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Safety and Efficacy Study of Prefilled Liquid Etanercept(Yisaipu) for Active Ankylosing Spondylitis

A Phase 3 interventional study of prefilled liquid etanercept(Yisaipu) and lyophilized etanercept powder(Yisaipu) in Ankylosing Spondylitis, sponsored by Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.. Completed at 1 site in China. Open to participants aged 18 Years to 65 Years. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2020-04-14.

Sponsored by Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. · Phase 3, Interventional, and Treatment

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 6 years after the study started (first participant enrolled Mar 2014, registered Apr 2020).
Phase
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
640
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years to 65 Years
Sex
All
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Study summary

This randomized, double-blind, phase III parallel-group non-inferiority study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of prefilled liquid etanercept (Yisaipu) versus lyophilized etanercept powder (Yisaipu) in active ankylosing spondylitis patients.

Read the detailed description

The study carried out between March 6, 2014 and July 13, 2015 across multiple medical centers in China enrolled adult active ankylosing spondylitis patients aged between 18 and 65 years. Patients were randomized in a 3:1:1 ratio to receive twice weekly 25 mg prefilled liquid etanercept for totally 24 injections (group I) or once weekly 50 mg prefilled liquid etanercept for totally 48 injections (group II), or 25 mg twice weekly lyophilized etanercept powder for totally 48 injections (group III). The primary efficacy outcome was the proportion of patients who achieved ASAS20 at week 24.

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Conditions studied

  • Ankylosing Spondylitis

Keywords

  • prefilled liquid etanercept
  • lyophilized etanercept powder
  • ankylosing spondylitis
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In context

Spondylitis

623 studies on the registry are indexed under Spondylitis; 83 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 640 is above the median of 92 across 349 interventional studies indexed under Spondylitis.

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Lead sponsor

Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is the lead sponsor of 56 studies on the registry; 21 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 65 Years
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • age 18-65,male or female
  • Sign the informed consent
  • Fulfill the 1966 AS New York criteria for axial spondyloarthritis(SpA)
  • Active disease phase of SpA, defined as BASDAI≥4 or night back pain≥4 at screening
  • Inadequate response to NSAID≥4 week
  • Application of NSAID with stable dose for no less than 2 weeks at screening
  • Stable dose of prenisone for at least four weeks at ≤10mg per day if used at screening, or stop oral use for at least 4 weeks or stop local injection at least 12 weeks
  • Stable dose of any DMARD for at least four weeks if used at screening, or stop use for at least 4 weeks
  • Stop and receiving washing out for at least 4 week if receiving Chinese traditional drug for AS, physical treatment, vaccication or IVIG
  • Stop and receiving washing out for at least 12 week if receiving other biologics or other drug trials
  • The lab exam should achieve the criteria as below
  • Hb≥85g/L, 3.5×109/L≤WBC count≤10×109/L, PLT≥ lower limit of normal range, ALT≤2 fold of upper limit of normal range, serum creatine ≤upper limit of normal range. Negative pregnacy test for female patients. And promise to carry out contraception during the trial and 6 weeks after the trial is ended

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Allergic condition or Allergic to IgG or any element of Yisaipu®
  • Clinical or radiographic evidence of Complete ankylosis of spine
  • Previous receiving TNF-a blockers therapy ≥3 months with poor response
  • Achieve any following tuberculosis criteria

    1. History of active tubercolosis, or radiographic evidence of present or previous history of pulmonary tubercolosis
    2. close contact with patients with tubercolosis, or with high risk of infection of tubercolosis such as immune suppression status
    3. Strong positive of PPD skin test with diameter ≥10mm. at screen or within 3 weeks prior to screen
  • Presence of acute infection or acute onset of chronic infection at screen
  • Invasive fungal infection or conditional infection within 6 months prior to screen
  • HBS-Ag or HBC-Ab positive at screen or history of HBS/HBC infection
  • History of infection on artifitial joints
  • Organ transplantation surgery within 6 months prior to screen
  • Presence of other autoimmune diseases, including IBD, psoriasis, uveitis, SLE, multiple sclerosis, etc.
  • History of congestive heart failure
  • History of malignancies within 5 years prior to screen, excluding complete resection of squamous cell carcinoma, or basal cell carcinoma or cervical carcinoma in situ.
  • AIDS or HIV infection
  • History of lymphoma or lymphoproliferative disorders
  • Presence of serious disorder of important organs or system
  • Presence of factors which may influence the compliance
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Study design

Phase
Phase 3
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Triple (Participant, Care provider, Investigator)
Enrollment
640 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    group I

    twice weekly 25 mg prefilled liquid etanercept

    Drug: prefilled liquid etanercept(Yisaipu)

  • Experimental
    group II

    once weekly 50 mg prefilled liquid etanercept

    Drug: prefilled liquid etanercept(Yisaipu)

  • Active comparator
    group III

    25 mg twice weekly lyophilized etanercept powder

    Drug: lyophilized etanercept powder(Yisaipu)

Interventions

  • Drugprefilled liquid etanercept(Yisaipu)
  • Druglyophilized etanercept powder(Yisaipu)
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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. the proportion of patients who achieved ASAS20

    Axial SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) ASAS20 was defined as an improvement of at least 20% in at least three of the following four domains: 1) patient global assessment VAS, 2) nocturnal back pain and total back pain VAS, 3) Bath AS Function Index (BASFI) VAS, and 4) inflammation (mean of intensity and duration of morning stiffness components from the an improvement at least one unit relative to baseline VAS score; no worsening in the remaining fourth domain.

