Spondyloarthritis & psoriatic arthritis

Efficacy and safety of jaktinib hydrochloride tablets in active axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial

RMD OpenPublished Randomised controlled trial

An erratum to this article was published (RMD Open, 27 Jan 2025 ↗)

Authors' conclusion

Jaktinib showed good efficacy and tolerability in the treatment of active r-axSpA, with the 100 mg two times per day showing a trend towards better efficacy.

Study context

Population
Adults with active radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) meeting modified New York criteria with inadequate response to NSAIDsrandomised 1:1:1
Participants
107 adults
Comparison
Jaktinib 75 mg twice daily or 100 mg twice daily vs placebo
  • Jaktinib 75 mg two times per dayn = 35
  • Jaktinib 100 mg two times per dayn = 36
  • Placebon = 36reference
Primary endpoint
ASAS20 response
Follow-up
Week 16
Methodological detailsphase II, multicentre, double-blind, placebo-controlled
  • Phase II
  • Multicentre
  • Double-blind
  • Placebo-controlled

Primary result

As reported in the abstract

ASAS20 response rate

Secondary outcomes

ASAS40 response rate (key secondary) · week 16 — placebo
13.9%
  • ASAS40 response rate (key secondary): Jaktinib 75 mg bid 37.1%
  • ASAS40 response rate (key secondary): Jaktinib 100 mg bid 47.2%

ASAS40 response rate (key secondary) · week 16

Significantly higher with jaktinib vs placebo

Safety

Treatment-emergent adverse events — placebo
86.1%
  • Treatment-emergent adverse events: Jaktinib 75 mg bid 88.6%
  • Treatment-emergent adverse events: Jaktinib 100 mg bid 94.4%

Treatment-emergent adverse events

No statistically significant difference among the three groups

MACE, malignancy, thromboembolism or deaths

None reported

Original publication

Efficacy and safety of jaktinib hydrochloride tablets in active axial spondyloarthritis: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase II clinical trial. RMD Open. Published 2 January 2025. doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004865

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