Tests AZD5492 safety in adults with lupus, myositis, or rheumatoid arthritis
Tests AZD5492, given under the skin, in adults with lupus, myositis, or arthritis.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: A Study to Investigate Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of AZD5492 in Adult Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies or Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Key facts
- Where
- Amsterdam, NetherlandsSee the site
- Phase
- Phase 1
AI summary: who the study is looking for
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for adults aged 18 to 70 with lupus (SLE), inflammatory muscle disease (IIM) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) whose disease is active and who did not respond to, or could not tolerate, earlier treatments.
- Age
- 18 to 70 years
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- SLE: active, moderate-severe disease (clinical SLEDAI-2K of 4 or more). IIM: probable or definite polymyositis or dermatomyositis with active disease. RA: moderate or severe disease (at least 6 tender and 6 swollen joints, and DAS28-CRP above 3.2).
- Earlier treatment
- SLE: at least 3 earlier treatments that did not work well enough or were not tolerated. IIM: corticosteroids and at least 2 other standard treatments, each used for at least 3 months. RA: at least 2 b/tsDMARDs with different ways of working, after csDMARD treatment failed. Cannot have had B-cell-depleting therapy in the 3 months before Day 1.
- Biomarker or test result
- SLE: positive for anti-nuclear antibodies (titre 1:80 or higher), anti-dsDNA or anti-Sm. IIM: at least 1 disease-specific autoantibody. RA: RF or ACPA positive.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Life- or organ-threatening complications of the disease, such as severe lupus kidney disease or severe lung disease
- HIV infection, or chronic or active hepatitis B or C
- Positive COVID-19 PCR test
- Severe infections or a condition that makes infections more likely, such as primary immunodeficiency
- B-cell-depleting therapy (for example rituximab) less than 3 months before Day 1
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Could this be for you?
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- Are you between 18 and 70 years old?
Source: NCT06916806, who can take part
Where in Netherlands
- Academisch Medisch CentrumAmsterdam, NetherlandsTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
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- Who runs it
- AstraZeneca
- Trial code
- NCT06916806EU 2024-519015-34-00
- Record updated
- 19 October 2026
- Original description
The purpose of this study is to measure the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of AZD5492 administered subcutaneously in adult participants with SLE or IIM or RARead full original descriptionShow less
An Open-label, Phase I Study to Assess the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, and Pharmacodynamics of AZD5492 Following Single-ascending Dose and Step-up Dose Administration to Adult Participants With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies or Rheumatoid Arthritis
The purpose of this study is to measure the safety, tolerability, PK, and PD of AZD5492 administered subcutaneously in adult participants with SLE or IIM or RA
Study details include:
• The study duration will be a minimum of 180 days in addition to the screening period.
Additional follow-up visits may be required up to 12 months from study start.
• Depending on the study part they are assigned to, participants will be administered AZD5492 once (Part 1), twice (Part 2a), or three times (Part 2b).
Inclusion: Participant must be 18 to 70 years of age inclusive, at the time of signing the informed consent; Diagnosis of SLE:; Diagnosis of SLE according to the 2019 EULAR/ACR classification criteria for SLE; Positive for one or more of: anti-nuclear antibodies (titre ≥ 1:80), anti-dsDNA or anti-Sm at screening; Active, moderate-severe disease at screening, defined as clinical SLEDAI-2K ≥ 4; Intolerance to, or inadequate response following at least 3 months of use to, ≥ 3 available treatments, such as the following: corticosteroids, anti-malarial drugs, calcineurin inhibitor, methotrexate, azathioprine, leflunomide, mycophenolic acid or its derivatives, cyclophosphamide, belimumab, anifrolumab, telitacicept, or B-cell depleting monoclonal antibodies; Diagnosis of IIM:; Must have "probable" or "definite" diagnosis of PM or DM (excluding IBM and cancer associated myositis) according to the 2017 EULAR/ACR classification criteria for adult myositis; Positive for ≥ 1 disease-specific autoantibody at screening; MMT-8 score of ≤ 142/150 and/or CDASI-A ≥ 6; Fulfill at least one of the following criteria of active disease at screening:; (i) One or more muscle enzyme elevation (CK, AST, ALT, aldolase, LDH) ≥ 1.3 × ULN (ii) If criterion 3(d)(i) is not met, then at least one of the following criteria must be met: a. Report from MRI performed within 3 months prior to screening with evidence of muscle inflammation b. Report from muscle biopsy performed within 3 months prior to screening that demonstrates active inflammation c. Report from electromyography performed within 3 months prior to screening that exhibits irritable myopathic pattern; (e) Intolerance or inadequate response to corticosteroids and ≥2 other SoC treatments, used for at least 3 months each, for which at least one must be a biologic SoC, immunoglobulin or cyclophosphamide; Diagnosis of RA:; (a) Diagnosis of RA as defined by the 2010 EULAR/ACR classification criteria (b) Positive for ≥ 1 disease-specific autoantibody performed by the central laboratory at screening: RF or ACPA (c) Moderate or severe disease activity defined as: (i) ≥6 tender joints and ≥6 swollen joints AND (ii) DAS28-CRP >3.2. (d) Intolerance to or inadequate response following approximately 3 month's treatment or longer to ≥2 b/tsDMARDs (with different mechanisms of action) after failing csDMARD therapy (unless csDMARD therapy is contraindicated). There is no minimum duration for taking a treatment in cases of intolerance.
Exclusion: Any complications of the disease under study which are judged by the investigator to be life or organ threatening or to require treatments which are not permitted in the protocol, including but not limited to:; Active severe SLE-driven renal disease; History of, or current diagnosis of, catastrophic or severe APS (for example diagnosis of an arterial or central/pulmonary venous clot) within 1 year prior to signing the ICF; Rapidly progressive and/or severe ILD or ILD that requires oxygen supplementation/therapy (of any type); Inclusion Body Myositis or cancer associated myositis; IIM: Pulmonary function tests at screening (or within one month of screening, provided participant confirms no change in respiratory symptoms in the interim) which meet any of the following criteria:; FVC ≤60% of predicted; DLCO ≤70% of predicted; Deterioration in either FVC or DLCO at screening compared to pulmonary function tests performed ≥3 months previously; Receipt of B-cell-depleting therapy including CD19 or CD20 directed monoclonal antibodies (including but not limited to, ocrelizumab, ofatumumab, obinutuzumab, or rituximab) <3 months prior to Day 1; Active severe, unstable or history of neuropsychiatric SLE; Significant history of or at risk of severe infections; Participants with HIV infection; Participants with evidence of chronic or active hepatitis B defined as HBsAg positive or HBcAB positive; Participants with evidence of chronic or active hepatitis C; Participants with positive COVID-19 PCR; Known history of a primary immunodeficiency, splenectomy, or any underlying condition that predisposes the participant to infection; Significant CNS pathology.