Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

Vitagel® is an FDA approved class III medical device. It is a surgical hemostat, which has been shown to control bleeding during orthopaedic, cardiac, hepatic, and general surgical procedures. The product is a thrombin/collagen suspension which works in combination with the patient's own plasma to form a fibrin/collagen clot. The present prospective, randomized controlled trial is designed to evaluate the efficacy of Vitagel® for reducing blood loss and pain in patients managed with unilateral total knee arthroplasty (TKA). It is hypothesized that the use of Vitagel® may lead to less blood filled knees, and thus to a greater improvement in postoperative pain scores when compared to the control group. The two arms of the study will include: experimental group in which Vitagel® is used unilateral TKA control group representing our current standard of care (no Vitagel®) A comparison of the functional and clinical results between these two groups will be conducted using several outcome measures including the KOOS, SF-12 version2 and pain scores through the previously IRB approved OrthoMidas registry. The primary variable of interest is blood loss, based on hemoglobin drop during the postoperative hospital stay. Of secondary interest will be; 1) pain levels in the PACU, 2) pain scores for all postoperative days, 3) average pain for the entire hospital stay, 4) length of stay, 5) patient satisfaction at discharge, 4 weeks postoperative, and 12 weeks postoperative, and 6) functional scores at 4 and 12 weeks postoperative.

This study is designed to evaluate safety and assess initial efficacy of VX-509, a JAK3 inhibitor, for treatment of subjects with active RA. This study will assess the clinical response of 4 doses of VX-509 compared to placebo when administered for 12 weeks to patients with active RA. The study will also evaluate the safety and tolerability of VX-509 compared to placebo when administered for 12 weeks to subjects with active RA.

The objective of this trial is to compare the efficacy of Certolizumab (CZP) (CDP870) in combination with Methotrexate (MTX) to MTX alone in the treatment of signs and symptoms in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are incomplete responders to MTX.

The purpose of this study is to compare bowel function/constipation that occurs during tapentadol treatment with that occuring during oxycodone treatment, as measured by the frequency of spontaneous bowel movements per week. The frequency of spontaneous bowel movements will be determined from a Bowel Function Patient Diary completed by the enrolled sujbects.

Clinical study to evaluate the effect of platelet rich plasma (PRP), a derivative of a patient's whole blood, on short-term patient outcomes following total knee replacement (TKR).

The main objective of this study is to evaluate the safety of adalimumab in patients 2 to < 4 years of age or ≥ 4 years of age weighing < 15 kg, with moderately to severely active polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) or polyarticular course JIA.

Remission is nowadays the recommended therapeutic objective in rheumatoid arthritis. Once this objective is achieved thanks to TNF-blockers, the optimal therapeutic strategy remains unclear, either therapeutic maintenance or progressive DMARD tapering (with a non quantified risk of disease flare). STRASS is a 2-arm randomized controlled trial aiming to compare these 2 strategies (DMARD maintenance or progressive spacing of TNF-blocker injections) in terms of remission maintenance, relapse risk, safety issues and economic consequences during 18 months. The inclusion period is 18 months, between September 2008 and February 2010.

This Phase 3 study is intended to provide evidence of the efficacy and safety of CP 690,550 when dosed 5 mg and 10 mg twice a day as monotherapy in adult patients with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is intended to confirm the benefits of CP-690,550 in improving signs and symptoms and physical function that were observed in the Phase 2 Rheumatoid Arthritis studies.

This study is designed as a proof of concept of AIN457 in patients with psoriatic arthritis. The study will address the evaluation of the efficacy at 6 and up to 24 weeks after two doses of AIN457 10 mg/kg administered three weeks apart.

This is a comparative study of CP 690,550, Humira (adalimumab) and placebo on background methotrexate in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. The study is intended to provide evidence of the efficacy and safety of CP 690,550 when dosed 5 mg and 10 mg twice a day on background methotrexate in adult patients with moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. It is intended to confirm the benefits of CP-690,550 in improving signs and symptoms and physical function that were observed in Rheumatoid Arthritis. An active comparator, adalimumab, is also included.