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Status unknownNCT03365869Updated Dec 7, 2017

A Pilot-Study of Sirolimus for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis

A Phase 2 interventional study of Sirolimus in Systemic Sclerosis, sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital. Status unknown. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2017-12-07.

Sponsored by Peking University People's Hospital · Phase 2, Interventional, and Treatment

The sponsor has not verified this record recently (last verified Dec 2017), so the status shown — last known as Not yet recruiting — may be out of date.
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
72
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

The purpose of the study is to examine the safety and effectiveness of sirolimus treatment for people with systemic sclerosis.

The investigators perform a multi-centre, double-blind pilot trial with sirolimus in SSc.The investigators evaluate the effectiveness and safeness of sirolimus for Systemic Sclerosis by randomized controlled study (sirolimus 2mg/d (N = 36) versus placebo group (N = 36)).

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Each SSc patients (n=72) received sirolimus or placebo (active group: placebo group =1:1, 2mg/day, oral administration, (SIR 2mg, po., Qd) .

The end points were the changement of modified RSS and the adverse events or severe adverse events onset.

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Conditions studied

  • Systemic Sclerosis

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In context

Scleroderma, Systemic

610 studies on the registry are indexed under Scleroderma, Systemic; 218 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 72 is above the median of 37 across 446 interventional studies indexed under Scleroderma, Systemic.

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Lead sponsor

Peking University People's Hospital is the lead sponsor of 609 studies on the registry; 247 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years to 80 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

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Inclusion criteria

  • Meet the American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of SSc, 2013.
  • Disease duration less than 5 years.
  • mRSS was under stable level (>1 month) at the time inclusion.
  • Negative urine pregnancy test
  • Written form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosed with localized scleroderma .
  • Added with immunosuppressor in one month such as MTX, AZA, CYC.
  • Added with anti-fibosis drug in one month.
  • Prednisone >10mg QD before inclusion.
  • Sever chronic liver, kidney, lung or heart dysfunction; (heart failure (≥ grade III ), hepatic insufficiency (transaminases> 3N) )
  • Serious infection such as bacteremia, sepsis
  • Mental disorder or any other chronic illness or drug-abuse that could interfere with the ability to comply with the protocol or to give information
  • Cancer or history of cancer cured for less than five years (except in situ carcinoma of the cervix or Basocellular carcinoma)
  • Positive test
  • Positive urine pregnancy test
  • Combined with the other connective tissue diseases
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(3)

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NYHA class (heart failure)

The New York Heart Association’s four classes of how much heart failure limits physical activity.

I
No limits: ordinary activity causes no undue tiredness or breathlessness.
II
Slight limits: comfortable at rest, ordinary activity causes symptoms.
III
Marked limits: comfortable at rest, less than ordinary activity causes symptoms.
IV
Symptoms even at rest; any activity makes them worse.

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HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus, which weakens the immune system.

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Study design

Phase
Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single (Participant)
Enrollment
72 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Active comparator
    Sirolimus

    Add sirolimus according to the protocol. Sirolimus active: 2mg po. QD

    Drug: Sirolimus

  • Placebo comparator
    placebo

    sirolimus placebo: 2mg po. QD

    Drug: Sirolimus

Interventions

  • Sirolimus or placebo were added to patients every day

    Also known as: placebo

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Number of participants whose modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS)decreasing

    mRSS was evaluated in 17 sites of skin.

    Time frame: week 48

Secondary outcomes

  1. The number of adverse event and severe adverse event occured

    SAE were recorded as life-threatening and others were AE.

    Time frame: week 48

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Study locations

No study locations are listed for this record.

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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Start is estimated for Jun 2018; primary completion for Dec 2018, 6 months later.

Of 48 phase 2 interventional studies under Scleroderma, Systemic, half reached primary completion within 37 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 24 and three quarters within 83. This study's planned 6 months is below that.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Dec 4, 2017
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
StartEst.
Jun 1, 2018
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2018
CompletionEst.
Jun 30, 2019
Last update
Dec 7, 2017
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Dec 7, 2017, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03365869
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Dec 7, 2017
Start date
Jun 1, 2018 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2018 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 30, 2019 (estimated)
Last update
Dec 7, 2017

Study contacts

Wuri Liga, Master
Contact
murongster@163.com
+8618801231167
Mu Rong, Poster
principal investigator · Peking University Institute of Rheumatology and Immunology

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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