A Study of BMS-986528 in Participants With Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis

August 21, 2026 updated by: Bristol-Myers Squibb

A Phase 1/2a, Open-label, First-in-Human Study to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability, Pharmacokinetics, Pharmacodynamics, and Efficacy of BMS-986528 in Participants With Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), and the preliminary evidence of disease-modifying effect of BMS-986528 in participants with refractory, difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Study Overview

Status

Status

Indicates the current recruitment status or the expanded access status.
Recruiting

Conditions

Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied. On ClinicalTrials.gov, conditions may also include other health-related issues, such as lifespan, quality of life, and health risks.

Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.

Study Type

Study Type

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Study types include interventional studies (also called clinical trials), observational studies (including patient registries), and expanded access.
Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

Enrollment

The number of participants in a clinical study. The "anticipated" enrollment is the target number of participants that the researchers need for the study.
84

Phase

Phase

The stage of a clinical trial studying a drug or biological product, based on definitions developed by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The phase is based on the study's objective, the number of participants, and other characteristics. There are five phases: Early Phase 1 (formerly listed as Phase 0), Phase 1, Phase 2, Phase 3, and Phase 4. Not Applicable is used to describe trials without FDA-defined phases, including trials of devices or behavioral interventions.
  • Phase 2
  • Phase 1

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Contact

The name and contact information for the person who can answer enrollment questions for a clinical study. Each location where the study is being conducted may also have a specific contact, who may be better able to answer those questions.
  • Name: First line of the email MUST contain NCT # and Site #.

Study Contact Backup

  • Name: BMS Clinical Trials Contact Center www.BMSClinicalTrials.com
  • Phone Number: 855-907-3286
  • Email: Clinical.Trials@bms.com

Study Locations

  • Belgium
      • Leuven, Belgium, 3000
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0049
        • Contact:
          • Site 0049
    • Flanders
      • Merksem, Flanders, Belgium, 2170
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0048
        • Contact:
          • Site 0048
  • Brazil
    • Goiás
      • Aparecida de Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, 74935-530
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0083
        • Contact:
          • Site 0083
    • Rio Grande do Sul
      • Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 90050-010
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0033
        • Contact:
          • Site 0033
    • São Paulo
      • Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil, 13271-130
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0082
        • Contact:
          • Site 0082
  • China
    • Beijing Municipality
      • Beijing, Beijing Municipality, China, 100091
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0006
        • Contact:
          • Site 0006
    • Guangdong
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510260
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0080
        • Contact:
          • Site 0080
    • Henan
      • Zhengzhou, Henan, China, 450000
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0010
        • Contact:
          • Site 0010
    • Jiangxi
      • Nanchang, Jiangxi, China, 330006
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0007
        • Contact:
          • Site 0007
    • Shanghai Municipality
      • Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200040
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0020
        • Contact:
          • Site 0020
      • Shanghai, Shanghai Municipality, China, 200127
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0001
        • Contact:
          • Site 0001
  • Germany
      • Berlin, Germany, 10117
        • Recruiting
        • Charité Research Organisation
        • Contact:
          • Stanislav Ignatenko, Site 0022
          • Phone Number: 4930450539200
      • Cologne, Germany, 50937
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0021
        • Contact:
          • Site 0021
      • Herne, Germany, 44652
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0028
        • Contact:
          • Site 0028
      • Sendenhorst, Germany, 48324
        • Recruiting
        • St. Josef-Stift Sendenhorst
        • Contact:
          • Peter Korsten, Site 0056
          • Phone Number: +495513913065117
    • Bavaria
      • München, Bavaria, Germany, 81377
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0040
        • Contact:
          • Site 0040
  • Italy
      • Roma, Italy, 00168
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0017
        • Contact:
          • Site 0017
    • Milano
      • Rozzano, Milano, Italy, 20089
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0019
        • Contact:
          • Site 0019
  • Mexico
      • México, Mexico, 14080
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0053
        • Contact:
          • Site 0053
  • Poland
    • Masovian Voivodeship
      • Józefów, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, 05-410
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0023
        • Contact:
          • Site 0023
  • Spain
    • A Coruña [La Coruña]
      • A Coruña, A Coruña [La Coruña], Spain, 15006
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0039
        • Contact:
          • Site 0039
    • Córdoba
      • Córdoba, Córdoba, Spain, 14004
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0058
        • Contact:
          • Site 0058
  • Switzerland
      • Bern, Switzerland, 3010
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0037
        • Contact:
          • Site 0037
      • Geneva, Switzerland, 1211
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0027
        • Contact:
          • Site 0027
  • Ukraine
      • Ternopil, Ukraine, 46002
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0061
        • Contact:
          • Site 0061
    • Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast
      • Ivano-Frankivsk, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine, 76008
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0060
        • Contact:
          • Site 0060
    • Kyiv Oblast
      • Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, 01135
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0064
        • Contact:
          • Site 0064
    • Poltava Oblast
      • Poltava, Poltava Oblast, Ukraine, 36011
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0063
        • Contact:
          • Site 0063
  • United States
    • California
      • La Jolla, California, United States, 92037
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0068
        • Contact:
          • Site 0068
      • Loma Linda, California, United States, 92354
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0070
        • Contact:
          • Site 0070
      • Palo Alto, California, United States, 94304-2210
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0069
        • Contact:
          • Site 0069
    • Colorado
      • Aurora, Colorado, United States, 80045
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0050
        • Contact:
          • Site 0050
      • Denver, Colorado, United States, 80218
        • Recruiting
        • Colorado Blood Cancer Institute
        • Contact:
          • Richard Nash, Site 0067
          • Phone Number: 303-981-2305
    • Florida
      • South Miami, Florida, United States, 33143
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0055
        • Contact:
          • Site 0055
    • New York
      • New York, New York, United States, 10016
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0081
        • Contact:
          • Site 0081
      • New York, New York, United States, 10029
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0079
        • Contact:
          • Site 0079
    • Oregon
      • Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0066
        • Contact:
          • Site 0066
    • Pennsylvania
      • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19107
        • Not yet recruiting
        • Local Institution - 0071
        • Contact:
          • Site 0071
    • Texas
      • DeSoto, Texas, United States, 75115
        • Withdrawn
        • Local Institution - 0051

