Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:03 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:03 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04946669
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
1. Dermatomyositis confirmed in accordance with Bohan-Peter criteria for inflammatory myopathy, or clinically free myopathic dermatomyositis according to the revised Sontheimer criteria, aged 18 years or older, regardless of gender.
2. Patients with refractory dermatomyositis, specifically defined as those who have received glucocorticoid combined with at least one immunosuppressive therapy for at least 3 months and have failed treatment or intolerance to treatment.Treatment failure was defined as improvement of 3 core parameters in the core assessment measures of iMACS \<20%, or more than 2 parameters deterioration \>25%.Treatment intolerance is defined as a patient experiencing side effects that require discontinuation of the drug or an underlying condition that prevents further use of the drug.Before enrollment, the dosage of glucocorticoids was \<1mg/kg/day, prior use of at least one immunosuppressant (including methotrexate, azathioprine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, mycophenolic ester and cyclophosphamide, etc.) at a stable dose \>3 months.
3. If the patient has previously used biological agents, etc., the washout period shall be completed.
4. Patients or their guardians fully understand the content of this study, are willing to participate in the study, and sign the informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria:
1. Other rheumatoid immune diseases: including but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, Sjogren's syndrome, primary biliary cirrhosis, etc.
2. combined with other myopathy causing myopathy and myasthenia;These include neurological diseases (such as muscular dystrophy, myasthia gravis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, Guillain-Barre syndrome, etc.), tumors, drug effects (such as statins, etc.), infections, genetic diseases, endocrine diseases, electrolyte disorders, rhabdomyolysis, etc.
3. Patients with severe heart, liver, kidney and other important organs and blood and endocrine system lesions:Including but not limited to decompensated cardiac insufficiency, refractory hypertension and abnormal ecg, cereal third transaminase or aspertate aminotransferase more than 2 times higher than normal reference value online, renal tubular acidosis, renal interstitial lesions, renal insufficiency, serious leucopenia, severe anemia, severe thrombocytopenia and other serious diseases, such as tumor, etc.).
4. Active infection, glucocorticoid and immunosuppressive therapy may aggravate infection;Hepatitis B virus surface antigen and hepatitis C antibody were positive.Active TB patients who have been treated for active TB within the previous 3 years, or who have been screened for latent TB, and who are positive for PPD combined with T-SPOT, or positive for sputum bacteria.
5. Pregnant and lactating women, women of reproductive age who cannot guarantee contraception.
6. Patients with allergic constitution, who have been allergic to various drugs in the past.
7. Mental disorders, or other patients unable to cooperate with treatment.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Study:
NCT04946669
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04946669