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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Apr 22.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Treatm Opt Rheumatol. 2022 Jul 26;8(4):71–90. doi: 10.1007/s40674-022-00193-6

Table 3.

Investigational therapies in the pipeline for dermatomyositis.

Target Drug NCT Phase Country Status Primary Outcome Measures
JAK inhibitor Baricitinib NCT04208464 Phase 2a UK Not yet recruiting Minimal, moderate, or major clinical response according to the IMACS criteria at 24 weeks
JAK inhibitor Baricitinib NCT04972760 Phase 3 France Not yet recruiting Moderate improvement based on TIS at 24 weeks without prednisone
JAK inhibitor Tofacitinib NCT04966884 Open Label China Recruiting Number of responders by total improvement score at 12 months
Anti-interferon B monoclonal antibody PF-06823859 NCT03181893 Phase 2 USA Recruiting CDASI Activity Score at 12 weeks
T-cell costimulation blockade Abatacept NCT02971683 Phase 3 USA Active, not recruiting IMACS DOI at 24 weeks
T-cell costimulation blockade Abatacept NCT04946669 Open label China Recruiting IMACS DOI at 12 weeks
T-cell costimulation blockade Abatacept NCT03215927 Phase 2 USA Recruiting Forced Vital Capacity (FVC) % Change in 24 weeks
Complement inhibitor Ravulizumab NCT04999020 Phase 3 USA Recruiting Minimal improvement based on TIS at 26 weeks and 50 weeks