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临床试验/EUCTR2009-015950-39-DE
EUCTR2009-015950-39-DE进行中(未招募)不适用

Addition of Rituximab to Leflunomide in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis - AMARA

Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.0 个研究点开始时间: 2009年12月28日最近更新:
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不适用
状态
进行中(未招募)
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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • -Male and female patients, 18 to 75 years of age, with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (not more than 3 DMARDs including leflunomide, not more than one anti-TNF failure) and currently have active disease despite at least 3-month treatment with leflunomide. Active disease is defined as DAS 28 > 3.2 and at least swollen joint count (SJC) = 3 and tender joint count (TJC) = 3 included in the 28 joint count.
  • -Male and female patients with rheumatoid arthritis for at least 3 months diagnosed according to the revised 1987 ACR criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis.
  • - Willingness and capability to give written informed consent, and willingness to participate and to comply with the study protocol.
  • - Not more than 2 non-biological DMARDs other than leflunomide in history, which are washed out at least 4 weeks prior to first rituximab infusion
  • - Inadequat response to no more than one anti-TNF treatment
  • - Previous use of anti-TNF therapy is allowed. Patient will only be allowed to be pre-treated with a maximum of two anti-TNF therapies and only one stopped due to inadequate response. The second anti-TNF could be stopped for instance due to
  • intolerance, e.g. injection site reactions.
  • Are the trial subjects under 18? no
  • Number of subjects for this age range:
  • F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
  • F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range 90
  • F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
  • F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 90

排除标准

  • -RA functional class IV: limited in ability to perform usual self-care, work, and other activities
  • - Male and female patients with other chronic inflammatory articular disease or systemic autoimmune disease
  • - Any active infection, a history of recurrent clinically significant infection, a history of recurrent bacterial infections with encapsulated organisms (Hepatitis B, C and HIV)
  • - Primary or secondary immunodeficiency
  • - Chronic, latent and acute infections of the lung
  • - Positive result of a Tb specific Interferon gamma release assay
  • - History of cancer with curative treatment not longer than 5 years ago except basal-cell carcinoma of the skin that had been excised
  • - Evidence of significant uncontrolled concomitant diseases or serious and / or uncontrolled diseases that are likely to interfere with the evaluation of the patient's safety and of the study outcome
  • - Neuropathy that can interfere with filling out the patient's questionnaires
  • - History of a severe psychological illness or condition
  • - Known hypersensitivity to any component of the product or to murine proteins
  • - Severe heart failure (New York Heart Association Class III and IV) or severe, uncontrolled cardiac disease.
  • - Women lactating, pregnant, nursing or of childbearing potential with a positive pregnancy test or planned pregnancy.
  • - Women of childbearing potential without adequate contraception (medically acceptable methods (pearl index < 1) are contraceptive implant, contraceptive injection, intrauterine device (IUD), or oral contraceptives taken for at least 3 months, which the patient agrees to continue using during the study, or a double-barrier method which must consist of a combination of any of the following: diaphragma, cervical cap, condom, or spermicide)
  • - History of alcohol, drug or chemical abuse (defined as impaired / questionable reliability) as well as neurotic personality.
  • - Participation in another investigational study within 4 weeks prior to the screening visit.
  • - Previous treatment with any B-cell depleting agents including rituximab
  • - Intolerance to ingredients of rituximab or murine proteins
  • - Pre-treatment with abatacept, tocilizumab or other non anti-TNF biologicals.
  • -Inadequate response to more than one anti-TNF-therapy
  • -Pre-treatment of more than two anti-TNF, only one is allowed to be stopped due to inadequate response. The second anti-TNF could be stopped due to intolerance, e.g.
  • injection site reactions.
  • - Corticosteroids at doses exceeding 10 mg per day of prednisolone or equivalents within the last 2 weeks or corticosteroids at instable doses within the last 2 weeks
  • -Intolerance or contraindication to drugs required for the treatment of the side effects of rituximab
  • -Previous treatment with any investigational medicinal product within last 3 months prior to baseline
  • Receipt of a live vaccine within 4 weeks prior to treatment
  • Intra- articular or parenteral corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to screening visit
  • Haemoglobin < 8.5 g / dl
  • -Neutrophil counts < 1.500 / µl
  • -Platelet count < 75.000 / µl
  • - Lower than 500 / µl (equivalent to 0,5 / nl) lymphocytes
  • -Serum creatinine > 1.4 mg / dl for women or 1.6 mg / dl for men
  • -AST or ALT > 2.5 times upper limit of normal
  • -IgG level < 5g/l

研究者

发起方
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/M.

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