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BIGTIM: Blocking Interferon-γ by ruxolitinib for Treating Inclusion body Myositis: a phase IIb trial.

Status
Recruiting
Phases
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTIS
Registry ID
CTIS2023-507666-32-00
Acronym
APHP220829
Enrollment
80
Registered
2024-10-07
Start date
2025-05-27
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-08-28

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Conditions

Inclusion body Myositis

Brief summary

Improvement of 60 meters for the distance walked during 6-minute (6WMD) from baseline to M12 (6MWD).

Detailed description

1. Safety and tolerance of ruxolitinib in IBM patients: Adverse events according to the MedDRA classification., Therapeutic muscular efficacy of ruxolitinib through change from baseline to M12 of the parameters depending on skeletal muscle involvement: (i) Muscle strengt (ii) Overall muscle status, (iii) Respiratory ability, (iv) Swallowing, (v) Lower limb Quantification of fat replacement of muscle tissue, residual muscle tissue and markers of disease activity using MRI, 3. Improvement or stability between baseline and M12 in quality of life assessed by the scoring through Health Assessment Questionnaire without Disability Index (HAQ-DI), Duke health profile., 4. Quality of the blinding assessed by the New Blinding Index (Bang, 2004).

Interventions

DRUGPlacebo of Jakavi 15mg

Sponsors

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Paris
Lead SponsorOTHER

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Improvement of 60 meters for the distance walked during 6-minute (6WMD) from baseline to M12 (6MWD).

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Safety and tolerance of ruxolitinib in IBM patients: Adverse events according to the MedDRA classification., Therapeutic muscular efficacy of ruxolitinib through change from baseline to M12 of the parameters depending on skeletal muscle involvement: (i) Muscle strengt (ii) Overall muscle status, (iii) Respiratory ability, (iv) Swallowing, (v) Lower limb Quantification of fat replacement of muscle tissue, residual muscle tissue and markers of disease activity using MRI, 3. Improvement or stability between baseline and M12 in quality of life assessed by the scoring through Health Assessment Questionnaire without Disability Index (HAQ-DI), Duke health profile., 4. Quality of the blinding assessed by the New Blinding Index (Bang, 2004).

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTIS · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026