Active clinical trials for "Gout"

This is a double blind placebo controlled study to determine whether starting allopurinol during a treated acute gout attack will have any effect on the duration of the attack.

Gout is the most common cause of inflamed joints affecting 1.4% of adults in the UK. Most patients are treated entirely in general practice yet primary care management is frequently suboptimal. Acute attacks of gout are excruciatingly painful and require urgent drug treatment to reduce inflammation, most commonly with antiinflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) or colchicine. In primary care, NSAIDs are most commonly used but can cause serious side effects such as stomach ulcers and heart disease, particularly in the elderly. Patients frequently require repeat prescriptions for recurrent attacks of acute gout increasing the risk of drug-related side-effects. Low-dose colchicine is popular amongst rheumatologists as it is effective and well tolerated. However, general practitioners (GPs) prescribe colchicine infrequently, probably because in the past the recommendation was for high doses to be prescribed which commonly caused severe diarrhoea. Recently, prescribing recommendations for colchicine have changed, advocating a lower dose regime. Currently there is no evidence regarding whether NSAIDs or low-dose colchicine is the best treatment for acute gout. This trial will be the first direct comparison of the effectiveness and side effects of a NSAID (naproxen) and low-dose colchicine to treat acute gout in primary care. Naproxen will be used in this trial because it has been shown to be as effective as oral prednisolone for the treatment of acute gout, is safer than other commonly used NSAIDs such as diclofenac and indomethacin, and is inexpensive. Patients consulting their GP with an acute attack of gout in up to 100 general practices will be invited to participate. Treatment success will be assessed by comparing pain reduction between the two drugs. The trial will also monitor side effects, quality of life, and cost effectiveness.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of febuxostat 40 mg extended release (XR) and 80 mg XR in comparison with febuxostat 40 mg immediate release (IR) and 80 mg IR, respectively, in gout participants with moderate renal impairment.

The aim of this study is to test the effectiveness of a pharmacist-staffed, protocol-based chronic disease management program compared to patients receiving usual care in achieving a target serum uric acid level in patients with recurrent gout.

The purpose of this study is to determine if once-daily treatment with colchicine, compared to placebo, is effective in preventing gout flares in patients who are initiating therapy with allopurinol.

This study was designed to evalute the efficacy and safety of Febuxostat after oral administration to patientd with gout in Korea

To compare the proportion of subjects whose serum urate (sUA) levels are < 6.0 mg/dL following 4 weeks of continuous treatment of RDEA594 in combination with allopurinol to allopurinol alone in subjects with documented inadequate hypouricemic response with standard doses of allopurinol.

These are two replicate studies to evaluate the safety and efficacy of PEG (polyethylene glycol)-uricase in controlling the uric acid level in symptomatic gout patients with high uric acid levels who are unable to take standard gout therapies, or for whom those therapies have been unsuccessful in controlling their uric acid level.

The purpose of this study is to compare febuxostat, allopurinol and placebo, once daily (QD), in subjects with gout.

The purpose of this study is to determine the long-term safety of febuxostat, once daily (QD), compared to allopurinol in reducing serum urate levels in subjects with gout.