New hope for arthritis sufferers? CIT-013 drug trial begins
NCT ID NCT06567470
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a new drug called CIT-013 in 88 adults with moderately active rheumatoid arthritis. Participants will receive either CIT-013 or a placebo every two weeks for six weeks. The goal is to see if CIT-013 reduces joint swelling and pain better than a placebo, and to check for any side effects.
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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 88 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2025
- Expected to finish
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Jul 2027
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: * Male or female patients with RA according to the 2010 classification criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) and the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) ≥ 3 months prior to screening * Aged 18-85 * DAS28-CRP ≥ 3.2, with ≥ 3 Swollen Joints, and ≥ 3 Tender Joints, and CRP ≥ ULN at screening and confirmed prior to randomization * Stable on a conventional synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drug for ≥ 4 weeks (csDMARD). This drug must have been used for ≥ 3 months. Exclusion Criteria: * High clinical activity or disease severity requiring the immediate start of a biological DMARD (bDMARD) or targeted synthetic DMARD (tsDMARD). * Contra-indication for CIT-013 * Current inflammatory joint disease other than RA (Sjogren with active disease is included). * The washout period for bDMARD or JAKi prior to the first dose of investigational product should be at least: 1. ≥ 1 week for etanercept; 2. ≥ 4 weeks for adalimumab, infliximab, certolizumab, golimumab, abatacept, tocilizumab, and sarilumab; 3. ≥ 6 months year for rituximab; 4. ≥ 2 weeks for tsDMARD (either investigational or commercially available treatment). * Treated with ≥ 3 bDMARD or tsDMARD * Injectable corticosteroids or treatment with \> 10 mg/day dose of oral prednisolone or equivalent within 4 weeks prior to screening.
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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
20 sites in 5 countries. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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BE-02
WITHDRAWNAntwerp, Belgium
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DE-01
RECRUITINGMünchen, Germany
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DE-02
RECRUITINGMünchen, Germany
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DE-03
WITHDRAWNRatingen, Germany
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DE-04
RECRUITINGBamberg, Germany
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DE-05
RECRUITINGBerlin, Germany
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ES-01
RECRUITINGSantander, Spain
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ES-02
RECRUITINGA Coruña, Spain
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ES-03
RECRUITINGSantiago de Compostela, Spain
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ES-04
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Spain
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ES-05
RECRUITINGBarcelona, Spain
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ES-06
RECRUITINGMadrid, Spain
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NL-01
RECRUITINGRotterdam, Netherlands
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NL-02
WITHDRAWNAmsterdam, Netherlands
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NL-03
NOT_YET_RECRUITINGNijmegen, Netherlands
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NL-04
WITHDRAWNLeiden, Netherlands
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NL-05
RECRUITINGLeeuwarden, Netherlands
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PL-01
RECRUITINGBialystok, Poland
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PL-02
RECRUITINGPoznan, Poland
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PL-03
RECRUITINGLublin, Poland
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PL-04
RECRUITINGWarsaw, Poland
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PL-05
RECRUITINGTorun, Poland
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PL-07
RECRUITINGKrakow, Poland
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Site BE-01
RECRUITINGLeuven, Belgium
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