Active clinical trials for "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"

The purpose of the study is to assess whether, in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis, a low-fat, vegan diet improves pain and other subjective symptoms more effectively than a control supplement or a placebo. The principal measure is pain as measured by Visual Analog Scale (VAS) and disease activity as measured by number of painful swollen and tender joints, respectively. The study duration is 36 weeks. This study tests that a low fat, plant-based (vegan) diet free of foods commonly identified as triggers improves mood, using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale-Revised (CESD-R), and the Beck Depression Inventory II (BDI-II).

The purpose of this study is to assess the safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics (PK) of two dosing regimens of multiple, subcutaneous (sc) injections of ASP2408 in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) on Methotrexate (MTX) and to evaluate the pharmacodynamics (PD) of ASP2408.

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of a supervised high-intensity exercise programme followed by an unsupervised exercise programme to an unsupervised exercise programme in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis.

In this study, a 10 mg dose of tasocitinib (CP-690,550) will be given to study subjects on three separate occasions using one of three different tablet formulations (tablet versions) each time. The amount of tasocitinib (CP-690,550) available in the blood following administration of each tablet formulation will be measured and compared. The overall aim of the study is to establish that a similar amount of tasocitinib (CP-690,550) is absorbed into the blood following administration of the same dose of each different tablet formulation.

A 2 stage study to evaluate the amount of fostamatinib in the blood and urine in subjects with impaired kidney (renal) function compared with healthy volunteers with normal renal function. Stage 1 will include healthy subjects and subjects with end stage renal disease, while Stage, 2 may include subjects with mild, moderate and/or severe renal impairment dependent on the outcome of Stage 1. The study will also evaluate safety and tolerability in subjects with renal impairment.

Patients with rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) and Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) are at greater risk of developing cardiovascular disease. The reason(s) for this have not been well investigated, but there is a general understanding that systemic inflammation plays a part in the increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. In spite of the increased risk in these patients, they have not been included as a high risk patient group in cardiovascular prevention guidelines. The investigators have carried out a cardiovascular study of RA and AS patients, as well as patients with arthritis for the first time. The investigators have demonstrated cholesterol plaques in the carotid artery in some of these patients. Plaques in the carotid artery represent a risk for development of cerebral stroke and are significantly associated with myocardial infarction. These plaques, which are asymptomatic and do not cause haemodynamically significant narrowing, diameter reduction (i.e. operation is not indicated), are vascular atheromatous disease. Therefore, according to prevailing cardiovascular guidelines (SCORE 2007), these patients shall have secondary prevention with a lipid lowering agent with the LDL-cholesterol goal of 1.8 mmol/L and HDL-cholesterol > 1.0 mmol/L for men and > 1.1 mmol/L for women. Statins are cholesterol-lowering drugs, and have been shown to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease significantly. In addition, reduction in the size of coronary plaques has been induced by statins, when the LDL has been reduced to 1.6-1.8 mmol/l. Plaques in the carotid or coronary arteries have not previously been treated and characterized in patients with RA, AS and other inflammatory forms of arthritis. The aim of this study is to treat patients with cholesterol plaques in the carotid artery with cholesterol-lowering medication, in the form of Rosuvastatin for 18 months, and characterize the effects on the plaques in the carotid and coronary arteries. In addition, the investigators want to clarify the connection between plaques in the carotid and coronary arteries in patients with RA, AS and other inflammatory forms of arthritis.

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the blood levels of Abatacept (BMS-188667) drug product manufactured at Lonza Biologics and the Devens, MA facility of Bristol-Myers Squibb are comparable in healthy subjects

More than half of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients complain of sleep disturbance and this cardinal complaint is associated with fatigue, pain, and depressed mood in patient with chronic inflammatory disorder. Despite the frequency of this complaint, there is limited efforts to evaluate sleep or the abnormal increases in the expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines play a key role in the progression of RA, we hypothesize that the cytokine network is one physiological system that is associated with sleep disturbances in RA patients. Pro-inflammatory cytokines signal the central nervous system and are associated with increased symptoms of pain, fatigue, and depressed mood in rheumatic patients. The specific aims of the study are to examine the contribution of cytokines on sleep by administering a TNF antagonist vs. placebo to probe the action of pro-inflammatory cytokines on sleep in RA Patients. Examination of sleep and its consequences for pro-inflammatory cytokine activity within the framework of an observational and experimental research design will have implications for understanding the psycho-biological mechanisms that link sleep and the clinical manifestations of RA. Results from this study will guide the developments of interventions that target disordered sleep with potential effects on disability in RA.

This is a Phase 1 study, involving a 29-day treatment period, designed to evaluate the pharmacokinetics and the effectiveness of investigational study drug ARRY-371797 in treating rheumatoid arthritis in patients receiving stable doses of methotrexate, and to further evaluate the drug's safety. Approximately 30 patients from the US will be enrolled in this study.

The hypothesis is that healing may influence the patient's general status by altering psychological as well as other body functions of importance for the rheumatoid arthritis. This is tested in a three group design with a control group and two groups receiving healing with or without a healer present. The study is randomized and double blind.