Clinical trial Recruiting at 48 sites Phase 1 Interventional Ages 18 to 85

Testing RAY121 for various immunological diseases

Official title: Phase 1b Open-label Basket Trial of RAY121 to Inhibit Classical Complement Pathway in Immunological Diseases (RAINBOW Trial)

Run by Chugai Pharmaceutical · NCT06371417 · Data updated 2026-11-12

This study is testing a new drug called RAY121 to see if it can safely help people with different immune system diseases like antiphospholipid syndrome and dermatomyositis.

Quick facts

PhasePhase 1
Study typeInterventional
Ages18 Years to 85 Years
SexAll
Enrollment144 (estimated)
SponsorChugai Pharmaceutical
Industry-sponsored
Locations77 sites (Orange, California and 76 other locations)
StatusRecruiting
StartedAugust 19, 2024
Main results expectedMarch 31, 2027
Study endsJune 30, 2027
Registry record updatedJuly 22, 2026
Trial IDNCT06371417 on ClinicalTrials.gov

Is this trial a fit for you?

Likely a good fit

Ideal candidates include adults aged 18 to 75 with established primary antiphospholipid syndrome or other specified immunological diseases.

Probably not a fit

Patients with conditions not included in the study or those outside the specified age range may not benefit from this trial.

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This Phase 1b basket trial evaluates the safety and effectiveness of RAY121, an inhibitor of the classical complement pathway, in patients with several immunological diseases including antiphospholipid syndrome, bullous pemphigoid, Behçet's syndrome, dermatomyositis, and immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy. The study will assess pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity, and preliminary efficacy after multiple doses of the drug. Participants will be monitored for tolerability and safety throughout the trial.

Why it matters

Potential benefit: If successful, this treatment could provide a new therapeutic option for patients suffering from these challenging immunological conditions.

How similar studies have gone: Other studies targeting the classical complement pathway have shown promise, suggesting potential for success in this novel approach.

Who can join: the full rules

Show full inclusion / exclusion criteria
1. Signed informed consent form
2. Age ≥ 18 and ≤ 85 at the time of signing informed consent form with Karnofsky score ≥ 60 % at screening
3. Ability to comply with the study protocol
4. For women of childbearing potential: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use highly effective contraceptive methods
5. For men: agreement to remain abstinent (refrain from heterosexual intercourse) or use contraceptive measures, and agreement to refrain from donating sperm
6. APS cohort: Established primary APS defined by the following criteria (at least one of the laboratory criteria and one of the clinical criteria must be met):

   * Laboratory criteria (aPL profile)

     * Persistently positive LA test
     * Persistently positive aCL IgG isotype
     * Persistently positive aβ2GPI IgG isotype
   * Clinical criteria

     * Livedoid vasculopathy and presence of skin ulcer
     * Acute/chronic aPL nephropathy
7. BP cohort:

1\) Predominant cutaneous lesions 2) Diagnosis with BP with following assessments positive:

1. Positive direct immunofluorescence, and either
2. Positive indirect immunofluorescence, or
3. Positive serology on ELISA for BP180 autoantibody 3) BPDAI score \>= 20 4) Weekly average of daily Peak Pruritus NRS \>=4 5) Accept to take photograph of bullous lesions

   8\. BS cohort:
   1. Diagnosed with BS
   2. Oral ulcers that occurred at least 3 times in the previous 12 month period
   3. Have at least 2 oral ulcers over the 4 weeks prior to screening
   4. Have at least 2 oral ulcers at Week 0
   5. Have prior treatment with at least 1 non-biologic BS therapy
   6. Patients who need systemic therapy as whose oral or mucocutaneous ulcers cannot be adequately controlled by topical therapy

   9\. DM cohort:
   1. Diagnosed with definite or probable inflammatory myopathies and categorized as DM
   2. Patients with inadequate response to corticosteroids and/or immune-suppressants or intolerance to DM therapies
   3. MMT-8 score \< 142, with at least one abnormality in the following Core Set Measures:

      * PtGA-VAS \>= 2 cm
      * PhGA-VAS \>= 2 cm
      * Global extra-muscular activity \>= 2 cm
      * At least one muscle enzyme \> 1.5 times ULN
      * HAQ \>= 0.25
   4. Moderate to severe DM defined as CDASI activity score \> 14

   10\. IMNM cohort:
   1. Clinically Diagnosed with IMNM as anti-HMGCR myopathy or anti-SRP myopathy
   2. CK \> 1,000 U/L
   3. Patients who have an inadequate response to corticosteroids and/or immunesuppressants or intolerance to IMNM therapies
   4. MMT-8 score \< 142

