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临床试验/ISRCTN36745608
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A controlled randomised double-blind multicentre study comparing two therapy strategies in disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug-naive early rheumatoid arthritis patients over 48 weeks: induction therapy with adalimumab and methotrexate over 24 weeks followed by methotrexate monotherapy up to week 48 versus methotrexate monotherapy

Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Germany)0 个研究点目标入组 180 人开始时间: 2006年8月11日最近更新:

试验速览

阶段
不适用
状态
已完成
发起方
入组人数
180

研究概览

简要总结

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研究设计

研究类型
Interventional

入排标准

性别
All

入选标准

  • Each patient must meet all of the following inclusion criteria to be enrolled into this study:
  • 1. Patients with definite RA referring to the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Classification Criteria of 1987 up to one year after first RA symptoms
  • 2. Aged 18 to 70 years
  • 3. Has active disease at the time of randomisation as indicated by: six from 68 tender and six from 66 swollen joints and at least one of the following two criteria:
  • 3.1. Westergren erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) of 28 mm/hour
  • 3.2. C-reactive protein (CRP) levels more than 1.0 mg/dl
  • 4. Has morning stiffness for longer than 30 minutes
  • 5. No current or prior therapy with Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) or biologics
  • 6. Non steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) and corticosteroids treatment has to be stable two weeks prior to screening and during the trial with maximal less than or equal to 10 mg/d prednisolone equivalent
  • 7. Is capable of understanding and signing an informed consent form
  • 8. Is able and willing to self-inject study drug or have a designee who can do so
  • 9. Is able and willing to take oral medication
  • 10. Is able to store injectable test article at 2°C to 8°C
  • 11. Sexually active women participating in the study must use a medically acceptable form of contraception for women. This includes oral contraception, injectable or implantable methods, intrauterine devices, or properly used barrier contraception

排除标准

  • Patients meeting any following exclusion criteria are not to be enrolled in this study:
  • 1. Has significant concurrent medical diseases including cancer or a history of cancer (other than resected cutaneous basal and squamous cell carcinoma, in situ cervical cancer) in the last five years
  • 2. Has uncompensated congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 12 months, unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled hypertension,
  • severe pulmonary disease, or history of human Immunodeficiency
  • Virus (HIV) infection, immunodeficiency syndrome, other rheumatologic diseases than RA, or central nervous systems demyelinating events suggestive or multiple sclerosis
  • 3. Received anti-CD4, diphtheria interleukin-2 fusion protein, anti-interleukin-6, rituximab or other immunsuppressive biologic before screening, and treatment with such agents if there are persistent signs of immunosuppression (with a subsequent abnormal absolute T-cell count) at screening count
  • 4. Received any live (attenuated) vaccines within four weeks of screening visit
  • 5. Received intra-articular corticosteroid injection within four weeks of screening
  • 6. Received bolus intramuscular/intravenous treatment with corticosteroids
  • (more than 10 mg prednisone or equivalent) within four weeks of screening visit
  • 7. Is taking more than 10 mg/d prednisone or equivalent
  • 8. Has a history of confirmed blood dyscrasias
  • 9. Has a significant active infection or any underlying diseases that could predispose subjects to infections (e.g. history of recurring infections,
  • leg ulcers, advanced or poorly controlled diabetes)
  • 10. Has active infection with Hepatitis A, B or C virus, tuberculosis, chronic infections, latent tuberculosis (has to be excluded by Chest X-ray and Purified Protein Derivative [PPD] Test according to Mendel-Mantoux), in case of latent tuberculosis
  • isoniazid 300 mg for ten months, starting one month prior to treatment is obligatory
  • 11. Has renal disease (creatine level more than 175 µmol/L) or a history of known liver cirrhosis, fibrosis
  • 12. Has an abnormal liver function (aspartate aminotransferase [AST], gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase [GGT], alanine aminotransferase [ALT] two times the upper limit of normal [ULN])
  • 13. Has a history of psychiatric disease that would interfere with the ability to comply with the study protocol
  • 14. Is pregnant or breast-feeding

研究者

发起方
Charité - University Medicine Berlin (Germany)

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