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Updated May 2026 · ClinicalTrials.gov

RECRUITINGPhase 1INTERVENTIONAL

Phase 1b Trial of RAY121 in Immunological Diseases (RAINBOW Trial)

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

Phase 1b Trial of RAY121 in Immunological Diseases (RAINBOW Trial) (NCT06371417) is a Phase 1 interventional studying Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) and Bullous Pemphigoid (BP), sponsored by Chugai Pharmaceutical. RECRUITING as of the most recent ClinicalTrials.gov update. Talk to your doctor before contacting the trial site.

Important: This information is not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

About This Trial

This Phase 1b basket trial will investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity and preliminary efficacy of RAY121, a inhibitor of classical complement pathway, after multiple dose administration in patients with immunological diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), bullous pemphigoid (BP), Behçet's Syndrome (BS), dermatomyositis (DM), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP).

What Stage of Research Is This?

Phase 1 trials test a new treatment for the first time in humans, focusing on safety, dosing, and how the body processes the drug. For Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS), a Phase 1 study typically enrolls a small number of participants — often healthy volunteers or patients who have exhausted standard treatment options. Phase 1 results determine whether a treatment moves into larger Phase 2 efficacy studies.

This trial is currently recruiting participants. The sponsor has registered the study with ClinicalTrials.gov as actively enrolling, which means new applicants who meet the eligibility criteria can be considered for screening. Trial status can change between updates — confirm current recruiting status with the study contact before traveling for a screening visit.

Target enrollment of 144 participants puts this in the typical range for a Phase 2-style efficacy study or a moderate Phase 3 trial in a focused Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) subpopulation. At this scale, the study has enough statistical power to detect a clear treatment effect but is not the largest cohort in the field.

Who May Be Eligible (Plain English)

Who May Qualify: 1. Signed willing to sign a consent form form 2. Age \>= 18 and \<=75 at the time of signing willing to sign a consent form form (except for BP; Age \>=18 and \<= 85 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 lupus anticoagulant (LA) test - Persistently positive anticardiolipin (aCL) immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype - Persistently positive anti-beta-2 glycoprotein-1 (aβ2GPI) IgG isotype - Clinical criteria - Livedoid vasculopathy and presence of skin ulcer - Acute/chronic aPL nephropathy 7. BP cohort: - 1\) Age \>= 18 and \<= 85 with Karnofsky score \>= 60 % - 2\) Predominant cutaneous lesions - 3\) Diagnosis with BP with following assessments positive: - a Positive direct immunofluorescence, and either - b Positive indirect immunofluorescence, or - c Positive serology on ELISA for BP180 autoantibody - 4\) Bullous Pemphigoid Disease Area Index (BPDAI) score \>= 20 - 5\) Weekly average of daily Peak Pruritus Numerical Rating Score (PP-NRS) \>=4 - 6\) 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 ...See full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov Always talk to your doctor about whether this trial is right for you.

These are translations of the protocol\'s inclusion and exclusion criteria, simplified for patients and caregivers. The original clinical text appears below. Eligibility is ultimately confirmed by the trial site\'s screening process — this summary is a starting point for a conversation with your doctor, not a final determination.

Original Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria: 1. Signed informed consent form 2. Age \>= 18 and \<=75 at the time of signing informed consent form (except for BP; Age \>=18 and \<= 85 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 lupus anticoagulant (LA) test * Persistently positive anticardiolipin (aCL) immunoglobulin G (IgG) isotype * Persistently positive anti-beta-2 glycoprotein-1 (aβ2GPI) IgG isotype * Clinical criteria * Livedoid vasculopathy and presence of skin ulcer * Acute/chronic aPL nephropathy 7. BP cohort: * 1\) Age \>= 18 and \<= 85 with Karnofsky score \>= 60 % * 2\) Predominant cutaneous lesions * 3\) Diagnosis with BP with following assessments positive: * a Positive direct immunofluorescence, and either * b Positive indirect immunofluorescence, or * c Positive serology on ELISA for BP180 autoantibody * 4\) Bullous Pemphigoid Disease Area Index (BPDAI) score \>= 20 * 5\) Weekly average of daily Peak Pruritus Numerical Rating Score (PP-NRS) \>=4 * 6\) 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\) Manual Muscle Test-8 (MMT-8) score \< 142, with at least one abnormality in the following Core Set Measures: * Patient Global Activity Visual Analogue Scale (PtGA-VAS) \>= 2 cm * Physician Global Activity Visual Analogue Scale (PhGA-VAS) \>= 2 cm * Global extra-muscular activity \>= 2 cm * At least one muscle enzyme \> 1.5 times upper limit of normal (ULN) * Health Assessment Questionnaire (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\) Creatine kinase (CK) \> 1,000 U/L * 3\) Patients who have an inadequate response to corticosteroids and/or immunosuppressants 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 thrombopoietin receptor agonist (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

Treatments Being Tested

DRUG

RAY121

Injection

Locations (20)

Trial sites listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for this study. Site activation status can vary — confirm with the specific site before traveling for a screening visit.

