Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

The aim of this study is to examine the associations between inflammatory disease activity and endothelial function in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and spondyloarthritis patients treated with methotrexate and Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNFalpha)inhibitor in combination or methotrexate or TNFalpha-inhibitor alone. Further, to look for improvement in endothelial function, and decrease in bone and cartilage destruction during treatment with the combination therapy of TNFalpha-inhibitor and methotrexate in RA and Psoriatic Arthritis (PSA) patients. Last, examine the TNFalpha inhibitors influence on endothelial function and levels of bone and cartilage markers in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS).

This postmarketing surveillance study will evaluate the safety profile of Enbrel (etanercept) in an Indian population. It will provide surveillance on a currently approved indication for Enbrel of reducing symptoms and inhibiting the progression of structural damage in patients with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis.

The specific aim of this study is to compare the rate of negative work role events in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis compared to healthy controls.

The purpose of this study is to examine the association with EBV infection, monitor the occurrence of lymphoma and assess lymphoma risk in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and/or Crohns disease and you have taken infliximab.

The purpose of this study is to determine in Australia what effect rheumatoid arthritis has on quality of life, and also to determine the costs that are associated with having rheumatoid arthritis.

Psoriasis is a multifactorial cutaneous disorders which affects about 100000 patients in Taiwan. Psoriatic arthritis is also present in about 20~30 percents. Many drugs have been shown to aggravate psoriasis including drugs used in the treatment of psoriatic arthritis. On the contrary, anti-psoriatic drugs are also known to aggravate or induce psoriatic arthritis. Psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis are believed to share the same pathogenic lymphocytes, but the differential responses to drugs are intriguing. This also causes problems in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Recently different serologic markers have been found for the assessment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Recent genetic study showed a different genetic susceptibility genes. We tested the serologic responses of three new biologic drugs used in the treatment of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. Paired blood samples of the same patients before and after 12 weeks of treatment were used. IL6 decreased after alefacept and etanercept but was increased after efalizumab treatment without statistical significance (Paired t test: 0.3336、0.2773、0.5904)。IL-8 decreased after etanercept but increased after efalizumab and alefacept without statistical significance (Paired t test: 0.4031、0.6749、0.2998)。IL10 decreased after efalizumab and etanercept, but increased significantly after alefacept treatment (Paired t test: 0.7254、0.5123、0.0350)。None of the treatment has a significant effect on TNF-alpha. HC10 decreased after alefacept and efalizumab,but increased after etanercept treatmentwithout statistical significance (Paired t test: 0.6589、0.1576、0.1988).

Research question: what are the patterns of patient-reported changes in physical function among adult patients using SC abatacept with moderate to severe RA since commencement of the compassionate use program (CUP).

This study is to evaluate the safety and the effectiveness of treatment with tacrolimus and biological agents.

This cross-sectional, non-interventional, retrospective chart review will compare the efficacy and safety of biologic monotherapy and biologic and methotrexate combination therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to prior treatment with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs including methotrexate. Data will be collected from patients who have been on first-line biologic treatment for at least 6 months.

Seronegative spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of rheumatic diseases Foot involvement of the SpA is common and enthesitis, erosive changes or ankylosis are the frequent lesions. The functional status of the SpA patients are usually evaluated globally.The aim of this study is to assess specifically the foot -related functional limitations of the SpA patients.