A Study of Telitacicept for the Treatment of Moderately to Severely Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (REMESLE-1)

Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is a chronic autoimmune disease with heterogeneous manifestations and disease course. Despite advances in medical care, there are still significant unmet needs in SLE with diminished health-related quality of life (HRQoL), persistent disease activity, disease flares, intolerance to standard of care (SoC) therapies, and development of organ damage and co-morbidities.

Telitacicept is a fully human TACI-Fc fusion protein that targets B lymphocyte stimulator (BLyS) and a proliferating-inducing ligand (APRIL). Blocking the interaction of BLyS and APRIL with their cell membrane receptors (TACI, B-cell maturation antigen (BCMA), and B-cell activating factor receptor (BAFF-R)) would inhibit B cell proliferation and maturation, suppresses immune responses, and may alleviate autoimmune symptoms.

This Phase 3 study is a 2-stage study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept compared to placebo in patients with moderately to severely active SLE while receiving SoC treatment in a global patient population with active SLE disease.

* Stage 1: a study to evaluate the efficacy, safety, pharmacokinetics (PK) and PD of two treatment arms of telitacicept compared to placebo in patients with moderately to severely active SLE while receiving SoC treatment. * Stage 2: a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept added to SoC compared to placebo with SoC therapy in patients with moderately to severely active SLE.