Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a rare, systemic autoimmune disorder characterized by episodic inflammation of cartilaginous structures. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if drug Upadacitinib works to treat relapsing polychondritis in adults. It will also learn about the safety of drug Upadacitinib. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Does drug Upadacitinib reduce the disease activity of relapsing polychondritis? * What medical problems do participants have when taking drug Upadacitinib? Researchers will compare drug Upadacitinib to conventional therapies (treatment with corticosteroids combined with immunosuppressants) to see if drug Upadacitinib works to treat relapsing polychondritis. Participants will: * Take drug Upadacitinib or corticosteroids combined with immunosuppressants every day for 24 weeks. * Visit the hospital once every month for checkups and tests. This clinical study will explore the efficacy and immunological evaluation of Upadacitinib in the treatment of RP.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
30
Upadacitinib is an oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor used in this study to treat patients with relapsing polychondritis. The drug is administered at a dose of 15 mg once daily for a duration of 24 weeks.
Corticosteroids combined with immunosuppressants is a conventional treatment for relapsing polychondritis. In this study, it serves as the control arm against Upadacitinib for the treatment of relapsing polychondritis. Dosing is tailored to the individual patient's condition, with the selection of different types of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive agents based on the specific needs of the patient's clinical profile.
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Peking University People's Hospital
Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China
RECRUITINGCRP variation
Modification of inflammatory makers
Time frame: 24 weeks
Relapsing Polychondritis Disease Activity Index
Time frame: 24 weeks
Variation of lymphocyte subpopulations and cytokine during the treatment of upadacitinib
Cytokine and lymphocyte subgroups of T cell, B cell and NK cell are analyzed during the treatment.
Time frame: 24 weeks
Improvement of clinical symptom measured by 5-level EQ-5D version (EQ-5D-5L)
The EQ-5D-5L is a health-related quality-of-life instrument developed by the EuroQol Group. It is designed to measure health status across five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain/discomfort, and anxiety/depression. Each dimension has five response levels: no problems, slight problems, moderate problems, severe problems, and extreme problems.
Time frame: 24 weeks
Alteration of inflammatory biomarkers and pathways after treatment of upadacitinib
We will investigate the potential pathways through which Upadacitinib exerts its effects and examine the changes in inflammatory biomarkers during the experimental process
Time frame: 24 weeks
Incidence of Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events
Adverse events includes influenza-like symptoms, infection, fever, tumor,drug-induced liver and kidney damage.
Time frame: 24 weeks
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