Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and tolerability of PRTX-100 when various doses are given 5 times at weekly intervals to patients with active rheumatoid arthritis that are taking methotrexate or leflunomide. The drug is administered in a physician's office via an intravenous infusion. PRTX-100 may be effective in rheumatoid arthritis by suppressing the immune responses. PRTX-100 is a highly-purified bacterial protein called Staphylococcal Protein A. In this study, cohorts of patients with active RA will receive sequentially higher doses of PRTX-100. There will be an inactive placebo cohort for comparison. Patients who do not attain low RA disease activity, by a commonly used measure, will leave the study at 3 months after their first dose of study drug.

This multicenter, open-label, single arm, interventional, long-term extension (LTE) study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of tocilizumab (TCZ, RoActemra/Actemra) in French participants with moderate to severe RA who have completed the Week 97 visit of WA22762 LTE study (NCT01194414) (EudraCT Number 2010-018375-22). Participants from France, who completed the Week 97 visit of the WA22762 LTE study and considered as responders (defined as having improvement in disease activity score based on 28-joint count [DAS28] of greater than [>] 1.2 points) will continue TCZ treatment within this local LTE study for a maximum of 156 weeks of subcutaneous (SC) TCZ treatment, or until SC TCZ becomes commercially available, whichever occurs first.

Bi Syndrome is one of Traditional Chinese Medicine（TCM）name, It means an obstruction in Chinese,and it refers the syndrome characterized by the obstruction of qi and blood in the meridians due to the invasion of external pathogenic wind,cold and dampness, manifested as soreness, pain, numb,etc. Bi Syndrome contains Rheumatoid arthritis(RA). RA is a chronic disease affecting more than 20 million people in the world.It is one of the most common forms of autoimmune disease. Xin'an Medicine is one of Traditional Chinese Medicine which originated from AnHui. Xinfeng Capsule developed according to the Xin'an medicine theory ,and it has long been adopted for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The study is aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of Xinfeng Capsule in the treatment of RA.

The aim of this study is to compare the effects of denosumab and a current standard treatment on cortical and trabecular microarchitecture at the radius and second metacarpal in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with low bone mineral density using high resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography (HR-pQCT) during a 6-month open-label randomized controlled study. Forty ambulatory Chinese females, who consent to receive alendronate as standard treatment subjective to the randomization, will be enrolled in this study. Subjects will be randomized to 2 arms receiving: 1) subcutaneous injection of denosumab 60mg (Prolia®) every 6 months (n=20), or 2) oral alendronate weekly (Fosamax® once weekly 70 mg, n=20). In addition, all patients will be given a daily calcium supplement (1500mg caltrate /day) and 1 multivitamin tablet per day. Efficacy and safety assessment will be performed at baseline, month 3 and month 6. aBMD of lumbar spine, total hip and non-dominant distal radius will be measured using dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and microarchitecture of bone is measured at the non-dominant distal radius and the second metacarpal bone of the non-dominant hand using HR-pQCT.

CC-292 is an oral agent that is under clinical development for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis an autoimmune inflammatory disorder. This study will test the clinical effectiveness and safety of an orally (PO) administered dose of CC-292 compared to placebo in US female patients currently on background Methotrexate (MTX) with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA

Pain control after knee replacement requires analgesia to both the top (anterior) and bottom (posterior) portion of the the knee. Presently we use a nerve block for the anterior portion. The investigators want to to examine if giving Exparel into the posterior portion will give better pain relief. Hypothesis: There is no difference in, the use of analgesics or the length and quality of analgesia and no decrease in the time to be able to accomplish simple to complex knee movements using Exparel infiltration when compared to controls.

The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of the buprenorphine transdermal patch (Norspan® or Sovenor® transdermal patch) in patients with chronic non-malignant pain of moderate to severe intensity due to osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, lower back pain and joint/muscle pain, who are not adequately responding to non-opioid painkillers.

This multicenter, open-label study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of subcutaneously administered RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) as monotherapy or in combination with methotrexate or other non-biologic DMARDs in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to non-biologic DMARDs or to one anti-TNF. In Phase 1, all patients will receive RoActemra/Actemra 162 mg subcutaneously (sc) weekly for Weeks 1 to 24, with or without methotrexate or other non-biologic DMARDs. For Part 2, patients who achieve sustained clinical DAS28-ESR remission at Weeks 20 and 24 will be randomized to receive RoActemra/Actemra 162 mg sc either weekly or every 2 weeks for Weeks 24 to 48, with or without methotrexate or other non-biologic DMARDs. Patients who do not achieve sustained clinical remission but achieve low disease activity (DAS-ESR </= 3.2) will continue the initial treatment of RoActemra/Actemra 162 mg sc weekly for Weeks 24 to 48, with or without methotrexate or other non-biologic DMARDs.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of upadacitinib in adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have completed a preceding randomized controlled trial with upadacitinib.

Some clinical and epidemiological studies have revealed a high prevalence of periodontitis and tooth loss in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of periodontal scaling and oral hygiene instruction for patients with mild chronic periodontitis and rheumatoid arthritis through clinical periodontal parameters and laboratory tests for CRP (C- reactive protein) and ESR (erythrocyte sedimentation rate).