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Efficacy and Safety of Hydroxychloroquine and Methotrexate Combination in Treatment of Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Phase 3
Completed
Conditions
Health Condition 1: null- Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis
Registration Number
CTRI/2011/05/001734
Lead Sponsor
Ipca Laboratories Ltd Mumbai
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
77
Inclusion Criteria

Male and female subjects in the age range of 4 to 16 years (both inclusive).

-Subjects who have a diagnosis of JRA according to the ACR (American College of Rheumatology) criteria for JRA.

-Active pauciarticular (i.e. inflammation in fewer than 5 joints) or polyarticular JRA (i.e. equal to or greater than 5 swollen joint or equal to or greater than 3 joint with limitation of movement accompanied by either pain on motion or tenderness or both which could be of the same joint and rheumatoid factor positive or negative) without systemic onset that persists for at least 6 weeks and inadequately controlled by NSAIDs plus any DMARDs.

-Ready to give consent/assesnt

Exclusion Criteria

-Subjects having active systemic course of JRA(i.e. persistent intermittent fever with or without erythematosus rash, hepatosplenomegally , lymphadenopathy , serositis or other organ involvement)
-Current inflammatory diseases or history of diseases other than juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (like lupus erythematosus, vasculitis, dermatomyositis, scleroderma, rheumatic fever, anterior uveitis, fibromyalgia, SLE infectious arthritis, psoriasis or ankylosing spondylitis, sacroiliitis with inflammatory bowel disease).
-Subjects who had undergone joint surgery within the preceding two months of the screening visit

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
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