An Efficacy and Safety Study of Anti-TNF Monoclonal Antibody in Patients With Crohn's Disease
Crohn Disease
About this trial
This is an interventional treatment trial for Crohn Disease focused on measuring Crohn's Disease
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Patients with Crohn's disease of at least 6 months duration, with colitis, ileitis, or ileocolitis confirmed by radiography or endoscopy Having a Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) of >=220 and <=400 Treated with at least 1 of the following: current use of oral corticosteroid therapy of <=40 mg/day (prednisone equivalent), current use of (or lack of response to) >=2 g/day of sulfasalazine (or equivalent) or >=800 mg of mesalamine, current use of (or lack of response to) azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine, failure to respond to methotrexate or cyclosporine, (with a stop date at least 3 months prior to screening) If using oral corticosteroids, sulfasalazine or mesalamine, a start date at least 8 weeks prior to screening, with a stable dose of sulfasalazine or mesalamine for at least 4 weeks prior to screening and a stable dose of oral corticosteroids for at least 2 weeks prior to screening If not currently using oral corticosteroids, a stop date of any previous corticosteroid regimen of at least 4 weeks prior to screening and if not using sulfasalazine, mesalamine, azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine, a stop date of any previous treatment with these agents of at least 8 weeks prior to screening Exclusion Criteria: Patients with Crohn's disease limited to the stomach or proximal small intestine Having symptomatic stenosis or ileal strictures that might have require surgical intervention or that might render patients unresponsive to cA2 treatment Who have received treatment with parenteral corticosteroid or adrenocorticotrophic hormone within 4 weeks prior to screening, or currently requiring oral or parenteral corticosteroid therapy for another disease such as asthma Having a serious infection, such as hepatitis, pneumonia or pyelonephritis in the 3 months prior to screening, a history of opportunistic infection such as herpes zoster within 2 months prior to screening, or evidence of active cytomegalovirus, active pneumocystis carinii, or drug resistant atypical mycobacterium Having active signs or symptoms of severe, progressive or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematologic, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic or cerebral disease, or any current known malignancy or any history of malignancy which would put the patient at an unacceptable risk for participation in the study or that would be expected to limit life expectancy
Sites / Locations
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Arm 3
Arm 4
Experimental
Experimental
Experimental
Placebo Comparator
Infliximab 5 mg/kg
Infliximab 10 mg/kg
Infliximab 20 mg/kg
Placebo