    Time frame: at week 24

Secondary outcomes

  1. the proportion of patients who achieved ASAS40, ASAS partial remission

    Axial SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) ASAS40 was defined as improvement of at least 40% in at least three of the four abovementioned domains and an absolute improvement of at least two versus baseline VAS scores and no worsening versus the baseline in the remaining fourth domain. ASAS partial remission was defined as VAS scores ≤2 in each of the four abovementioned domains.

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  2. the proportion of patients who achieved ASAS 5/6

    Axial SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) ASAS 5/6 was defined as an improvement of at least 20% in at least five of the following six domains: 1) C-reactive protein (CRP), and 2) spinalmobility (scoliosis) in addition to the four above mentioned domains

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  3. the proportion of patients who achieved the ASDAS clinically important and major improvement and inactive disease

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  4. the proportion of patients who achieved BASDAI50

    Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) BASDAI50 was defined as a 50% or greater improvement versus the baseline BASDAI.

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  5. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in BASDAI

    It was evaluated with a 6-question questionnaire,including: 1) fatigue; 2)spinal pain; 3) pain and swelling of peripheral joints; 4) pain at entheseal sites; 5) severity of morning stiffness and 6) duration of morning stiffness by using a single-item visual analog scale (VAS), with scores ranging from 0-10 cm. After taking the answer of each question out of 10 , the BASDAI score was calculated by formula 0.2 \[1+2+3+4+0.5(5+6)\].

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  6. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in BASFI

    Bath AS Function Index (BASFI)

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  7. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in BASMI scores

    The Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) is a combined measure of spinal mobility and hip function.Cervical rotation, tragus-wall distance, lateral lumbar flexion( the distance of the middle fingertip moves on the side of the thigh), anterior lumbar flexion(modified schober) , intermalleolar distance were measured. And according to the measurement result, each score with 0, 1, 2 points was recorded.

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  8. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in Maastricht Ankylosing Spondylitis Enthesitis Score (MASES)

    The (MASES) index based on 13 entheses. Enthesial sites assessed include the bilateral 1st costochondral joints(L and R), 7th costochondral joints(L and R), posterior superior iliac spines(L and R), anterior superior iliac spines(L and R), iliac crests(L and R), proximal insertion of Achilles tendons(L and R), and the 5th lumbar spinous process.The score of each part with 0 or 1 points was recorded.

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  9. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in nocturnal back pain and total back pain VAS

    Nocturnal back pain and total back pain in the past week was assessed using a single-item visual analog scale (VAS), with scores ranging from 0-10 cm, where 0 represented no pain and 10 represented worst possible pain.

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  10. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in patient global assessment and physician global assessment

    Patient global assessment (PGA,disease activity rated by the patient) was recorded on a VAS from 0 to 10 cm, where 0 represented very good and 10 represented very worse. Physician global assessment (PhGA,disease activity rated by the physician) was recorded on a VAS from 0 to 10 cm, where 0 defined as no disease activity state and 10 defined as most serious disease activity state .

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  11. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in number of swollen joints and number of tender joints

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

  12. the proportion of patients who achieved improvement in ESR and CRP

    Time frame: at weeks 12 and 24

Other outcomes

  1. AEs

    To assesse the safety

    Time frame: at weeks 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 20 and 24

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Study locations

1 site
  • Chinese PLA General Hospital clinical trial center
    Beijing, Beijing 100853, China
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References and documents

Publications

  • Zhao D, He D, Bi L, Wu H, Liu Y, Wu Z, Li Y, Wang G, Li X, Bao C, Jiang L, Zhang Z, Xiao W, Tong G, Wang D, Huang F. Safety and Efficacy of Prefilled Liquid Etanercept-Biosimilar Yisaipu for Active Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Multi-Center Phase III Trial. Rheumatol Ther. 2021 Mar;8(1):361-374. doi: 10.1007/s40744-021-00276-1. Epub 2021 Feb 9. PubMed 33559842 ↗

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Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Apr 14, 2020, 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
NCT04345458
Lead sponsor
Sunshine Guojian Pharmaceutical (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
Apr 14, 2020
Start date
Mar 6, 2014
Primary completion
Jul 13, 2015
Completion
Jul 20, 2015
Last update
Apr 14, 2020

Oversight

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