale, at Baseline and post-dose Days
Time frame: Days 4, 7, and 14
Patient's assessment of response to treatment
Patient's global assessment of response to treatment
Time frame: Day 4, 7 and 14
Physician's assessment of response to treatment
Physician's global assessment of response to treatment
Time frame: Day 4, 7 and 14
Rescue Medication
Compare the use of rescue medication
Time frame: Days 4, 7, 14
Safety and Tolerability of rhTNFR-Fc
Safety and tolerability as assessed by subjects with adverse events and serious adverse events from baseline through Visit 5 safety follow-up
Time frame: Days1, 4, 7, 14
inflammatory index change
Inflammatory index 1 week after treatment: change from baseline
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