Clinical Study of A-319 in the Treatment of Active/Refractory Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

Prior treatment

• Participants who have central nervous system diseases caused by SLE or non-SLE disease within 8 weeks before the first administration of the study drug;
• Medical history that the researchers believe will pose risk to the safety of the participants, or will affect the safety or effectiveness analysis of the study drug;
• Positive syphilis spirochete antibody at screening (except false positive caused by SLE);
• Participants with chronic active infection or acute infection need systemic anti-infection treatment within 2 weeks before screening, or have superficial skin infection requiring treatment within 1 week before screening;
• Have undergone major surgery or unhealed wounds, ulcers or fractures within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug, or plan to perform major surgery during the study period;
• Have been vaccinated or plan to receive live vaccine or live attenuated vaccine during the research period within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug;
• Participated in any clinical trial within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug or within 5 half-lives of the study drug of the clinical trial;
• Received targeted drugs (rituximab, JAK inhibitors, etc.) at a specific time period before the first administration of the study drug;
• Received intravenous immunoglobulin, prednisone ≥100mg/d or equivalent glucocorticoid therapy within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug, or plasma replacement;
• Received IL-2, thalidomide, rethidone and traditional Chinese medicine within 4 weeks before the first administration of the study drug;

Other illness

• Severe kidney disease;
• Active mycobacterium tuberculosis infection;
• Active hepatitis, or hepatitis B virus surface antigen positive, or hepatitis B virus core antibody positive and hepatitis B virus deoxyribonucleic acid positive, ,or hepatitis C virus (HCV) antibody positive with detectable HCV ribonucleic acid (RNA).;
• History of human immunodeficiency virus infection, or positive antibodies at screening;
• Participants diagonosed with malignant tumors within 5 years before screening;
• History of important organ transplantation or hematopoietic stem cells/or bone marrow transplantation;
• Known allergies to monoclonal antibody drugs, or allergies to A-319 excipients;

Other

• Abnormities of main organ function at screening;
• Participants with depression or suicidal thoughts;
• Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding, or women who plan to be pregnant or breastfeeding during the study period; or men whose sexual partners plan to become pregnant during the study period;
• Any reason that the researchers believe will hinder the subject's participation in the study.

• Age 18-60 years old, regardless of gender;
• Participants diagnosed with SLE according to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1997 revised criteria for SLE at least 24 weeks prior to signing the informed consent form;
• Active/refractory systemic lupus erythematosus;
• Positive test results for at least one of the following autoantibodies at screening: antinuclear antibodies (ANA) immunofluorescence assay at a titer of ≥1:80; anti-dsDNA; or anti-Smith (anti-Sm);
• Receive the standardized and stable treatment for at least 30 days before the first administration of the study drug;
• Female participants tested negative for pregnancy, and participants agreed to use effective contraception throughout the trial;
• Have the ability to understand the nature of the research and voluntarily sign an informed consent form;
• Participants can communicate well with the researchers and complete all visits according to the requirements of the plan.