Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic, multisystem autoimmune disease characterized by potentially widespread and progressive skin fibrosis and vascular abnormalities, and may involve the musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, cardiac, renal, neuromuscular, and urogenital systems. At present, there is no clear and effective drug treatment for the progression of scleroderma skin lesions, and there is a lack of authoritative treatment recommendations. In recent years, research on the treatment of B cells in SSc suggests that targeted B cell therapy has certain safety and effectiveness for SSc patients. Telitacicept is a fully human fusion protein that is a fusion of TACI protein and IgG1 protein. Telitacicept can inhibit the further development and maturation of immature B cells by blocking BLyS. At the same time, Telitacicept can also inhibit the differentiation of mature B cells into plasma cells by blocking APRIL, and affect the secretion of abnormal self reactive plasma cell autoantibodies, better controlling disease activity. The effectiveness and safety of SSc treatment require further research. This study is an evaluator blind, parallel controlled clinical trial that included 20 SSc patients who still had skin progression despite conventional treatment. The patients were divided into two groups, one group included patients who did not improve with conventional treatment for skin lesions, and the other group included patients who received traditional conventional treatment. The main outcome of the study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Telitacicept in the treatment of progressive skin lesions in SSc, and the secondary outcome was to evaluate the impact of Telitacicept on lung function, gastrointestinal symptoms, pulmonary arterial hypertension, disease activity, and quality of life in SSc.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
20
160mg,once weekly
Peking Third Hospital
Beijing, China
RECRUITINGChanges of mRSS in patients after 52 weeks of treatment
The range and degree of skin thickening can be evaluated using the modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) . The evaluator palpated 17 areas of the patient's body, and calculated the skin thickness of each area on a scale of 0-3 points, with a total score of 51 points. The skin progression was evaluated through changes in mRSS scores.
Time frame: base line and week 52
The safety of Telitacicept
Evaluate adverse drug reactions
Time frame: up to 52 weeks
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