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Rasburicase Treatment in Chronic Gouty Arthritis

Phase 4
Recruiting
Conditions
Chronic Gout
Interventions
Registration Number
NCT05312268
Lead Sponsor
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University
Brief Summary

The study will establish efficacy and safety of rasburicase in chronic gouty arthritis

Detailed Description

The study hypothesis is that the proportion of patients who achieved the primary endpoint after 12 weeks of treatment with rasburicase combined with oral urate-lowering therapy is superior to 12 weeks of treatment with oral urate-lowering therapy.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
60
Inclusion Criteria
  • Written informed consent must be obtained before any assessment is performed, able to understand and comply with the requirements of the study;
  • Male and female patients 18 to 70 years of age;
  • Fulfill the ACR/EULAR 2015 gout classification criteria;
  • Tophi detected by physical examination;
  • Serum urate>300μmol/L (5mg/dl) after one-month maximum dose of urate-lowering therapy (allopurinol 600mg/d or febuxostat 80mg/d in combination with benzbromarone 100mg/d) unless intolerable OR no reduction in size of tophi after serum urate<300μmol/L (5mg/dl) for six month;
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Pregnant women, lactating women, and men or women who have recently prepared for pregnancy;
  • Abnormal liver function with AST, ALT, and GGT >3 times ULN;
  • Blood WBC<4.0×10^9/L, and/or hemoglobin <90g/L, and/or platelets;<100×10^9/L; or other hematologic disorders;
  • eGFR<15 ml/min;
  • Receive following medications: azathioprine, mercaptopurine, cyclosporine, pyrazinamide, ethambutol and sulfamethoxazole
  • Psychiatric disorders, history of alcoholism, drug or other substance abuse
  • Immunodeficiency diseases, uncontrolled infection, etc;
  • Sericosis, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase activity deficiency
  • Allergy to biological agents and chronic active urticaria.
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
CROSSOVER
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group ARasburicaseRasburicase treatment at week 1, 4 and 8 with stable dose oral urate-lowering therapy for 24 weeks.
Group BRasburicaseRasburicase treatment at week 12, 16 and 20 with stable dose oral urate-lowering therapy for 24 weeks.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Monosodium urate crystal volume change evaluated by dual energy CTBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

Dual energy CT at baseline, week 12 and week 24

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
The percentage of patients who have at least one tophi disappearedBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
The percentage of patients who had achieved serum urate concentrations less than 300 μmol/L (5mg/dl) after 3 months of rasburicase treatmentBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Tophus volume change evaluated by physical examinationBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Change of Tophus Impact Questionnaire (TIQ)-20 scoreBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Severe adverse eventBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Number of gout flareBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Change of patient global assessmentBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

The patient global assessment is given as a single question, scored from 0-10, with higher numbers representing worse perceived disease activity or overall health.

Change of physician global assessmentBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

The physician global assessment is given as a single question, scored from 0-10, with higher numbers representing worse perceived disease activity or overall health.

Change of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) for Pain in gout flareBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

Visual Analog for Pain consists of a horizontal line, usually 100mm in length. The left end of the line signifies no pain while the right end signifies the worst possible pain.

Change of global functional statusBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

The criteria are as follows: class I = able to perform usual activities of daily living (self-care, vocational, and avocational); class II = able to perform usual self-care and vocational activities, but limited in avocational activities; class III = able to perform usual self-care activities but limited in vocational and avocational activities; class IV = limited in ability to perform usual self-care, vocational, and avocational activities.

Change of Short Form 12 health survey scoreBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Adverse eventBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24
Number of patients who have positive anti-rasburicase antibodiesBaseline to week 12 and week 12 to week 24

Trial Locations

Locations (4)

Shenshan Medical Center

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Shanwei, Guangdong, China

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University

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Foshan, Guangdong, China

Panyu Central Hospital

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Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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