A Study of Subcutaneous Abatacept to Treat Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis

Summary

The study hypothesis is that SC abatacept is safe and shows evidence of efficacy (improvement in modified Rodnan score \[mRSS\]) in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcScc) compared to matching placebo.

Timeline

Start

2014-09

Primary completion

2018-09-12

Completion

2018-10-17

Publications

• Mehta BK, Espinoza ME, Franks JM, Yuan Y, Wang Y, Wood T, Gudjonsson JE, Spino C, Fox DA, Khanna D, Whitfield ML. Machine-learning classification identifies patients with early systemic sclerosis as abatacept responders via CD28 pathway modulation. JCI Insight. 2022 Dec 22;7(24):e155282. doi: 10.1172/jci.insight.155282.
• Chung L, Spino C, McLain R, Johnson SR, Denton CP, Molitor JA, Steen VD, Lafyatis R, Simms RW, Kafaja S, Frech TM, Hsu V, Domsic RT, Pope JE, Gordon JK, Mayes MD, Sandorfi N, Hant FN, Bernstein EJ, Chatterjee S, Castelino FV, Ajam A, Allanore Y, Matucci-Cerinic M, Whitfield ML, Distler O, Singer O, Young A, Nagaraja V, Fox DA, Furst DE, Khanna D. Safety and efficacy of abatacept in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (ASSET): open-label extension of a phase 2, double-blind randomised trial. Lancet Rheumatol. 2020 Dec;2(12):e743-e753. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30237-X. Epub 2020 Oct 19.
• Khanna D, Spino C, Johnson S, Chung L, Whitfield ML, Denton CP, Berrocal V, Franks J, Mehta B, Molitor J, Steen VD, Lafyatis R, Simms RW, Gill A, Kafaja S, Frech TM, Hsu V, Domsic RT, Pope JE, Gordon JK, Mayes MD, Schiopu E, Young A, Sandorfi N, Park J, Hant FN, Bernstein EJ, Chatterjee S, Castelino FV, Ajam A, Wang Y, Wood T, Allanore Y, Matucci-Cerinic M, Distler O, Singer O, Bush E, Fox DA, Furst DE. Abatacept in Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis: Results of a Phase II Investigator-Initiated, Multicenter, Double-Blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2020 Jan;72(1):125-136. doi: 10.1002/art.41055. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

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