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

The key requirements that people who want to participate in a clinical study must meet or the characteristics they must have. Eligibility criteria consist of both inclusion criteria (which are required for a person to participate in the study) and exclusion criteria (which prevent a person from participating). Types of eligibility criteria include whether a study accepts healthy volunteers, has age or age group requirements, or is limited by sex.

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult
  • Older Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria

- Adult participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who meet definition of difficult-to-treat.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Juvenile arthritis or onset of inflammatory arthritis before age 18.
  • Seronegative RA participants in whom polymyalgia rheumatica has not been ruled out.
  • Active fibromyalgia with pain symptoms or signs that would interfere with joint assessment.
  • Other protocol-defined Inclusion/Exclusion criteria apply.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Sequential Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm

Participant Group / Arm

A group or subgroup of participants in a clinical trial that receives a specific intervention/treatment, or no intervention, according to the trial's protocol.
Intervention / Treatment

Intervention / Treatment

A process or action that is the focus of a clinical study. Interventions include drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available. Interventions can also include noninvasive approaches, such as education or modifying diet and exercise.
Experimental: Cohort A1
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A2
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A3
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A4
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A5
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A6
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A7
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort A8
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort B1
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days
Experimental: Cohort B2
Drug: BMS-986528
Specified dose on specified days

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, the planned outcome measure that is the most important for evaluating the effect of an intervention/treatment. Most clinical studies have one primary outcome measure, but some have more than one.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Number of participants with treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Number of participants with Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54

Secondary Outcome Measures

Secondary Outcome Measures

In a clinical study's protocol, a planned outcome measure that is not as important as the primary outcome measure for evaluating the effect of an intervention but is still of interest. Most clinical studies have more than one secondary outcome measure.
Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Maximum observed concentration (Cmax)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Time of maximum observed concentration (Tmax)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
area under the serum concentration-time curve from time zero to time of last quantifiable concentration (AUC(0-T))
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Area under the serum concentration-time curve from time zero extrapolated to infinite time (AUC(INF))
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Apparent terminal serum half-life (T-HALF)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Apparent total body clearance (CLT/F)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Apparent volume of distribution of terminal phase (Vz/F)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in numbers and fractions of B cells
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in immunoglobulin G (igG) levels
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in igM levels
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in igE levels
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in igD levels
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in igA levels
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Number of participants with anti-drug antibody (ADA)
Time Frame: Up to Week 54
Up to Week 54
Change from baseline in disease activity score 28-C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP)
Time Frame: At Week 12
At Week 12

