Active clinical trials for "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"

This prospective, multicenter, observational study will evaluate the use of concomitant glucocorticoid therapy in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) being treated with tocilizumab in daily clinical practice. Participants will be observed for up to 52 weeks after starting treatment with tocilizumab. All visits and assessments will be performed as per routine clinical practice, with no study-specific visits or interventions.

The study is designed as a prospective, observational study to assess the effect of adalimumab on health-related quality of life (QoL) and work productivity in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the percentage of participants treated with subcutaneous (SC) Tocilizumab who are still on treatment after 52 weeks and the factors that play a major role in continuation of treatment.

This Phase IV post-marketing, non-interventional, open label, non-comparative and prospective study will examine the efficacy and safety of rituximab in participants who had previously received rituximab in terms of everyday medical practice. Efficacy and safety of rituximab will be determined 24 weeks after receiving the first infusion, 24 weeks after the second infusion repeated courses of treatment (if the participants receive another course of rituximab) and 24 weeks after the third infusion repeated courses of treatment (if the participants receive third course of rituximab). Protocol does not specify the criteria for initiation of treatment with rituximab and procedure of the infusion of rituximab. Rituximab will be administered at the discretion of treating physician according to approved label.

Heart disease is the major contributor of early death in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and is not influenced by traditional risk factors. Blood vessel dysfunction has been associated with heart disease and complications such as heart attack. The vessel dysfunction is thought to be mediated in part to inflammation. RA patients have evidence of vessel dysfunction seen on ultrasound that improves after medications are given. The purpose of this study is to evaluate patients with controlled or uncontrolled rheumatoid arthritis to determine if there is a difference in the protein expression in the cells that line the blood vessels compared to healthy people.

Non-interventional, prospective, observational study to assess the relative risk of anti-CCP positive patients to develop (subclinical) signs of inflammation in accordance with early Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) in a population without pre-classified RA but new1 onset of non-specific musculoskeletal (MSK) symptoms in general practices in Germany and subsequent 36 months follow-up by rheumatologists

This study is aimed to describe the outcomes related to physical activity, activity of disease, quality of life, work productivity and safety in Latin-American patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) treated with tofacitinib or biological DMARDs after failure to respond to conventional DMARDs in real-life conditions. This will be a non-interventional, hybrid study (prospective and retrospective data collection) comparing tofacitinib to biologic DMARD treatments in patients with RA after failure of conventional DMARDs. The population will be composed by adult patients over 18 years of age diagnosed with RA and who have been prescribed tofacitinib or any biological DMARDs.

Blood test in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients with good response to anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (anti-TNF) and in patients with moderate or non-response will be done in the month following the evaluation of clinical response to therapy. Isolation of mononuclear cells and purification of monocyte by negative selection. Cell culture of monocyte in presence or not of anti-TNF for 24 hours and analyze of CD36 (cluster of differentiation antigen 36) expression (principal outcome). For secondary outcomes analyze monocyte phenotype, NRF2 nuclear translocation, and clinical data of patients.

Influenza, a vaccine-preventable respiratory disease, is ranked 8th among the causes of death in the Canadian population. Among rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, the incidence of both seasonal influenza and serious influenza-related illness (IRI) are increased. Despite being a high priority group targeted for vaccination, the diagnosis of RA and other patient-specific factors (i.e. older age, treatment, current smoking) are linked to impaired vaccination responses. Thus the burden of influenza among people with RA is disproportionally high, and interventions to improve responses to influenza vaccination are urgently needed. Strategies to optimize protection in another vulnerable group, the elderly, include the use of quadrivalent vaccines, higher antigen doses, and adjuvants. A high-dose, trivalent, inactivated influenza vaccine (HD-TIV) has recently been shown to have a similar safety profile to standard dose vaccine (SD-TIV) with improved immunogenicity and protection in adults ≥65 years of age. Whether or not analogous strategies to improve responses to influenza vaccine will enhance protection in people with RA is unknown. The investigators hypothesize that the use of the HD-influenza vaccine will improve vaccine-induced protection (i.e. seroconversion and seroprotection) in people with RA compared to SD-influenza vaccine. The investigators propose to conduct a stratified, randomized, modified double blind, active-controlled trial to assess immune responses to two commercial influenza vaccines containing different antigen doses in individuals with RA.

The purpose of this research study is to evaluate if a weight loss intervention will improve your rheumatoid arthritis disease activity.