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An Oral p38 Inhibitor Investigating Safety, Efficacy, And PK In Subjects With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis

Phase 2
Completed
Conditions
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Interventions
Drug: placebo
Registration Number
NCT00383188
Lead Sponsor
Pfizer
Brief Summary

Investigating the safety and tolerability of a p38 inhibitor as monotherapy in subjects who have failed at least 1 DMARD.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
305
Inclusion Criteria
  • Diagnosed with RA and has failed at least 1 DMARD therapy
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any other inflammatory arthritis and any significant history of acute or chronic infection with immunomodulatory etiology.

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
1placebo-
5PH-797804-
3PH-797804-
2PH-797804-
4PH-797804-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Percentage of Participants Achieving American College of Rheumatology 20 Percent (%) (ACR 20) Response at Week 12Week 12

ACR20 responders: participants with greater than or equal to(\>=)20% improvement in tender and swollen 28-joint counts from baseline, \>=20% improvement in at least 3 of 5 measures: Patient's global assessment of arthritis(PGA), physician's global assessment of arthritis, participant's assessment of pain on visual analogue scale (Pain-VAS), health assessment questionnaire-disability index (HAQ-DI), C-reactive protein (CRP) in mg/liter (mg/L). PGA:participant assess overall disease activity on VAS, score:0(no arthritis) to 100(extreme arthritis), high score=more arthritis. Physician's global assessment:physician judge participant's overall disease activity on VAS, score:0(no arthritis) to 100millimeter(mm) (extreme arthritis), high score=more arthritis. Pain-VAS:participant assess arthritis pain on 100mm VAS, score:0mm (no pain) to 100mm (extreme pain), high score=more pain. HAQ-DI:functional disability evaluation, score:0 (no difficulty) to 3 (unable to do), high score=more disability.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Change From Baseline in Swollen Joint Count at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

A total of 28 swollen joints were assessed. The 28 joints included: shoulders, elbows, wrists, MCP joints, PIP joints, and knees. Artificial joints were not assessed.

Percentage of Participants Achieving American College of Rheumatology 20 Percent (%) (ACR 20) Response at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 16

ACR20 responders: participants with greater than or equal to(\>=)20% improvement in tender and swollen 28-joint counts from baseline, \>=20% improvement in at least 3 of 5 measures: Patient's global assessment of arthritis(PGA), physician's global assessment of arthritis, participant's assessment of pain on visual analogue scale (Pain-VAS), health assessment questionnaire-disability index (HAQ-DI), C-reactive protein (CRP) in mg/L. PGA:participant assess overall disease activity on VAS, score:0(no arthritis) to 100(extreme arthritis), high score=more arthritis. Physician's global assessment:physician judge participant's overall disease activity on VAS, score:0(no arthritis) to 100millimeter(mm) (extreme arthritis), high score=more arthritis. Pain-VAS:participant assessed arthritis pain on 100mm VAS, score:0mm (no pain) to 100mm (extreme pain), high score=more pain. HAQ-DI:functional disability evaluation, score:0 (no difficulty) to 3 (unable to do), high score=more disability.

Percentage of Participants Achieving American College of Rheumatology 50 Percent (%) (ACR 50) Response at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

ACR50 responders: participants with \>= 50% improvement in tender and swollen 28-joint counts from baseline and \>= 50% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 measures: PGA, physician global assessment, Pain-VAS, HAQ-DI and C-reactive protein (in mg/L). PGA: participant assessed overall disease activity on VAS, score: 0 (no arthritis) to 100 (extreme arthritis), higher score=more arthritis. Physician global assessment: physician judged participant's overall disease activity on VAS, score: 0 (no arthritis) to 100 mm VAS (extreme arthritis), higher score=more arthritis. Pain-VAS: participant assessed arthritis pain by 100 mm VAS, score: 0 mm (no pain) to 100 mm (extreme pain), higher score=more pain. HAQ-DI: functional disability evaluation, score: 0 (no difficulty) to 3 (unable to do), higher score=more disability.

