Active clinical trials for "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"

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.

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.

This non-interventional, observational, open-label multi-center follow-up study of patients from the U-Act-Early trial (ML22497) will evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of starting tight control treatment with RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) and/or methotrexate in patients early in the disease followed by treatment according to standard of care in routine clinical practice in a three year follow-up, independently of what treatment the patient will be receiving.

PRISM (Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self Measure) has been developed since the mid-1990s; the task was first developed as a simple measure of how a person was coping with his or her experience of illness. This is an international, multicentre study to evaluate the PRISM tool for the assessment of suffering in rheumatoid arthritis at different stages of the illness and the effect of treatment intervention. There are 5 sites: Berlin, Oxford, Limoges, Montreal and Queensland. The study will recruit 200 patients in total. In addition to the procedures for the patient's routine clinical visit, the patients will be invited to answer a series of questionnaires and donate 20ml blood sample. Patients will be asked to attend 3 times over 24 weeks

This is a multicenter observational study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in routine clinical practice in Italy. In the retrospective Part 1 of the study, clinical and demographic factors associated with the use of a biologic drug in monotherapy as compared to therapy in combination with Disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) will be evaluated. In the retrospective/prospective Part 2 of the study, efficacy and safety of the use of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in monotherapy will be evaluated. Patients will be followed for up to18 months.

Rheumatoid arthritis a chronic and progressive inflammatory disease characterized by synovial membrane inflammation, possibly leading to destruction of joints. To start early with a combination therapy results in a better outcome for patients. Using ultrasonography it is possible to detect clinically and radiographically absent synovitis and erosions. However, it is unclear whether or not these findings have predictive value in these patients regarding disease activity or radiographical progression.