People-Powered Medicine (PPM): Rheumatoid Arthritis Non-responders to Biologic Therapies (RANT)

Rheumatoid Arthritis Clinical Trial

— PPM:RANT  

Official title:

People-Powered Medicine (PPM): Rheumatoid Arthritis Non-responders to Biologic Therapies (RANT)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05447182
• Other study ID #: IRB20-1219
• Status: Completed
• Start date: July 6, 2021
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: February 2024
• Source: Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators are interested in enrolling patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who had a difficult time getting their disease under control even after trying multiple RA therapies. The investigators believe that there may be common patterns in the genes of this group of RA patients compared to those with more "textbook RA." Understanding genetic factors can help doctors to know in advance who may not respond to conventional therapies and start with treatments that work. Learning about underlying genes that influence treatment may help the investigators to identify new targets for therapy, to ultimately improve the lives of patients with RA and inflammatory arthritis.

Description:

The investigators are looking for patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with an inadequate response to tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) and another biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (bDMARD) or small molecule approved for treating RA. The investigators are conducting this research to learn more about RA and the genetic patterns associated with patients whose RA cannot be well controlled with most RA treatments. Investigators anticipate that these patients will differ from "classic" RA patients in their biomarker and genetic composition and that they represent a mixed group of individuals who may be similar in ways that are not currently being measured.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 300
• Est. completion date: October 31, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 30, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years to 95 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age > 18 years

• RA diagnosed by a rheumatologist

• Poor control of RA disease activity with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) and another biologic therapy or small molecule approved for RA

Exclusion Criteria:

• If the reason for failed TNFi therapy was due to a contraindication or adverse reaction

• Unable to provide blood sample

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthritis
• Arthritis, Rheumatoid
• Rheumatoid Arthritis

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Brigham and Women's Hospital	Boston	Massachusetts

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Brigham and Women's Hospital	Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Other potential predictors of poor response to biologic therapies	Electronic health data will be used to assess for common features of patients who have poor response to therapy compared to TNFi responders.	Retrospective data up to 10 years prior to enrollment
Primary	Whole genome sequencing	Genomic data will be applied in an established bioinformatics pipeline to screen for uncommon variants and test association with exceptional treatment non-responders compared with TNFi responders.	Through study completion, averaging 1 year
Secondary	Subgroup analyses of treatment non-responders	Patients who eventually find a therapy that controls their RA. The investigators will use prospective questionnaire data to subgroup patients into those who eventually find a treatment that works vs those who do not.	1 year