Active clinical trials for "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"

This was a Phase II, randomized, double-blind, multicenter study designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of rituximab, administered at two different regimens for 2 years, in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving stable doses of methotrexate (MTX).

This study tested the safety, tolerability and efficacy of lumiracoxib - a COX-2 inhibitor- in patients with primary knee osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of infliximab (an anti-TNF chimeric monoclonal antibody [cA2]) in patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis, despite methotrexate treatment.

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.

Imatinib is a member of a new class of drugs known as signal transduction inhibitors. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of imatinib in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in combination with methotrexate in patients who do not respond satisfactorily to standard treatment, e.g. methotrexate.

The objective of this study was to evaluate the safety of Enbrel (etanercept) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) subjects with greater than or equal to 1 documented comorbid disease (diabetes mellitus; chronic pulmonary disease; pneumonia within the last year; or recurrent bronchitis, sinusitis, or urinary tract infection) that might increase infection risk.

The primary objective of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of 3 dose levels of oral ERB-041 administered daily for 12 weeks versus placebo in subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis who have had a suboptimal response to therapy with stable doses of methotrexate (MTX).

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the percentage of subjects in Australian clinical practice continuing treatment with Anakinra (Kineret®) at the end of study week 48 in subjects with active RA. The continued use of Kineret® will be based on pre-defined response assessment criteria for subjects with active RA.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of an additional 28 weeks of treatment with pegsunercept for subjects who have completed treatment in a previous double-blind study (20000201 or 20000198). In addition, this study will evaluate the efficacy and the feasibility of subject self-administration on an outpatient basis.

The purpose of this clinical study is to see if an experimental drug, called MM-093, is safe and effective in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. MM-093 is a genetically engineered version of a naturally occurring protein called alpha fetoprotein (AFP). Adults normally have very small amounts of AFP in their bloodstream. However, during pregnancy, AFP levels in both the mother and the fetus are much higher than normal. It has been observed that women with RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis) have fewer symptoms during pregnancy, particularly during the third trimester. At this time, the levels of AFP in the blood of the mother and fetus are the highest. This observation led researchers to begin examining AFP as a possible treatment for RA.