A Phase IIa Double-Blind, Randomized, Parallel-Arm, Placebo-Controlled Trial To Investigate The Effects Of Three Dose Levels Of CIT-013 On Disease Activity In Patients With Moderately Active Rheumatoid Arthritis.
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if CIT-013 works to treat rheumatoid arthritis in adults. It will also learn about the safety of CIT-013. The main questions it aims to answer are: Does CIT-013 lower the disease activity of RA patients? What medical problems do participants have when receiving CIT-013? Researchers will compare CIT-013 to a placebo (a look-alike substance that contains no drug) to see if CIT-013 works to treat the symptoms of RA. Participants will: Take receive CIT-013 or placebo every other week for 6 weeks and 50 mg CIT-013 for 6 weeks Visit the clinic once every 2 weeks for checkups and tests Keep monitor their symptoms during this period
• Male or female patients with RA according to the 2010 classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) ≥ 3 months prior to screening
• Aged 18-85
• DAS28-CRP ≥ 3.2, with ≥ 3 Swollen Joints, and ≥ 3 Tender Joints, and CRP ≥ ULN at screening and confirmed prior to randomization
• At history of at least 3 months treatment and ≥ 4 weeks stable on a conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drug (csDMARD)