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临床试验/NCT00160602
NCT00160602已完成3 期

A Phase III Multi-center, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group 24-Week Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Two Dose Regimens of Liquid Certolizumab Pegol as Additional Medication to Methotrexate in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis and in Prevention of Joint Damage in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Incomplete Response to Methotrexate.

UCB Pharma70 个研究点 分布在 10 个国家目标入组 590 人开始时间: 2005年6月最近更新:
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试验速览

阶段
3 期
状态
已完成
发起方
UCB Pharma
入组人数
590
试验地点
70
主要终点
Compare efficacy of two dose regimens of certolizumab pegol in combination with MTX to MTX alone in patients with RA measured by the ACR20 at week 24.

研究概览

简要总结

A 24 week study in which patients are given study medication and assessed for signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. X-rays are performed to assess the progress of joint damage during the study.

研究设计

研究类型
Interventional
分配方式
Randomized
干预模型
Parallel
主要目的
Treatment
盲法
Double

入排标准

年龄范围
18 Years 至 —(Adult, Older Adult)
性别
All
接受健康志愿者

入选标准

  • Patients must be at least 18 years old at the screening visit.
  • Patients must have a diagnosis of adult-onset RA of at least six months duration but not longer than fifteen years as defined by the 1987 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria.
  • Patients must have active RA disease as defined by:
  • 9 tender joints at Screening and Baseline.
  • 9 swollen joints at Screening and Baseline. and fulfilling 1 of the following 2 criteria during the screening period:
  • 30 mm/hour ESR (Westergren), or CRP >15 mg/L.
  • Patients must have received treatment with MTX (with or without folic acid) for at least 6 months prior to the Baseline visit. The dose of MTX and route of administration must have been stable for at least 2 months prior to the baseline visit. The minimum stable dose of MTX allowed is 10 mg weekly.
  • Patients must be willing to complete an X-ray of the hands and feet 24 weeks after randomization even if they are no longer receiving study treatment in the present study, provided they have not withdrawn their informed consent.

排除标准

  • Patients must not have a diagnosis of any other inflammatory arthritis (e.g., psoriatic arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis).
  • Patients must not have a secondary, non-inflammatory type of arthritis (e.g. OA or fibromyalgia)
  • Female patients who are breast feeding, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant during the trial or for three months following last dose of study drug.
  • Patients with a history of tuberculosis or positive chest X-ray for tuberculosis or positive
  • Patients at a high risk of infection (e.g. leg ulcers, indwelling urinary catheter and persistent or recurrent chest infections and patients who are permanently bed ridden or wheelchair bound).
  • Patients with known human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
  • Patients with an active malignancy of any type or a history of malignancy (except basal cell carcinoma of the skin that has been excised prior to study start).
  • Patients with a current or recent history, as determined by the Investigator, of severe, progressive, and/or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, or cerebral disease which would interfere with the patient's participation in the trial.
  • Patients with a history of, or suspected, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (e.g. multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis).

结局指标

主要结局

Compare efficacy of two dose regimens of certolizumab pegol in combination with MTX to MTX alone in patients with RA measured by the ACR20 at week 24.

次要结局

  • Assess Safety and Tolerability of two dose regimens of certolizumab pegol in combination with MTX and MTX alone in patients with RA; prevention of joint damage in patients with RA; Health Outcomes Measures

研究者

发起方
UCB Pharma
申办方类型
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