Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

You are invited to participate in a research study assessing your mental status in the first days after your surgery and how you will be doing in the 2 years following the surgery. The investigators hope to learn more about the incidence of postoperative confusion and a possible relation with 2 anesthesia techniques that are routinely used. The first one is an anesthesia technique that uses the inhaled anesthetic gas desflurane and the second one is an anesthesia technique that uses the anesthetic propofol administered by infusion in a vein. The investigators are also looking to see if there is a relationship between anesthesia technique and cardiovascular outcomes. You were selected as a possible participant in this study because at your age this phenomenon appears to have a greater incidence.

This study will evaluate the safety and tolerability of multiple doses of LY2127399 (tabalumab) in Japanese participants with RA. The study consists of a 20-week treatment period. All participants will be followed for up to 12 weeks after the last study drug administration.

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of CCX354-C in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis partially responsive to methotrexate therapy.

Hypothesis: General anesthesia as compared to intrathecal (i.e. spinal anesthesia) anesthesia will result in shorter length of hospital stay for patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. Primary endpoint: time from end of surgery until the patient is "street ready" Secondary endpoints: will general anesthesia produce less postoperative pain as compared to intrathecal anesthesia? Is there any difference in post operative "dizziness" between the groups.

This study is designed to evaluate the effectiveness of adding etanercept to disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy in patients with moderately active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA).

The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of vitamin D repletion on disease activity and disability in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The investigators hypothesize that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with vitamin D deficiency have greater disease activity and disability, compared to RA patients with normal vitamin D levels. The investigators also hypothesize that vitamin D treatment in these deficient patients will result in a decrease in RA disease activity and disability.

Thus study will test an experimental drug called Z-102 (combination of prednisolone and dipyridamole) to treat patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis.

TRIAL DESIGN Description This is a 18-month, double-blind, randomized, multicentre, outpatient study. The approximate duration of subject participation will be 18 months and the approximate total duration of the study will be 42 months. The duration of subject enrollment will be approximately 24 months. Discussion of Trial Design The study is designed to directly compare the effectiveness of combination therapy with MTX + ETN versus Principal research question/objective To determine the number of patients in clinical remission at 12 months of follow-up, as defined as the absence of symptoms and signs of inflammatory arthritis.

This study will assess the efficacy and safety of secukinumab in patients with active psoriatic arthritis who are intolerant to or have had an inadequate response to NSAIDs, DMARDs and / or TNFα inhibitor therapy.

This randomized, double-blind, parallel-group study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in combination with methotrexate versus RoActemra/Actemra monotherapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate. All patients will receive RoActemra/Actemra 8 mg/kg intravenously (iv) every 4 weeks plus oral methotrexate for 16 weeks. Patients achieving low disease activity at Week 16 will be randomized to receive a further 12 weeks of RoActemra/Actemra treatment plus either methotrexate or placebo. Anticipated time on study treatment is 28 weeks.