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Sponsor

The organization or person who initiates the study and who has authority and control over the study.
Bristol-Myers Squibb

Investigators

Investigators

A researcher involved in a clinical study. Related terms include site principal investigator, site sub-investigator, study chair, study director, and study principal investigator.
  • Study Director: Bristol-Myers Squibb, Bristol-Myers Squibb

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

Helpful Links

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Estimated)

Study Start

The actual date on which the first participant was enrolled in a clinical study. The "anticipated" study start date is the date that the researchers think will be the study start date.
September 15, 2026

Primary Completion (Estimated)

Primary Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention to collect final data for the primary outcome measure. Whether the clinical study ended according to the protocol or was terminated does not affect this date. For clinical studies with more than one primary outcome measure with different completion dates, this term refers to the date on which data collection is completed for all the primary outcome measures. The "anticipated" primary completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the primary completion date for the study.
October 30, 2029

Study Completion (Estimated)

Study Completion

The date on which the last participant in a clinical study was examined or received an intervention/treatment to collect final data for the primary outcome measures, secondary outcome measures, and adverse events (that is, the last participant's last visit). The "anticipated" study completion date is the date that the researchers think will be the study completion date.
September 2, 2030

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

First Submitted

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submitted a study record to ClinicalTrials.gov. There is typically a delay of a few days between the first submitted date and the record's availability on ClinicalTrials.gov (the first posted date).
February 9, 2026

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The date on which the study sponsor or investigator first submits a study record that is consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. The sponsor or investigator may need to revise and submit a study record one or more times before NLM's QC review criteria are met. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
February 9, 2026

First Posted (Actual)

First Posted

The date on which the study record was first available on ClinicalTrials.gov after National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review has concluded. There is typically a delay of a few days between the date the study sponsor or investigator submitted the study record and the first posted date.
February 17, 2026

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

Last Update Posted

The most recent date on which changes to a study record were made available on ClinicalTrials.gov. There may be a delay between when the changes were submitted to ClinicalTrials.gov by the study's sponsor or investigator (the last update submitted date) and the last update posted date.
August 24, 2026

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator submitted changes to a study record that are consistent with National Library of Medicine (NLM) quality control (QC) review criteria. It is the responsibility of the sponsor or investigator to ensure that the study record is consistent with the NLM QC review criteria.
August 21, 2026

Last Verified

Last Verified

The most recent date on which the study sponsor or investigator confirmed the information about a clinical study on ClinicalTrials.gov as accurate and current. If a study with a recruitment status of recruiting; not yet recruiting; or active, not recruiting has not been confirmed within the past 2 years, the study's recruitment status is shown as unknown.
August 1, 2026

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

Other Study ID Numbers

Identifiers or ID numbers other than the NCT number that are assigned to a clinical study by the study's sponsor, funders, or others. These numbers may include unique identifiers from other trial registries and National Institutes of Health grant numbers.
  • IM062-0001
  • 2025 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract: Faculty of Social Sciences Scientific Grant at the University of Gdańsk)
  • 2025-520666-22 (Other Identifier: EU CTR)
  • U1111-1317-6393 (Other Identifier: WHO)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

YES

IPD Plan Description

BMS will provide access to individual anonymized participant data upon request from qualified researchers, and subject to certain criteria. Additional information regarding Bristol Myer Squibb's data sharing policy and process can be found at https://www.bms.com/researchers-and-partners/clinical-trials-and-research.html

IPD Sharing Time Frame

See Plan Description

IPD Sharing Access Criteria

See Plan Description

IPD Sharing Supporting Information Type

  • STUDY_PROTOCOL
  • SAP
  • CSR

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

Yes

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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