Experimental pill aims to knock out gout pain within hours
NCT ID NCT07706777
First seen Jul 16, 2026 · Last updated Sep 04, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests an experimental drug called HRS-2129 in adults experiencing a sudden, painful gout flare. The goal is to see if it can safely reduce joint pain within 24 hours compared to a placebo. Researchers are also looking at how well different doses work and how quickly pain disappears.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- an experimental drug called HRS-2129
- What this could lead to
- If successful, HRS-2129 could offer a new option for quickly easing the intense pain of a gout flare.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early phase 2 trial with only 90 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The drug's safety and effectiveness are still unproven.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 2
Tests whether the treatment actually works, and watches for side effects, in a larger group.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2026
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2026
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: 1. Able and willing to provide a written informed consent 2. Subjects requiring Acute gouty arthritis 3. Target joint VAS pain score ≥ 50 mm (screening) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Subjects with a history of severe allergies 2. Subjects with nervous system disease 3. Subjects with a history of mental illness 4. Subjects with abnormal liver and renal function 5. Subjects with poorly controlled hypertensive 6. QTc:\>450ms(male),\>470ms(female) 7. History of cardiac dysrhythmias requiring anti-arrhythmia treatment(s) 8. The investigators determined that other conditions were inappropriate for participation in this clinical trial
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
2 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, The Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University Medical School
RECRUITINGNanjing, Jiangsu, 210008, China
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The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University
RECRUITINGGuangzhou, Guangdong, 510630, China
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