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The purpose of this study is to identify the most promising therapeutic strategy for patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis and inadequate response to standard of care therapy. It will evaluate the efficacy to induce remission of three different salvage strategies including: a combination of rituximab with addition of a conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (either methotrexate, azathioprine or mycophenolate mofetil, but preferentially methotrexate); tocilizumab; or abatacept.


Clinical Trial Description

Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) is an anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV). Combination of glucocorticoids and either cyclophosphamide or rituximab is the standard of care for remission-induction of new-onset organ-threatening or life-threatening GPA. Few patients fail to respond to both cyclophosphamide and rituximab, but it is not uncommon for patients to have persistent disease activity resulting in inability to taper glucocorticoids, which is also considered refractory disease. The current recommendations for patients with GPA refractory to remission-induction therapy are to switch from cyclophosphamide to rituximab or from rituximab to cyclophosphamide. However, there are no recommendations for the management of patients with inadequate response after both treatments. Treatment with a biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARD) or a combination of rituximab and a cDMARD are potential treatments options but have not been properly evaluated in such cases. Among biologic DMARD that have been evaluated in AAV, some have shown promising results, including tocilizumab and abatacept. Identifying the most promising therapeutic strategy for patients with GPA and inadequate response to standard of care therapy may improve management of GPA. ;


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NCT number NCT04871191
Study type Interventional
Source Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Contact Jonathan London, MD
Phone +33 1 44 64 16 02
Email jlondon@hopital-dcss.org
Status Not yet recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date March 2023
Completion date January 2027

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