Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of intravenously (administration of a fluid into the vein) administered golimumab 2 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) in participants with active psoriatic arthritis (a chronic inflammatory arthritis that is associated with psoriasis).

This is a 2-part (6 weeks duration for each part), randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study in participants with rheumatoid arthritis. The hypothesis is that etoricoxib (60 mg and 90 mg) administration will demonstrate superior efficacy compared to placebo after 6 weeks of treatment, as measured by the greater mean improvement from baseline in the Disease Activity Score C-Reactive Protein (DAS-28 CRP), and by the greater mean improvement in Patient Global Assessment of Pain (PGAP) from baseline over 6 weeks of treatment. Additionally, the added benefit of increasing the dose of etoricoxib from 60 mg to 90 mg will be assessed in the second part of the study.

This trial is conducted in Europe. The aim of this trial is to investigate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (the effect of the body on the investigated drug), pharmacodynamic biomarkers (biomarkers related to anti-IL-21 expected mode of action) and signs of clinical efficacy of increasing single doses, at 9 i.v. (into the vein) dose levels in Healthy Subjects , at 3 i.v. dose levels in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and at 3 s.c. dose levels in Healthy Subjects.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether apremilast is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis and a qualifying psoriasis lesion. Apremilast is proposed to improve signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (tender and swollen joints, pain, physical function) in treated patients.

This open-label study will evaluate the long-term safety and efficacy of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in combination with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis. Patients who successfully completed studies WA17823 and WA18696 in South Africa are eligible to participate in this study. Patients will be allowed DMARDs according to the treatment they received in the previous studies. Patients will receive 8 mg/kg RoActemra/Actemra intravenously every 4 weeks. The anticipated time on study treatment is 104 weeks.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of JNJ-40346527 200 mg/day (100 mg twice daily) for 12 weeks, compared with placebo, in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) despite disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) therapy.

Confinement to bed, which occurs in many pathological situations, induces a muscle atrophy and a loss of muscle strength. Muscle atrophy is associated to impaired performance in motor tasks, such as posture and locomotion, and is therefore a major cause of loss of autonomy. It requires a stay in follow-up and rehabilitation service, and thus lengthens the duration of hospitalisation. Data underline the importance of afferent input integrity in the maintenance of muscle characteristics and postural control, and suggest that countermeasure programs based on the stimulation of proprioceptive inputs could be efficient to prevent muscle atrophy and falls. In particular, fundamental studies performed in rodents by the investigators laboratory have demonstrated that the adverse structural and functional adaptations which occur during muscle deconditioning can be counteracted through adequate physiological stimuli such as activation of proprioceptors. Based on this scientific expertise, the investigators aim is thus to prevent muscle atrophy and its functional consequences on posture and locomotion, following a surgical intervention in humans . The investigators will develop a device allowing stimulation of foot and ankle proprioceptors. In order to facilitate the evaluation of its efficiency, the device will be tested on a selected population confined to bed during a post-operative period (knee replacement). It efficiency will be evaluated by means of three parameters: muscle force of ankle plantar flexor, muscle volume of lower limb muscles, functional outcome (gait and balance analysis). The technique developed in the present project could bring benefits to patients confined to bed, or in elderly. Preventing or retarding development of muscle atrophy will beneficiate to health and quality of life of these patients. In addition, this device might allow to consider therapeutic strategies for prevention of atrophy in neuromuscular pathologies.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether apremilast is safe and effective in the treatment of patients with psoriatic arthritis who have not been previously treated with DMARDs. Apremilast is proposed to improve signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (tender and swollen joints, pain, physical function) in treated patients.

This open-label extension study will allow subjects who have completed either the 3242K1-2000-WW or 3242K1-2001-JA study to receive up to an additional 48 weeks of ATN-103 treatment and will provide data on the long-term safety and tolerability of ATN-103 in subjects with rheumatoid arthritis.

Phase 3, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Certolizumab Pegol (CZP) in subjects with adult onset active and progressive Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA).