Assessment of Pain Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis and Ankylosing Spondylitis Patients Who Are About to be Treated With Adalimumab
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Sponsor
- AbbVie (prior sponsor, Abbott)
- Enrollment
- 155
- Locations
- 15
- Primary Endpoint
- Participant Assessment of Present Pain Intensity Recorded on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at Baseline and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 12 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to assess whether or not adalimumab (Humira®) can influence pain medication in participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with or without comorbidities, which do not constitute a contraindication for adalimumab as stated in the released summary of product characteristics. Therefore it shall be evaluated if pain medication which is used in these participants is changed, reduced or stopped due to adalimumab treatment.
Detailed Description
This is a non-interventional, observational study in which Humira (adalimumab) is prescribed in the usual manner in accordance with the terms of the local marketing authorization with regards to dose, population and indication. The assignment of the patient to a Humira-containing regimen has to be decided in advance and has to be current practice. The prescription of Humira is clearly separated from the decision to include the participant in this study.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •Patients aged ≥ 18 years for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis
- •Patients must fulfill international and national guidelines for the use of a biological disease modifying antirheumatic drug in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (chest x-ray and interferon gamma release assay or purified protein derivative-skin test negative for tuberculosis). In addition one of the following criteria must be fulfilled:
- •unsatisfactory disease modifying antirheumatic drug response defined as failure to treatment with at least two disease modifying antirheumatic drugs including Methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis
- •unsatisfactory non steroidal antiinflammatory drug response in patients with ankylosing spondylitis or unsatisfactory response to prior biological disease modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis
Exclusion Criteria
- •Patients who meet contraindications as outlined in the latest version of the Humira syringe® summary of product characteristics and Humira Pen® summary of product characteristics
- •Patients participating in another study program or clinical trial
- •Patients who have been treated with Humira before
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Participant Assessment of Present Pain Intensity Recorded on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at Baseline and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12
Participants measured their present pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (VAS), where the responses were on a continuous range from 0 (no pain) to 100 (worst pain imaginable).
Physician Assessment of Present Pain Intensity Recorded on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at Baseline and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12
Physicians measured participants' present pain intensity on a visual analogue scale (VAS), where the responses were on a continuous range from 0 (no pain) to 100 (worst pain imaginable).
Participant Assessment of Present Pain Intensity Recorded on a Likert Scale at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants measured their present pain intensity by specifying their level of pain in response to the question "How intensive is your pain at present?" on a 4-point Likert scale, where 0 = no pain; 1 = mild pain, 2 = moderate pain, 3 = severe pain.
Participant Assessment of Pain Intensity in the Past 3 Months Recorded on a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) at Baseline and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12
Participants measured their pain intensity in the past 3 months on a visual analogue scale (VAS), where the responses were on a continuous range from 0 (no pain) to 100 (worst pain imaginable).
Participant Assessment of Pain Intensity in the Past 3 Months Recorded on a Likert Scale at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants measured their pain intensity in the past 3 months by specifying their level of pain in response to the question "How intensive was your pain on average in the past 3 months?" on a 4-point Likert scale, where 0 = no pain; 1 = mild pain, 2 = moderate pain, 3 = severe pain.
Participant Assessment of the Pattern of Pain Progression (Daytime/Nocturnal) in the Past 3 Months at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants assessed the pattern of their pain progression in the past 3 months according to the following descriptors: intermittent (daytime and/or nocturnal); mostly daytime; mostly nocturnal; continuous (daytime and nocturnal).
Participant Assessment of the Pattern of Pain Progression (Sudden/Creeping) in the Past 3 Months at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants assessed the pattern of their pain progression in the past 3 months according to the following descriptors: the type of beginning of pain was mostly sudden; the type of beginning of pain was mostly creeping.
Participant Assessment of the Presence of Nocturnal Pain Progression in the Past 3 Months at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants assessed how often on average they noted the presence of nocturnal pain in the past 3 month according to the following descriptors: never; rarely (not exceeding once a week), every night (awake from sleep at least once a night), more than once a night per week.
Participant Assessment of the Presence of Distress Caused by Pain in the Last 3 Months Recorded on a Likert Scale at Baseline and Month 12
Time Frame: Baseline, Month 12
Participants indicated their perception of average distress caused by pain in the past 3 months on a 5-point Likert scale, where; 0 = no pain, 1 = not distressed, 2 = slightly distressed, 3 = moderately distressed, 4 = greatly distressed by pains.
Secondary Outcomes
- Mean Medical Outcomes Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) Summary of Scales at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Scores at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean Rheumatoid Arthritis Disease Activity Index (RADAI) at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index (BASFI) Scores at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) for Participants With Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)
- Mean C-reactive Protein (CRP) at Baseline, and Months 3, 6, 9, and 12(Baseline, Months 3, 6, 9, 12)