Active clinical trials for "Arthritis"

Intra-articular injection of etanercept in patient suffering from rheumatoid arthritis: a double-blind randomized study for evaluation of efficacy and safety of etanercept versus intra-articular steroid injection in acute synovitis (knee,wrist,ankle,elbow)

This is a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of the effect of 3-month treatment with the combination of 200 mg ofloxacin twice daily and 150 mg roxithromycin twice daily on clinical course of recent-onset reactive arthritis. Patients are followed-up at regular intervals until 6 months. The main outcome measure is recovery from arthritis, and secondary outcome measures include swollen and tender joint counts, Ritchie index, joint pain, serum C-reactive protein level and blood erythrocyte sedimentation rate. The study will also address the safety and tolerability of long-term antibiotic treatment. 56 patients are enrolled and the enrollment of patients has been completed.

CRx-102 is a synergistic combination drug candidate containing the cardiovascular drug dipyridamole and a very low dose of the glucocorticoid prednisolone. CRx-102 is believed to work through a novel mechanism of action in which dipyridamole selectively amplifies the anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activities of the glucocorticoid without replicating the dose-dependent adverse effects. CRx-102 has been associated with clinical benefit in proof of concept studies in subjects with hand Osteoarthritis (OA) and Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). In this trial, CRx-102 will be given to subjects with active RA as an add-on therapy to existing stable doses of Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) including methotrexate (MTX), sulfasalazine, hydroxychloroquine, leflunomide or azathioprine. MTX in combination with other DMARDs (e.g., sulfasalazine or hydroxychloroquine) will be permitted to reflect the current standard of care practices within rheumatology.

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy and safety of intra-articular glucocorticoid injection to its systemic use for treatment of knee synovitis in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

The study has been designed as a 48-week, double-blind, randomized, controlled study comparing the use of leflunomide alone to combinations of leflunomide-sulfasalazine-HCQ, and methotrexate-sulfasalazine-HCQ.

This study has the following objectives: Primary objective: - To determine the safety and tolerability of oral ITF2357 in patients with active SOJIA with inadequate response or intolerance to standard therapy with oral steroids and methotrexate, with or without previously used biologic agents. Secondary objectives: to evaluate the effect of ITF2357 on disease activity in patients with active SOJIA to investigate the possibility of steroid dose tapering in patients with active SOJIA during ITF2357 treatment to assess the effect of ITF2357 on levels of circulating cytokines to assess the pharmacokinetic properties of ITF2357

The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of atacicept compared to placebo in the treatment of signs and symptoms in a subject population with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA), inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX) and no previous exposure to anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (anti-TNFalpha) therapy.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety of the S.T.A.R. device for patients with bilateral disease.

The purpose of this investigation is to determine the effects of Rituxan therapy in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis on endothelial function and other markers of endothelial function

The purpose of this study is to determine if MDX-1342 given in combination with Methotrexate is a safe treatment for patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. In addition, changes in the severity patients' arthritis will also be analysed.