Percentage of Participants Achieving American College of Rheumatology 70 Percent (%) (ACR 70) Response at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

ACR70 responders: participants with \>=70% improvement in tender and swollen 28-joint counts from baseline and \>= 70% improvement in at least 3 of the 5 measures: PGA, physician global assessment, Pain-VAS, HAQ-DI and CRP (in mg/L). PGA: participant assessed overall disease activity on VAS, score: 0 (no arthritis) to 100 (extreme arthritis), higher score=more arthritis. Physician global assessment: physician judged participant's overall disease activity on VAS, score: 0 (no arthritis) to 100 mm VAS (extreme arthritis), higher score=more arthritis. Pain-VAS: participant assessed arthritis pain by 100 mm VAS, score: 0 mm (no pain) to 100 mm (extreme pain), higher score=more pain. HAQ-DI: functional disability evaluation, score: 0 (no difficulty) to 3 (unable to do), higher score=more disability.

Change From Baseline in Tender/Painful Joint Count at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

A total of 28 tender/painful joints were assessed for tenderness or pain. The 28 joints included: shoulders, elbows, wrists, metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints, proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints, and knees. Artificial joints were not assessed.

Change From Baseline in Disease Activity Score in 28 Joints Using 4 Variables (DAS28-4 [CRP]) at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

DAS28-4 (CRP) was calculated from 28-tender joint count and 28-swollen joint count, C-reactive protein (mg/L) and PGA : participant assessed overall disease activity on VAS, score:0(no arthritis) to 100(extreme arthritis). DAS28-4 (CRP) lower than (\<) 3.2 implied mild disease activity, 3.2 to 5.1 implied moderate disease activity and greater than (\>) 5.1 severe disease activity. Total score range: 0 to 9.4, higher score indicated more disease activity.

Number of Participants Who Withdrew From Study Due to Lack of EfficacyBaseline up to Week 16
Change From Baseline in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) Score at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

HAQ-DI: participant-reported assessment of ability to perform tasks in 8 categories of daily living activities: dressing/grooming, arising, eating, walking, reaching, gripping, hygiene, and "other common activities" over past week. Each item scored on 4-point scale from 0 to 3: 0= no difficulty; 1= some difficulty; 2= much difficulty; 3= unable to do. Overall score was computed as the sum of domain scores and divided by the number of domains answered. Total average possible score range 0 (least difficulty) to 3 (extreme difficulty), where higher scores indicate more difficulty while performing daily living activities.

Change From Baseline in Participant Assessment of Arthritis Pain at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

Participants self-assessed the severity of arthritis pain using a 100 mm VAS between 0 mm (no pain) and 100 mm (most severe pain), where higher scores indicate higher degree of pain intensity.

Change From Baseline in Participant Global Assessment (PGA) of Arthritis at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8 12 and 16Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

Participants responded to the question "Considering all the ways your arthritis affects you, how are you feeling today?" was recorded using a 0-100 mm VAS where 0 mm (very well) and 100 mm (very poor). Higher scores indicated worse condition.

Change From Baseline in Physician Global Assessment of Arthritis at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

Physician assessed the overall impact of arthritis on the participants' daily life based on the disease signs, functional capacity and physical examination. The physician's response was recorded using a 100 mm VAS between 0 mm (very good) and 100 mm (very poor). Higher scores indicating worse condition of arthritis.

Change From Baseline in C-Reactive Protein (CRP) at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8, 12 and 16

C-reactive protein is a biochemical measure of inflammation and disease activity.

Number of Participants With Treatment-Emergent Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)Baseline up to Week 16

An AE was any untoward medical occurrence in a participant who received study drug without regard to possibility of causal relationship. SAE was an AE resulting in any of the following outcomes or deemed significant for any other reason: death; initial or prolonged inpatient hospitalization; life threatening experience (immediate risk of dying); persistent or significant disability/incapacity; congenital anomaly. Treatment-emergent events are events between first dose of study drug and up to week 16 after last dose that were absent before treatment or that worsened relative to pretreatment state. AEs included both serious and non-serious AEs.

Change From Baseline in Modified Brief Pain Inventory-Short Form (mBPI-SF) Score at Weeks 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12Baseline, Week 1, 2, 4, 8 and 12

The modified brief pain inventory-short form (mBPI-SF) is a pain assessment tool used to measure both pain intensity and pain interference using an 11-point numeric rating scale. Participants rated their pain severity, using a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (pain as bad as you can imagine), where higher scores indicate greater intensity of pain. Participants also rated the level of pain interference using a scale from 0 (no interference) to 10 (complete interference), where higher scores indicate more degree of interference in general daily activities.

