Treatment Strategies for IgG4-RD Patients With Superficial Organ Involvement
Peking Union Medical College Hospital
60 participants
Jul 1, 2022
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
This study has been designed as a 12-month, open-label randomized controlled clinical trial. The study aims to compare the efficacy and safety of two treatment strategies in IgG4-RD patients with superficial organ involvement: prednisone plus iguratimod and prednisone plus leflunomide.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria1
- \. Fulfillment of the 2019 American College of Rheumatology/European League against Rheumatology (ACR/EULAR) IgG4-related disease classification criteria; 2. Newly-onset or relapsed patients who requires initiation or continuation of glucocorticoids treatment; 3. The addition of glucocorticoids was started at lower than 10 mg/d.
Exclusion Criteria1
- \. Patients who were diagnosed as other autoimmune diseases; 2. Patients who were diagnosed as malignant diseases; 3. Pregnant and lactating women； 4. Active infection: HIV, HCV, HBV, TB； 5. Severe irreversible damage of organ function; 6. Receipt of any biologic therapy or immunosuppressive agent other than GCs.
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Interventions
Patients in Group I are treated with prednisone (≤20 mg qd, or equivalent glucocorticoid, taper to ≦ 5mg in 3 months) and iguratimod (25 mg bid).
Patients in Group II are treated with prednisone (≤20 mg qd, or equivalent glucocorticoid, taper to ≦ 5mg in 3 months ) and leflunomide (10-20 mg qd).
Locations(1)
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NCT05789030