   11\. ITP cohort:
   1. Confirmed diagnosis of persistent/chronic ITP based on the following criteria:

      * ITP defined per the current guidelines
      * Platelet count \<= 30 × 10\^9/L on 2 consecutive occasions
   2. Lack of an sustained adequate platelet count response to a thrombopoietin receptor agonist and at least one other ITP treatment or a second TPO-RA
   3. A history of response with an platelet counts increase more than 20 × 10\^9/L from baseline by at least one prior line of therapy

   Exclusion Criteria:
   1. History of anaphylaxis or hypersensitivity to a biologic agent
   2. Active infection requiring systemic antiviral, antibiotics or antifungal
   3. Planned surgery during the study
   4. Pregnant or breastfeeding, or intending to become pregnant
   5. Any serious medical condition or abnormality in clinical laboratory tests that precludes the patient's safe participation in and completion of the study
   6. Clinically significant ECG abnormalities
   7. Illicit drug or alcohol abuse
   8. Clinical diagnosis of autoimmune diseases other than the target disease (except for Sjögren's syndrome in DM and IMNM)
   9. Positive for hepatitis B surface antigen
   10. Positive for hepatitis C virus antibody
   11. Positive for human immunodeficiency virus antibody
   12. Evidence of current infection with tuberculosis
   13. History of cancer within 5 years
   14. Treatment with investigational therapy within 28 days or 5 half-lives
   15. Previous and current treatment with anti-C1s antibody at any time
   16. Other complement inhibitors within 3 months
   17. Patients who receive any treatments which fall into the Prohibited Therapy Criteria
   18. Patients with an elevated alanine aminotransferase or aspartate aminotransferase \> 1.5 × ULN in combination with an elevated total bilirubin \> 1.5 × ULN
   19. APS cohort:

       * 1\) APS associated with other systemic autoimmune disease
       * 2\) Acute thrombosis (arterial or venous acute thrombosis diagnosis) within 30 days before screening
       * 3\) Patients with thrombotic APS without any anticoagulation treatment
       * 4\) Treatment with prohibited medications
   20. BP cohort:

       ・ 1) Initiation of treatment with or increase in the dose of systemic or topical corticosteroid within 2 weeks
       * 2\) Current treatment with a drug that may cause or exacerbate BP unless the dose has been stable
       * 3\) Initiation of treatment with topical calcineurin inhibitor, or topical phosphodiesterase (PDE) 4 inhibitor within 7 days
       * 4\) Treatment with prohibited medications
   21. BS cohort:

       ・ 1) BS-related active major organ involvement-ocular lesions requiring immunosuppressive therapy, pulmonary (e.g., pulmonary artery aneurysm), vascular (e.g., thrombophlebitis), gastrointestinal (e.g., ulcers along the gastrointestinal tract), and central nervous systems (e.g., meningoencephalitis) manifestations
       * 2\) History of venous or arterial thrombosis within 1 year
       * 3\) Treatment with prohibited medications
   22. DM cohort:

       ・ 1) PhGA-VAS improvement \>= 3, or clinically relevant improvement between screening and baseline
       * 2\) Overlap myositis (except for overlap with Sjögren's syndrome), connective tissue disease associated DM, inclusion body myositis, polymyositis, IMNM, juvenile DM or drug-induced myopathy
       * 3\) Cancer-associated myositis
       * 4\) Significant muscle damage
       * 5\) Past history of severe Interstitial lung disease flare, severe non-infectious lung inflammation which required active intervention, or multiple episodes of lung disease
       * 6\) Severe respiratory muscle weakness
       * 7\) Severe bulbar palsy
       * 8\) Treatment with prohibited medications
   23. IMNM cohort:

       ・ 1) PhGA-VAS improvement \>= 3, or clinically relevant improvement between screening and baseline

       ・ 2) Overlap myositis (except for overlap with Sjögren's syndrome), connective tissue disease associated DM, inclusion body myositis, polymyositis, juvenile DM or druginduced myopathy

       ・ 3) Cancer-associated myositis

       ・ 4) Significant muscle damage

       ・ 5) Past history of severe Interstitial lung disease (ILD) flare, severe non-infectious lung inflammation which required active intervention, or multiple episodes of lung disease

       ・ 6) Severe respiratory muscle weakness

       ・ 7) Severe bulbar palsy

       ・ 8) Treatment with prohibited medications
   24. ITP cohort:

       ・ 1) Secondary ITP

       ・ 2) Clinical diagnosis or history of Myelodysplastic Syndrome or autoimmune hemolytic anemia

       ・ 3) History of venous or arterial thrombosis within 12 months

       ・ 4) Patients who experienced major bleeding within 4 weeks
       * 5\) Treatment with prohibited medications
       * 6\) Any laboratory test results meet either of the following criteria at screening:

         * Hemoglobin \<10 g/dL
         * Thyroid-stimulating hormone \>= 10 μIU/mL

Where it's running

  • University of California-Irvine
    Orange, California, United States
    Recruiting
  • Johns Hopkins University
    Baltimore, Maryland, United States
    Recruiting
  • Universtity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
    Recruiting
  • Oregon Health & Science University
    Portland, Oregon, United States
    Recruiting
  • University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
    Recruiting
  • Austin Neuromuscular Center
    Austin, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
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  • Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas
    Houston, Texas, United States
    Recruiting
  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
    Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Westmead Hospital
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Campbelltown Public Hospital
    Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
    Recruiting
  • The Alfred Hospital
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Recruiting
  • Box Hill Hospital
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    Recruiting
  • UMHAT Sv Ivan Rilski EAD
    Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
    Recruiting
  • University of Alberta Hospital - Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • University of Alberta Hospital - Dermatology
    Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
    Recruiting
  • The Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning/McGill University
    Montreal, Quebec, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Centre de Rhumatologie de l'Est du Quebec
    Rimouski, Quebec, Canada
    Recruiting
  • DIEX Recherche Sherbrooke Inc.
    Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
    Recruiting
  • Clinical Hospital Center "Sestre Milosrdnice"
    Zagreb, City of Zagreb, Croatia
    Recruiting
  • Hopital Lapeyronie,Service d'Immuno Rhumatologie
    Montpellier, Occitanie, France
    Recruiting
  • AP-HP Hôpital Universitaire Pitié Salpêtrière
    Paris, Île-de-France Region, France
    Recruiting
  • Immanuel Klinik Rudersdorf
    Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany
    Recruiting
  • Semmelweis Egyetem
    Budapest, Hungary
    Recruiting
  • IRCCS Istituto Scientifico Romagnolo Per Lo Studio Dei Tumori "Dino Amadori" - IRST
    Meldola, Forlì-Cesena Province, Italy
    Recruiting
  • Hokkaido University Hospital
    Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Hyogo Prefectural Harima-Himeji General Medical Center
    Himeji, Hyōgo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Tokai University Hospital
    Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Tohoku University Hospital
    Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Hospital
    Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Kindai University Hospital
    Sakai, Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • The University of Osaka Hospital
    Suita, Osaka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Hamamatsu University Hospital
    Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital
    Bunkyō-Ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
    Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Toho University Omori Medical Center
    Ōta-ku, Tokyo, Japan
    Recruiting
  • Okayama University Hospital
    Okayama, Japan
    Recruiting
  • University Medical Centre Groningen UMCG
    Groningen, Groningen Province, Netherlands
    Recruiting
  • UMC Utrecht
    Utrecht, Utrecht Province, Netherlands
    Recruiting
  • Sorlandet sykehus Kristiansand
    Kristiansand, Agder County, Norway
    Recruiting
  • Stavanger Universitetssjukehus
    Stavanger, Rogaland County, Norway
    Recruiting
  • Institute Reumatologii I'm. Eleonory Reicher
    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland
    Recruiting
  • Centrul Medical Monza SRL
    Bucharest, Bucharest Municipality, Romania
    Recruiting
  • Oncology Institute Prof. Dr. Ion Chiricuta I.O.C.N.
    Cluj-Napoca, Cluj, Romania
    Recruiting
  • Clinica Universidad de Navarra
    Pamplona, Community of Madrid & Navarre, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Internal Medicine Dept.
    Barcelona, Province of Barcelona and Catalonia, Spain
    Recruiting
  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio
    Seville, Province Of Seville, Spain
    Recruiting
  • National Taiwan University Hospital
    Taipei, Taiwan
    Recruiting
  • Taichung Veterans General Hospital
    Taipei, Taiwan
    Recruiting
  • Northwell Health, LLC PRIME
    Lake Success, New York, United States
    Withdrawn
  • Hospital for Special Surgery
    New York, New York, United States
    Withdrawn

+27 more sites. See ClinicalTrials.gov for the full list.

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