Change From Baseline in 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36) Version 2 at Weeks 4 and 12Baseline, Weeks 4, 12

The SF-36 version 2 is a 36-item generic health status measure standardized survey is a standardized survey evaluating 8 domains of functional health and well-being: physical functioning (PF), role physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role emotional (RE) and mental health (MH). The summary score of these concepts is summarized as Physical component summary (PCS) score and Mental component summary (MCS) score, are based on a normalized sum of the 8 scale scores PF, RP, BP, GH, VT, SF, RE, and MH. The score for each of 8 domains were scaled from 0 (lowest level of functioning) to100 (highest level of functioning, where higher scores represented better level of functioning. 8 domains were summarized as 2 summary scores; PCS and MCS. Score range for each of the 2 summary scores = 0 (lowest level of functioning) to 100 (highest level of functioning), where higher scores represented better level of functioning.

Number of Participants With Laboratory AbnormalitiesBaseline up to Week 16

Haemoglobin, haematocrit, red blood cell count less than(\<) 0.8\*lower limit of normal \[LLN\], platelets \<0.5\*LLN and (\&) greater than(\>) 1.75\*ULN, white blood cell count \<0.6\*LLN\&\>1.5x ULN, lymphocytes \<0.8\*LLN\&\>1.2\*ULN, total neutrophils \<0.8\*LLN\&\>1.2\*ULN, basophils, eosinophils, monocytes \>1.2\*ULN; total bilirubin \>1.5\*ULN, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, gamma glutamyl transferase, alkaline phosphatase \>3.0\*ULN, total protein \<0.8\*LLN\&\>1.2\*ULN, albumin \<0.8\*LLN\&\>1.2\*ULN; blood urea nitrogen, Creatinine, Uric Acid \>1.2\*ULN; Cholesterol \>1.3\*ULN, HDL Cholesterol \<0.8\*LLN, LDL Cholesterol \>1.2\*ULN, Triglycerides \>1.3\*ULN; Electrolytes: sodium \<0.95\*LLN\&\>1.05\*ULN, potassium \<0.9\*LLN\&\>1.1\*ULN, chloride, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate \<0.9\*LLN\&\>1.1\*ULN, phosphate \<0.8\*LLN\&\>1.2x ULN; glucose \<0.6\*LLN\&\>1.5\*ULN, human chorionic gonadotrophin \>0; CRP \>1.25\*ULN, (\[urine-RBC, WBC, epithelial cells, crystals, yeast cells\] \>=6), urine casts \>1, urine Bacteria \>20.

Minimum Observed Plasma Pre-dose Concentration (Ctrough Min) of Steady StatePredose
Number of Participants With Concomitant MedicationsBaseline up to Week 16

Concomitant medication (any medication other than, and in addition to, the study medication) taken for any period of time during the study and was coded by World Health Organization (WHO) medical dictionary.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Vital Signs AbnormalitiesBaseline up to Week 16

Pre-defined criteria for vital sign abnormalities: Maximum (max) increase from baseline in supine systolic blood pressure (SBP) \>=30 milliliters of mercury (mmHg), maximum increase from baseline in supine diastolic blood pressure (DBP) \>=20 mmHg.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Changes From Baseline in 12-Lead Electrocardiogram (ECG) ParametersBaseline up to Week 16

12-lead ECG were performed after the participant had rested quietly for at least 10 minutes in a supine position. ECG parameters included RR interval, PR interval, QRS complex, QT interval, corrected QT (QTc) interval, Bazett's correction QT (QTcB) interval, Heart Rate and Fridericia's correction (QTcF) interval. Clinical significance of 12-Lead ECG was judged by investigator.

Number of Participants With Electrocardiogram (ECG) AbnormalitiesBaseline up to Week 16

Criteria for ECG abnormalities: maximum QT interval (millisecond \[msec\]): \< 450, 450 to \<480, 480 to \<500, \>= 500; maximum QT interval with Bazett's correction (QTcB interval) (msec): \<450, 450 to \<480, 480 to \<500, \>=500; maximum QT interval with Fridericia's correction (QTcF interval) (msec): \<450, 450 to \<480, 480 to \<500, \>=500; maximum QTc interval increase from baseline (msec): change \<30, 30 \<=change \<60, change \>=60.

