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

This is an interventional treatment trial for Ankylosing Spondylitis focused on measuring prefilled liquid etanercept, lyophilized etanercept powder, ankylosing spondylitis Read More

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:

• 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