NCT05460832CompletedPhase 2
Phase 2b Study of MBS2320 in Participants With Methotrexate-Refractory RA
A Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose-Ranging Phase 2b Study to Investigate the Efficacy & Safety of MBS2320 in Participants With Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis With Inadequate Response to Methotrexate Alone
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 24 Apr 2025
Brief summary (registry, in English)
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects 1 percent of the population worldwide and up to 40 percent of patients don't respond to current treatments. MBS2320, the drug being tested in this trial, represents a new approach to treating RA, with the potential not only to reduce levels of inflammation but to also directly prevent bone damage. The aim of this project is to test the safety, tolerability and efficacy of MBS2320 in patients with RA in combination with an existing treatment, methotrexate. Approximately 224 participants with moderate to severe active RA who have not responded to treatment with Methotrexate will be enrolled from around 45 to 55 sites around the world. Participants will be randomly assigned to receive 1 of 3 doses of MBS2320 (5 mg, 20 mg, or 40 mg) or placebo (a "dummy" drug). The maximum duration of study participation for a participant will be 22 weeks, which consists of a Screening Period of up to 4 weeks, Treatment Period of 12 weeks, and a Follow-up Period of 6 weeks. Participants on the study will be asked to attend the hospital or clinic for regular visits during which they will have planned study assessments to evaluate the effectiveness, tolerability and safety of the study drug.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Phase (registry)
- Phase 2
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 248 (actual)
- First submitted
- 12 Jul 2022
- Start date
- 29 Aug 2022
- Primary completion date
- 28 Dec 2023
- Lead sponsor
- Modern Biosciences Ltd
- Diseases
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- NCT number
- NCT05460832
- EudraCT number
- 2020-005496-13
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional · Phase 2
- Participants enrolled: 248
- From 29 Aug 2022 to the primary completion date, 28 Dec 2023
- 46 sites in 8 countries
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Prior treatment
- Active infection that is clinically significant in the Investigator's opinion, or any infection requiring hospitalisation or treatment with intravenous antimicrobials ≤60 days of screening, or any infection requiring oral antimicrobial therapy ≤2 weeks of the baseline visit.
Other illness
- Abnormality in the 12-lead ECG, heart rate or blood pressure at screening.
- Any clinically significant neurological, GI, renal, hepatic, CV, psychiatric, respiratory, metabolic, endocrine, haematological, ophthalmic, or other major disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, would put the participant at risk by participating in the study.
- Any current malignancy or a history of malignancy within 5 years prior to screening, with the exception of adequately treated or excised non-metastatic basal cell or squamous cell cancer of the skin or cervical carcinoma in situ.
- Any other inflammatory or arthritic disease in addition to RA that may interfere with the study.
Other
- Clinically significant features of arthroses that could interfer with study assessments and objectives.
- This list contains only key exclusion criteria.
Who the study is looking for
- Diagnosed with RA based on either the 1987-revised ACR classification criteria or the 2010 ACR/ EULAR criteria for ≥3 months prior to screening.
- Has active RA as defined by the following minimum disease activity criteria:
- ≥6 swollen joints (based on 66 joint counts)
- ≥6 tender joints (based on 68 joint counts)
- hsCRP \> upper limit of normal reference range (ULN)
- Considered to be inadequately responding to oral or parenteral MTX therapy for ≥3 months and \<10 years prior to screening and to be tolerating a dose of 15 to 25 mg per week. Participants should also be on a stable dose of folic acid (or equivalent).
- Except for MTX, must have discontinued all oral DMARDs prior to baseline visit.
- If participants are taking NSAIDs or acetaminophen for stable medical conditions, they should be receiving these medications at a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to baseline visit and the doses of the medications should be kept stable throughout the study.
- If participants are taking oral corticosteroids (equivalent to prednisolone ≤10 mg), or inhaled corticosteroids, they should be receiving these medications at a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to baseline visit for stable medical conditions.
- This list contains only key inclusion criteria.
Age in the registry: 18 years to 75 years · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers
Sites (46)
Sites in registry order. Save your city in your profile to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site 1308 - Medical Center Medconsult Pleven OOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pleven | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1302 - Medical Center Artmed OOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Plovdiv | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1307 - Medical Center Excelsior OOD - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1303 - Diagnostic and Consulting Center Aleksandrovska EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1306 - Diagnostic- Consultative Center Convex EOOD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Sofia | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1301 - University Multiprofile Hospital for Active Treatment - Prof. Dr. Stoyan Kirkovich AD Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Stara Zagora | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 1304 - Medical Center Leo Clinic EOOD, Varna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Varna | Bulgaria | Unknown status |
| Site 2103 - Enroll SpA - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providencia | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2105 - CTR Estudios Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Providencia | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2104 - Meditek Ltda Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2107 - Hospital Dr Sotero Del Rio Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2106 - Biocinetic SpA Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Santiago | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2102 - Clinical Research Chile SpA - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Valdivia | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 2101 - Oncocentro APYS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Viña del Mar | Chile | Unknown status |
| Site 1104 - CCR Ostrava s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Ostrava | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Site 1101 - CCR Czech Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Pardubice | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Site 1103 - CLINTRIAL s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Prague | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Site 1102 - MEDICAL PLUS, s.r.o. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Uherské Hradište | Czechia | Unknown status |
| Site 2402 - Clinica Medica Especializada en Reumatologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Site 2406 - Clinica Medica Especializada en Medicina Interna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Site 2405 - Hospital Herrera Llerandi Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Site 2401 - Clinica Medica Con Especialidad Reumatologia Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Site 2404 - Reumacentro Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guatemala City | Guatemala | Unknown status |
| Site 2206 - Centro de Alta Especialidad En Reumatologia E Investigacion Del Potosi SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Burócratas del Estado | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 2203 - Centro de Estudios de Investigacion Basica Y Clinica SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Guadalajara | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 2202 - Morales Vargas Centro de Investigacion SC Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | León | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 2201 - Centro de Investigación en Artritis y Osteoporosis - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexicali | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 2205 - Biológicos Especializados S.A. de C.V. Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Mexico City | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 2204 - Centro de Investigación y Tratamiento Reumatológico S.C Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Miguel Hidalgo | Mexico | Unknown status |
| Site 1006 - ClinicMed Daniluk, Nowak Spółka Jawna Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bialystok | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1002 - MICS Centrum Medyczne Bydgoszcz Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1009 - Szpital Uniwersytecki Nr 2 im. Dr Jana Biziela w Bydgoszczy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Bydgoszcz | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1007 - NZOZ Lecznica MAK-MED Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nadarzyn | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1004 -Twoja Przychodnia NCM Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nowa Sól | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1001 - ETYKA Osrodek Badan Klinicznych Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Olsztyn | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1003 - Centrum Medyczne Reuma Park NZOZ Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1008 - Centrum Medyczne AMED Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Warsaw | Poland | Unknown status |
| Site 1402 - Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1403 - Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1404 - Military Medical Academy Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1405 - Institute of Rheumatology Belgrade - PPDS Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Belgrade | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1406 - Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation Niska Banja Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Niška Banja | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1401 - Special Hospital For Rheumatic Diseases Novi Sad Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Novi Sad | Serbia | Unknown status |
| Site 1201 - Univerzitetski Klinicki Centar Republike Srpske Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Unknown status |
| Site 1204 - Univerzitetski Klinicki Centar Republike Srpske Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Banja Luka | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Unknown status |
| Site 1202 - General Hospital Gradiška Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Gradiska | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Unknown status |
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