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27 recruiting in this ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot · reviewed 2026-08-17

Rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials, in English

RA studies often require a swollen/tender joint count, a rheumatoid factor or CCP test, and a list of prior DMARDs. Some records test tapering after remission. Infection-risk exclusions are common. This is registry text, not rheumatology advice. Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov. Not a recommendation to join any study.

How to read this list

Each headline is a rewrite of registry fields (phase, intervention, condition). Open the NCT link before you call a site. Eligibility is decided by the study team, not by this page. See how to find a trial and eligibility explained.

Phases in this snapshot: Not a traditional drug phase (8) · Phase 1 (8) · Phase 2 (6) · Phase 1 / Phase 2 (3) · Phase 3 (1) · Phase 4 (1)

Cities that appear on these records

  • Tbilisi, Georgia · 11
  • New York, New York · 6
  • Beijing, Beijing Municipality · 5
  • Miami, Florida · 4
  • Montreal, Quebec · 3
  • Charlotte, North Carolina · 3
  • Bethesda, Maryland · 3
  • Kyiv, Ukraine · 3

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Intervention hubs that overlap this snapshot: Adalimumab · CAR-T therapy · Risankizumab

RecruitingPhase 1Naples, Florida
Phase 1: testing cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord or placental derived mesenchymal stem cells for Rheumatoid Arthritis

This trial will study the safety and how well it works of intravenous infusion and intra-articular injection of cultured allogeneic adult umbilical cord or placental derived mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT05003934 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · The Foundation for Orthopaedics and Regenerative Medicine

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBruneck, Bolzano
Not a traditional drug phase: Ultrasound for Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Population Patients with a diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), moderate or high clinical disease activity (CDAI\>10) despite conventional synthetic (cs)DMARD(s) or bs-ts-DMARDs therapy for ≥3 months, and a maximum of 2 swollen joints (out of 44 joints) Study design randomly assigned multicentre, parallel-arm clinical study Primary objective Non-inferiority of the experimental arm (i.e. clinical therapy together with ultrasound guided treatment decision) in comparison to the control arm (clinically guided decision) concerning the proportion of patients reaching low disease activity (CDAI ≤10) and a minimal clinical important improvement (MCII: improvement of ≥6 points if starting from moderate disease activity, any case starting from high disease activity and achieving low disease activity) or remission according to ACR/EULAR index-based remission criteria (CDAI ≤2.8/Boolean remission) at week 24.

NCT05717179 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Italian Society for Rheumatology

RecruitingPhase 2Montreal, Quebec
Phase 2: testing Inactivated influenza vaccine (IIV) at baseline for COVID 19

The goal of this pragmatic embedded open-label, 2 x 2 factorial phase II randomly assigned controlled trial is to evaluate strategies to improve COVID-19 booster and influenza vaccine immunogenicity in people living with immunocompromising conditions (PLIC). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.

NCT06599658 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · McGill University Health Centre/Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseGainesville, Florida
Not a traditional drug phase: EMPHASYS Cup with VHN for Osteoarthritis

The purpose of this research is to gather clinical and radiographic (X-ray) information about EMPHASYS™ acetabular shell (also called a hip 'cup') placement in total hip replacement surgery using a non-invasive surgical navigation system called VELYS™ hip navigation system with CUPTIMIZE™ Advanced Hip-Spine Analysis software. Data collected in this study will be compared with data collected from implantations using different cup positioning instrumentation and techniques to assess performance.

NCT06631638 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · DePuy Orthopaedics

RecruitingPhase 1Melbourne, Victoria
Phase 1: testing SAR448501 for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This is an open-label, multi-ascending dose (MAD) phase 1 study, with dose expansion at selected doses, in adult patients with select autoimmune rheumatic diseases including systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The purpose of the study is to identify possible optimal dose(s) by assessing the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, and preliminary clinical response of SAR448501/DR-0201.

NCT06647069 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Sanofi

RecruitingPhase 1Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Phase 1: testing YTS109 cell for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE)

This study evaluates the safety and how well it works of YTS109 cells in adults with relapsed/refractory autoimmune diseases, such as Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE), Systemic Sclerosis (SSc), etc. Aproximately 6-12 patients aged 18-65 will receive a single infusion of YTS109 cells (1.5×10⁶ cells/kg).

