Active management of rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
Completed
- Conditions
- Musculoskeletal Diseases: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA)Musculoskeletal DiseasesRheumatoid arthritis (RA)
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN78142229
- Lead Sponsor
- Record Provided by the NHSTCT Register - 2004 Update - Department of Health (UK)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
Patients attending the Rheumatology service at St Helens & Knowsley NHS Hospitals with active RA, who are on no more than one disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD), will be invited to participate in the study.
1. Patients with active inflammatory polyarthropathy
2. Age 18 or over
3. On no DMARDs or monotherapy
4. Informed consent
Exclusion Criteria
1. Inflammatory disease due to psoriatic arthritis or other clear or suspected cause other than RA
2. Pregnancy at the time of enrolment or planned during the course of the next 3 years
3. On more than one DMARD at time of enrolment
4. Severe systemic disease or major co-morbidity
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method