Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

The purpose of the study is to determine the long term safety of Enbrel in adults with active rheumatoid arthritis in Luxemburg. This is a post-marketing surveillance study in rheumatology practice patients. All patients initiated with Enbrel will be observed from the start of the study in Feb 2003 for a period of at least 5 years.

The objective of this investigation is to identify the following problems and questions with respect to the safety and efficacy of Enbrel during the post-marketing period as required by Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA)'s regulation. Unknown adverse reactions, especially serious adverse reactions Incidences of adverse reactions under routine drug uses Factors that may affect the safety of the drug Factors that may affect the efficacy of the drug This investigation spanned 3 different studies, 0881A-101575 (alias B1801105) NCT00195403, 0881A-102018 (alias B1801112) NCT00195416 and 0881A-102212 (alias B1801113). All studies have been combined into this record.

To test the theory that accelerated inflammation-promoted atherosclerosis occurs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

This study is designed to evaluate blood Th1 and Th2 immunoregulatory cytokine production and hormonal levels associated with the third trimester of pregnancy and the postpartum state. Cytokine and hormone levels will be assessed in blood specimens obtained from healthy pregnant and postpartum females and compared to levels from premenopausal non-pregnant and non-postpartum females. Blood samples obtained at 30-36 weeks of gestation and 2-6 weeks postpartum will be the primary study points. Samples will also be obtained from pregnant, postpartum, and non-pregnant, non-postpartum, premenopausal female patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Additional data will be generated from samples from normal males, which will be compared with data from females. We expect to find that pregnancy is associated with enhanced Th2 cytokine expression and that the postpartum state is associated with enhanced Th1 cytokine expression. We expect to see differences in cytokine expression between males and females as well. We seek to gather data supporting the view that distinct hormonal environments regulate these contrasting immunological states.

Aim of this project is the building-up of an integrated model of multidisciplinary research tools to support large-scale and high-quality disease-based studies.

This multi-site, observational, prospective study aims to investigate current practice and associated outcomes for patients scheduled for elective unilateral total hip or knee arthroplasty in South Africa.This information will provide baseline values, against which effects of implementing a multidisciplinary enhanced care protocol for arthroplasty patients will be compared (the subsequent study).

The PaGoPsA study objective is to ascertain if guideline-based psoriatic arthritis clinical care achieves individual patient goals as articulated by patients, and to identify predictors of achieving individual patient goals from psoriatic arthritis treatment.

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the long-term effectiveness of total wrist denervation on pain by assessing the surgery survival. The residual functional wrist's quality and the patients' satisfaction will also be evaluate.

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate candidate predictors of persistence on adalimumab (Imraldi®) participants diagnosed with immune-mediated inflammatory disease in Europe (EU). The secondary objectives of this study are to describe participant clinical characteristics at baseline, utilization of Imraldi® over time, biologic drug effectiveness over time, participant satisfaction with biologic administration, routine laboratory values and clinical evaluation measurements over time, use of relevant concomitant medication use over time, immunogenicity of biosimilars and to summarize safety events.

Significant increase in the levels of serum adiponectin, ADA, and hsCRP was reported in all RA patients compared to controls. Compared to patients with early RA, the increase in these markers significantly correlated with disease activity (DAS-ESR), lower f-BMD, radiographic scoring, pain, FFI, and functional limitations in patients with established RA. Adiponectin showed a negative correlation with serum levels of both ADA and hsCRP. By using ROC curve analysis, optimal cut-off values of adiponectin (28.8 µg/ml), ADA (27.3 IU/L), and hsCRP (1.6 mg/L) could be used to estimate early RA in 45 % of the patients. Similarly, using cut-off values of adiponectin (32.8 µg/ml), ADA (26.1 IU/L ml), and hsCRP (2.5 mg/L), established RA could be predicted in 55 % of patients with 98-99% accuracy.