NCT06978647 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · China Immunotech (Beijing) Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

RecruitingPhase 2New York, New York
Phase 2: testing Methotrexate for Rheumatic Disease

This study wants to assess the incidence of rheumatologic flares, changes in pain scores (VAS), changes in functional outcomes (PROMIS), wound complications, surgical site infections, and return trips to the operating room for rheumatology patients following shoulder replacements, comparing those who stop their immunosuppressants preoperatively for the same amount of time as suggested in the literature for hip and knee arthroplasty versus those who hold the medications for a shorter period of time preoperatively.

NCT07138898 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · NYU Langone Health

RecruitingPhase 1 / Phase 2Tucson, Arizona
Phase 1 / Phase 2: testing AZD0120 for Systemic Sclerosis

This trial is a Phase 1b/2, open-label, multi-center, clinical study of AZD0120, a BCMA/CD19 dual targeting CAR+ T-cell therapy, to measure the whether it is safe and how hard side effects are to live with in adult participants with systemic sclerosis (SSc), idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIM), or difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (D2T RA).

NCT07295847 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · AstraZeneca

RecruitingPhase 2Beijing, Beijing Municipality
Phase 2: testing GenSci120 150 mg for Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is a multicenter, randomly assigned, neither you nor the study doctors know who gets the real treatment, parallel, dummy treatment (placebo)- and active comparator- controlled clinical study conducted in patients with moderately to severely active RA and an inadequate response to at least one DMARD, designed to assess the how well it works and safety of GenSci120 injection in this patient population. The study consists of a screening period (≤ 4 weeks), a compared with a dummy treatment treatment period (14 weeks), an extension treatment period (14 weeks), and a follow-up period (10 weeks), with a total of 17 scheduled visits.

NCT07423533 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Changchun GeneScience Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

RecruitingPhase 4Alicante, Alicante
Phase 4: testing High-intensity lipid-lowering therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

PREVENER is a randomly assigned, open-label, multicenter, phase IV clinical trial designed to measure the how well it works and safety of a carotid ultrasound-based strategy for the primary prevention of cardiovascular events in patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD). Patients with IRD, including rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA), and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), have a 50% higher risk of cardiovascular (CV) events compared to the general population.

NCT07611747 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Instituto de Investigación Marqués de Valdecilla

RecruitingPhase 1Brisbane, Queensland
Phase 1: testing HBM7020 for Rheumatoid Arthritis

This first-in-human study evaluates the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and immunogenicity of HBM7020. The study will enroll healthy participants at low doses, followed by participants with moderate to severe autoimmune diseases with predominant B-cell involvement.

NCT07649265 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Otsuka Pharmaceutical Development & Commercialization, Inc.

RecruitingNot a traditional drug phaseBeijing, Beijing Municipality
Not a traditional drug phase: GenAI-Assisted Clinical Decision Support for RABER Assessment and DMARD Selection for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by progressive joint damage and bone erosion. Accurate assessment of RA bone erosion risk (RABER) and appropriate disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) selection are critical to preventing irreversible disability.

NCT07914907 · Official ClinicalTrials.gov record · Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences

FAQ: Rheumatoid arthritis trials

How do I find recruiting Rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials?

This hub lists 27 recruiting Rheumatoid arthritis studies from a ClinicalTrials.gov snapshot, rewritten in plain English. Each card links to its NCT record. You can also search the official registry for “rheumatoid arthritis” at https://clinicaltrials.gov/search?cond=rheumatoid%20arthritis.

What does a Rheumatoid arthritis trial page on PlainTrials include?

A phase explainer, a plain-English summary grounded in the brief summary, inclusion/exclusion extracted from the public eligibility block, sponsor name, and any central contact the sponsor published. It is not a match to a trial.

Where are Rheumatoid arthritis studies located in this snapshot?

Sites that appear on these records include Tbilisi, Georgia; New York, New York; Beijing, Beijing Municipality; Miami, Florida; Montreal, Quebec. A city on a record is not a guarantee that the site is taking new patients this week — call the NCT contact.

Can PlainTrials tell me if I qualify for a Rheumatoid arthritis study?

No. Eligibility is decided by the study team using the protocol, labs, and consent. Our “who it is for” list is a readable extract of public inclusion text only.

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