Can a new pill tame eye inflammation when others fail?
NCT ID NCT07773623
First seen Aug 19, 2026 · Last updated Aug 20, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tests whether upadacitinib, a drug currently used for other inflammatory conditions, can help people with uveitis—an eye disease causing inflammation—that hasn't responded to standard treatments. Participants aged 12 to 70 will take a 15 mg extended-release tablet daily for up to 24 months. Researchers will track changes in vision and eye inflammation to see if the drug offers a new option for this challenging condition.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- upadacitinib extended-release tablets (15 mg once daily)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could offer a new treatment option for people with uveitis that hasn't improved with standard therapies, potentially preserving vision and reducing inflammation.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, early-stage study (30 participants) and upadacitinib is not yet approved for uveitis. It may not work for everyone, and side effects are possible.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 30 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2025
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
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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12 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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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.Patients voluntarily participate in the study and sign the informed consent form. 2.Male and female subjects aged 12 to 70 years (inclusive). 3.Patients with autoimmune uveitis who have been on long-term treatment with corticosteroids combined with immunosuppressants, with or without adalimumab, but have shown no remission or have had recurrent episodes. 4.Subjects (and their partners) agree to have no pregnancy plans during the entire trial period and within 1 month after the end of the study, and voluntarily take contraceptive measures. Exclusion Criteria: * 1.History or symptoms suggestive of demyelinating disease (including myelitis and optic neuritis) on neurological examination, including but not limited to optic neuritis. 2.Significant media opacities that interfere with visual acuity testing, anterior segment evaluation, or fundus examination, or inability to dilate the pupil adequately. 3.Monocular patients judged by the investigator to be unsuitable for enrollment. 4.Intravitreal antiVEGF (vascular endothelial growth factor) therapy (e.g., ranibizumab, aflibercept, or conbercept) within 90 days prior to baseline. 5.Ozurdex (dexamethasone implant) insertion within 6 months prior to baseline. 6.Intravitreal methotrexate injection within 90 days prior to baseline. 7.Subjects meeting any of the following criteria related to latent or active tuberculosis (TB) infection: 1. History of active TB within ≤ 3 years before screening (however, if \> 3 years and with documented evidence of adequate treatment, enrollment may be permitted); 2. Signs or symptoms suggestive of active TB during history taking and/or physical examination at screening; 3. Recent close contact with a person with active TB; 4. Positive T cell test for TB infection at screening. If the initial test result is indeterminate, the subject will be excluded from the study. For subjects who have already completed appropriate standard treatment for latent TB prior to screening and have no additional risk factors, imaging findings, or specific evidence supporting latent or active TB, exceptions to positive or indeterminate results may be considered, provided that the investigator consults with a qualified infectious disease specialist to assess the risk of TB (including extrapulmonary TB) and discusses with the sponsor. 8.Positive for hepatitis C antibody, or HIV antibody, or Treponema pallidum antibody at screening. 9.Presence of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled symptoms of renal, hepatic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, cardiovascular, neurological, or cerebral disease. Subjects with malignancies, or any condition that, in the investigator's opinion, would place the patient at undue risk by participating in the study. 10.History of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to upadacitinib or any of its components
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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.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Tianjin Eye hospital
Tianjin, Tianjin Municipality, 300041, China
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