Number of Participants With Clinically Significant Physical Examination AbnormalitiesBaseline up to Week 16

Following criteria and body systems were examined to identify the clinically significant physical examination abnormalities; general appearance, skin (presence of rash), head, ears, eyes, nose, and throat, lungs (auscultation), heart (auscultation for presence of murmurs, gallops, rubs, peripheral edema), abdominal (palpation and auscultation), neurologic (mental status, station, gait, reflexes, motor and sensory function, coordination). Physical examination abnormalities were as determined by the investigator.

Trial Locations

Locations (48)

Hospital Heliópolis - PAM

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São Paulo, SP, Brazil

NZZ Bormed, s.r.o.

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Ostrava - Trebovice, Czechia

Department of Rheumatology, CARE Hospital

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

Dr S Sankovic

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Parktown, Johannesburg, South Africa

Fakultni nemocnice u sv. Anny v Brne

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Brno, Czechia

Smolensk State Medical Academy

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Smolensk, Russian Federation

Centrum Badan Klinicznych

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Warszawa, Poland

Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Rheumatology

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Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

City Hospital # 28 "Maximilianovskaya"

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Hospital Nuestra Señora de Valme

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Sevilla, Spain

Emeritus Research

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Malvern East, Victoria, Australia

Fakultni nemocnice Olomouc

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Olomouc, Czechia

Hospital del Salvador

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Santiago, RM, Chile

Poznanski Osrodek Medyczny

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Poznan, Poland

Fakultni Thomayerova nemocnice s poliklinikou

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Praha 4, Czechia

Escola Paulista de Medicina - EPM

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São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Yonsei University College of Medicine, Severance Hospital, Rheumatology, Internal Medicine

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

SP ZOZ Wojewodzki Szpital Zespolony im. Jedrzeja Sniadeckiego

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Bialystok, Poland

Hospital Regional de Rancagua

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Rancagua, VI Región, Chile

Instituto Peruano del Hueso y la Articulación SAC.

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Lima, Peru

Intercare Medical and Dental Centre

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Pretoria, South Africa

PV-Medical s.r.o.

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Zlin, Czechia

City Hospital #4, Department of Therapy of Moscow Faculty of Russian State Medical University

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital/Rheumatology, Internal Medicine

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Anyang, Korea, Republic of

Hospital de Cruces

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Barakaldo, Vizcaya, Spain

Quinta-Med

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Bloemfontein, South Africa

Clinical Hospital #7

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Moscow, Russian Federation

Office Of Dr. F. Le Clus

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Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

Kovai Medical Center and Hospital,

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Coimbatore, Tamil NADU, India

Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR

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Curitiba, PR, Brazil

Hospital Gustavo Fricke

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Viña Del Mar, V Region, Chile

North Estonia Regional Hospital

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Tallinn, Estonia

Instituto Peruano del Climaterio

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Lima, Peru

Hospital Clínica San Borja Arriarán

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Santiago, RM, Chile

East Tallinn Central Hospital

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Tallinn, Estonia

Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Department of Orthopedics

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Ludhiana, Punjab, India

T. N. Medical College and B. Y. L. Nair Ch. HospitalDepartment of Medicine and Rheumatology Clinic

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Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Instituto de Ginecologia y Reproduccion

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Lima, Peru

Hanyang University Hospital, Department of Rheumatology

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Clinresco Centres (Pty) Ltd

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Kempton Park, South Africa

Revmatologicky ustav

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Praha 2, Czechia

Centro de Estudos em Terapias Inovadoras

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Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil

Office of Dr. Pedro Miranda

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Santiago, RM, Chile

St. John's Medical College Hospital, Department of Orthopedics

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Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Centrum Osteoporozy i Chorob Kostno-Stawowych

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Bialystok, Poland

St Augustines Medical Ctr 2

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Durban, South Africa

St. Petersburg Clnical Hospital n.a. Sokolov (MSCh #122)

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St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

The Catholic University of Korea, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital/ Rheumatology, Internal Medicine

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Seoul, Korea, Republic of

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