University of California-Irvine
Orange, California, United States
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Northwell Health, LLC PRIME
Lake Success, New York, United States
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, United States
Universtity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, Oregon, United States
University of Pennsylvania, Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Amarillo Center for Clinical Research
Amarillo, Texas, United States
Austin Neuromuscular Center
Austin, Texas, United States
Nerve and Muscle Center of Texas
Houston, Texas, United States
Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Westmead Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Campbelltown Public Hospital
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
The Alfred Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Box Hill Hospital
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
AKH - Medizinische Universitaet Wien, Abteilung fuer Klinische Pharmakologie
Vienna, Austria
Diagnostic Consultation Center CONVEX EOOD
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
"SHATHD" EAD Sofia
Sofia, Sofia City Province, Bulgaria
UMHAT "Prof. Dr. St. Kirkovich", AD
Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora Province, Bulgaria

How to Talk to Your Doctor About This Trial

Bring the printable summary of this trial — including the NCT ID (NCT06371417), the sponsor (Chugai Pharmaceutical), and the key eligibility criteria — to your next appointment. Your doctor can review the inclusion and exclusion criteria against your medical history, lab values, and current treatments to assess whether you are likely to qualify. They can also help you weigh whether trial participation makes sense alongside your existing care plan.

Useful questions to walk through together: What does the trial protocol require beyond standard care? How long is the active treatment phase, and how long is follow-up? Are there study visits at sites I can reach? Who pays for the trial-specific procedures, and who pays for standard-of-care portions? See our 25 questions to ask about clinical trials guide for a more complete checklist.

Authoritative Sources

The official record for this trial lives on ClinicalTrials.gov — the federal registry maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. For background on how this trial fits into the FDA approval pathway, see the FDA drug approval process. For oncology-specific guidance for patients considering trials, the National Cancer Institute publishes patient-oriented overviews. International trial registries are aggregated by the WHO ICTRP.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the NCT06371417 clinical trial studying?

This Phase 1b basket trial will investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, immunogenicity and preliminary efficacy of RAY121, a inhibitor of classical complement pathway, after multiple dose administration in patients with immunological diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome (APS), bullous pemphigoid (BP), Behçet's Syndrome (BS), dermatomyositis (DM), immune-mediated necrotizing myopathy (IMNM) and immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). The full protocol is registered on ClinicalTrials.gov and includes the primary outcome measures, eligibility criteria, and study endpoints.

Who can participate in NCT06371417?

Eligibility for this trial depends on the specific inclusion and exclusion criteria set by the sponsor. The plain-English summary above translates the most important criteria into accessible language; the official clinical text is preserved in the collapsible section underneath. Whether you fit any specific trial is a medical decision your doctor needs to confirm — bring the trial information to your treating physician for a full review against your medical history.

How do I contact the trial site for NCT06371417?

Contact information registered with ClinicalTrials.gov is shown in the sidebar of this page. Before reaching out, confirm with your treating physician that this trial is appropriate for your situation. The trial site will then walk you through the screening process to determine final eligibility.

Is participating in a clinical trial safe?

Clinical trials in the United States are regulated by the FDA and overseen by Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that review the protocol for safety. Risk varies by trial — Phase 1 studies test new treatments in humans for the first time, while Phase 3 trials use treatments that have already passed earlier safety screening. The informed consent document for any specific trial details the known risks and what to expect. Discuss those risks with your physician before deciding whether to participate.

Where can I verify the data on this page?

Every detail on this page comes directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API. Click "View on ClinicalTrials.gov" in the sidebar to see the official, unmodified record. The federal record is always authoritative; this page is a structured presentation with a plain-English eligibility translation. For background on how clinical trials are regulated, see the FDA drug approval process documentation.

How This Page Is Built

Every field on this page is pulled directly from the ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 — no estimates, no proxies. The plain-English eligibility translation is generated from the original protocol text and reviewed for fidelity to the underlying clinical criteria. The original clinical text remains visible in the collapsible section above so users and clinicians can verify the translation. Read the full methodology for the data pipeline and known limitations.

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov API v2 record for NCT06371417. Maintained by the National Library of Medicine at NIH. Public domain. Cite as: "TrialFinderData. NCT06371417. Data: ClinicalTrials.gov."

Medical disclaimer: This page is informational, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor about whether a clinical trial is right for you.

Last updated 2026-05-08 · Data from ClinicalTrials.gov.