Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with positive antibodies against carbamylated proteins (anti-CarP) have a more severe clinical course. The primary objective of this study in adult subject with RA is as follows: To explore the clinical differences in activity indexes (Disease Activity Score of 28 joints with Erythro Sedimentaion Rate (DAS28-ESR)) at 6, 12 and 18 months of follow up according the anti-CarP antibodies status.

Purpose: With the existing biologic anti-inflammatory product patents expiring and the FDA approval of new biosimilar and innovator biologics, patients with rheumatologic (RA), psoriatic (PsO-PsA-AS), and gastrointestinal (GI) conditions will have additional therapeutic options. This observational study will describe the patient characteristics of new users of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF) antagonists, non-TNF- α antagonists, oral DMARD, and non-biologic agents. It will describe in the treatment cohorts outcomes of serious infections that require hospitalization. The BBCIC will use the findings from this descriptive analysis to design a comparative study evaluating the real-world effectiveness and safety of biosimilar and innovator anti-inflammatory biologics.

Abatacept disrupts T-cell coactivation signals in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Its potential effects on B cells are not well described. This study will assess the effects of abatacept therapy on the phenotype and function of peripheral blood B cells in patients with RA.

A total of approximately 500 patients with active psoriatic arthritis in an estimated 80 to 100 trial centers are to be enrolled. Selection of centers will be made by the sponsor's medical section. To increase the quality of the data and to reduce distribution of the data collected, centers to be included will be those which can enroll at least 5 patients. Care will be taken to ensure a balanced regional distribution. The proposed observation period for the trial is approx. 52 weeks per patient. Estimated patient enrolment is also 52 weeks. The duration of the follow-up period will be extended from approx. 52 weeks to approx. 100 weeks to gain further information about the long-term use of Otezla®. For this extension of the follow-up period 2 new visits (visits 6 and 7) are proposed.Thus, proposed duration from first patient in (FPI) to last patient out (LPO) is 36 months-

The objective of this study is to identify any problems and questions with respect to the safety and efficacy of Xeljanz during the post-marketing period as required by the regulation of MFDS.

This nationwide, multicenter, single arm, prospective, non-interventional study will evaluate the quantitative pattern of NSAID use and the impact of treatment with tocilizumab on NSAID use in a representative cohort of participant with moderate to severe active RA who have either responded inadequately to, or who were intolerant to previous therapy with one or more synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (sDMARD), and for whom the physician has made the individual decision to initiate tocilizumab (subcutaneous [SC] or intravenous [IV]) as first biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy according to the summary of product characteristics (SPC).

This is a cross-sectional, observational study examining the factors leading to the therapeutic decision to use MabThera (rituximab) in participants with RA. Routine rheumatology clinical practice data of participants who are being or have been treated with rituximab for RA will be collected and analysed in this chart review.

The primary objective of the study is to compare, in patients treated with methotrexate injection for rheumatoid arthritis, the compliance and the health assessment questionnaire evolution for the administration by auto-injector versus administration by conventional subcutaneous injection, after 6 months of treatment.

Biologics such as anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor or TNF inhibitor (TNFi) for treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) has greatly reduced bone damage. This collaborative study will provide insights into key mechanisms that underlie inflammatory arthritis and bone damage in psoriatic joints and will catalyze biomarker discovery, identifying early biologic responders to facilitate optimization of therapy.

Rheumatoid arthritis is the most common rheumatic disease with symptomatic morning stiffness which entails a quite essential restriction in the everyday life and in the life quality. This observational, uncontrolled, multicentric study is aimed to assess the improvement in the activity status or QoL of subjects with RA being treated with the Tempus tablet.