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CompletedNCT03618784Updated Oct 10, 2022

Safety and Efficacy of FURESTEM-RA Inj. in Patients With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of FURESTEM-RA Inj and sterile saline in Rheumatoid Arthritis, sponsored by Kang Stem Biotech Co., Ltd.. Completed at 7 sites in South Korea. Open to participants aged 19 Years to 80 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2022-10-10.

Sponsored by Kang Stem Biotech Co., Ltd. · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
33
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
19 Years to 80 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

Safety and Efficacy of FURESTEM-RA Inj. in Patients With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid arthritis

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Phase 1: Single center, open Phase 2a : Multi-center, randomized, double-blind, parallel, placebo Clinical Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of FURESTEM-RA Inj. for Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid arthritis

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Conditions studied

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

Keywords

  • FURESTEM-RA Inj.
  • Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • Cell therapy
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In context

Arthritis, Rheumatoid

2,963 studies on the registry are indexed under Arthritis, Rheumatoid; 396 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 33 is below the median of 94 across 2,027 interventional studies indexed under Arthritis, Rheumatoid.

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Lead sponsor

Kang Stem Biotech Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 19 studies on the registry; 5 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

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

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Inclusion criteria

  1. of either gender, 19-80years old
  2. Subjects must be diagnosed according to the 2010 ACR/EULAR criteria for at least 12 weeks duration.
  3. Subjects must be diagnosed with ACR functional class I. II, III
  4. ≥ 6 tender joints, swollen joints (68 joint count) at Screening
  5. Subject who has moderate to severe disease activity (DAS28-ESR>3.2) on screening visit
  6. History of treatment for one of conventional DMARDs or biologic DMARDs or JAK inhibitors AND people diagnosed with either (a) or (b) by a trained person, or people that have potential side effects thus not qualified from using biologic DMARDs.

    1. people that have no effect with permitted dose taking for more than 3 months
    2. people with a history of side effects of relevant treatment
  7. Subjects must be taking cDMARDs(including methotrexate, sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide) or tacrolimus of stable dose More than 12 weeks before baseline visit and be willing to remain on stable dose throughout the study
  8. If subject is currently administering steroids everyday, when steroid dose is converted into prednisolone oral dose, the subject should take a stable dose(≤10mg/day) over 4 weeks on screening visit
  9. In case of taking NASAIDs, Tramadol patients with stable amount of medication at least 2 weeks before screening visit.
  10. During screening visit , patients with an ESR result of 28mm/hr; patients with a 1.0mg/dL or greater in a CRP testing
  11. Subject who understands and voluntarily sign an informed consent form

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Subjects who is diagnosed ACR function class IV Rheumatoid Arthritis
  2. Patients who are judged by the PI(or Sub-I) to be unable to participate in clinical trials due to uncontrolled or unstable cardiovascular disease or severe blood disease
  3. Subjects who has AIDS, other rheumatic disease(Crohn's disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, lyme disease, psoriatic arthritis, spondylarthropathy, infectious or reactive arthritis, reiter's syndrome, etc.)
  4. Prior use of bDMARDs, within the following windows prior to baseline

    • 24 weeks for Rituximab
    • 10 weeks for Abatacept, Golimumab, Certolizumab pegol, Tocilizumab
    • 7 weeks for Infliximab
    • 4 weeks for Etanercept
    • 3 weeks for Tofacitinib, Baricitinib
  5. Subject who has history of hypersensitivity, heavy metal poisoning, etc. to drugs which is composed of similar components.
  6. Subject who has treated intravenous, intramuscular steroid injection within 2 weeks before screening visit or intra-articular steroid injection within 4 weeks before screening visit
  7. Subject who has administered ACTH(adrenocorticotropic hormone) agents within 4 weeks before screening visit
  8. Subject who has undergone administration of any investigational drug within 30 days before screening visit.
  9. Use of prohibited medication or inability to avoid the use of prohibited medication during the study
  10. Pregnant, breast-feeding women
  11. A female or male in their childbearing ages that is not willing to take proper contraceptive methods during a study
  12. Subject who has sever dyshepatia (Serum creatinine level ≥ 1.7mg/dl)
  13. Subject who has severe renal dysfunction (ALT/AST/bilirubin value ≥ 2 upper limit of the normal range at screening test)
  14. Any other condition which the PI Judges would make patient unsuitable for study participation
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Quadruple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
33 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    FURESTEM-RA Inj.

    Biological: FURESTEM-RA Inj

  • Placebo comparator
    Placebo Comparator: Placebo

    Other: sterile saline

Interventions

  • BiologicalFURESTEM-RA Inj

    The allogeneic umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells of each dose level as below were mixed into an IV bag containing 100 ml of sterile saline solution and the IV bag was gently massaged to obtain homogeneous mixture of the cell suspension. Administer the constituted cell suspension by IV infusion to a subject. The infusion should be completed in 60 minutes using infusion pump. * Dose level 1: 5.0 x 10\^7 cells /body 3 repeated intravenous injection at 4 week intervals * Dose level 2: 1.0 x 10\^8 cells /body 3 repeated intravenous injection at 4 week intervals

  • Othersterile saline

    sterile saline 3 repeated intravenous injection at 4 week intervals Placebo were mixed into an IV bag containing 100 ml of sterile saline solution and the IV bag was gently massaged to obtain homogeneous mixture of the cell suspension. Administer the constituted cell suspension by IV infusion to a subject. The infusion should be completed in 60 minutes using infusion pump.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Safety of FURESTEM-RA Inj. - number of adverse events

    Evaluate the number of adverse events Safety of FURESTEM-RA Inj.

    Time frame: 4 weeks follow-up after treatment

Secondary outcomes

  1. Efficacy as measured by ACR(American College of Rheumatology)20,50,70 reaction rate

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  2. Efficacy as measured by EULAR (European League Against Rheumatism)reaction rate

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  3. Efficacy as measured by DAS(Disease activity scores)28-ESR

    DAS range is from ≥ 3.2 (inactive) , \>3.2 but ≤ 5.1(moderate), \>5.1(very active)

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  4. Efficacy as measured by KHAQ(Korean Health assessment questionnaire)

    KHAQ range is from 0 (clear) to 60 (severe)

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  5. Efficacy as measured by CDAI (clinical disease activity index)

    CDAI range is from 0 (clear) to 76 (severe)

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  6. Efficacy as measured by 100mm Pain VAS(Visual analogue scale)

    100mm Pain VAS range is from 0 (clear) to 100 (severe)

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  7. Total number of use and consumed amount of rescue medicine

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

  8. Change in Cytokine(TNF-a, Interleukin (IL)-1b, IL-4,IL-6,IL-8,IL-10,IL-13,IL-17A,IL-21,IL-22)

    Time frame: 16 weeks follow-up after treatment

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Study locations

7 sites
  • Chonnam National University Hospital
    Gwangju, South Korea
  • Gangdong Kyung Hee University Hospital
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Konkuk University Medical Center
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Kyung Hee University Hospital
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Seoul Hospital attached to Soonchunhyang University
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Seoul national University Boramae
    Seoul, South Korea
  • Seoul National University Hospital
    Seoul, South Korea
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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Oct 10, 2022, 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
NCT03618784
Lead sponsor
Kang Stem Biotech Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Aug 7, 2018
Start date
Jul 11, 2018
Primary completion
Oct 5, 2021
Completion
May 13, 2022
Last update
Oct 10, 2022

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
Yes
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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