Active clinical trials for "Arthritis, Rheumatoid"

To use different starting doses of methotrexate (7.5 mg per week) versus 15 mg per week in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, followed by similar hiking up of dose (2.5 mg per 2 weeks, till max of 25 mg per week). To look at the effect on efficacy ( or speed of efficacy) versus the adverse effects. Hypothesis: There will be no difference in the adverse effects, but better and faster control of disease when starting with a higher methotrexate dose

The Treat to Target Trial is a clinical trial available to new and existing CORRONA (Data Collection Program) sites. Subjects are recruited to participate in this 12 month trial examining outcomes and feasibility of implementing a Treat to Target approach, when compared with a control group of subjects treated with usual care.

The objective of this study is to assess the efficacy of certolizumab pegol (CZP) with methotrexate (MTX) compared with MTX-alone in patients with early-stage rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who are naive to MTX and have with poor prognostic factors, using inhibition of radiographically confirmed joint damage progression over a one-year period as a primary endpoint. Following a year of treatment with CZP plus MTX treatment, CZP will be discontinued, and the subjects will be monitored for one more year (the follow-up period) to investigate the sustainability of efficacy of CZP during the MTX monotherapy for exploratory purposes.

In this study, patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis who are being treated with methotrexate will receive 2 intravenous treatments with either PF-05280586 or Rituxan (Rituximab) or MabThera (Rituximab). During the course of the study, the effects of the drugs will be assessed by sampling the levels of drug in the blood, blood cell counts, and by comparing these levels among the different treatments. Safety, tolerability and immunologic response also will be evaluated throughout.

Thirty six patients suffering from active rheumatoid arthritis despite continued treatment with methotrexate will be evaluated for improvement of disease activity when taking GLPG0634 or matching placebo for 4 weeks. During the course of the study, patients will also be examined for any side effects that may occur, and the amount of GLPG0634 present in the blood as well as the effects of GLPG0634 on disease- and mechanism of action-related parameters in the blood will be determined.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of fostamatinib compared to placebo on ambulatory blood pressure in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who are taking a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug (DMARD). The study will last for 57 days.

The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and pharmacology of TL011 in patients with severe rheumatoid arthritis.

This is a Phase 2 study, involving a 12-week treatment period, designed to evaluate the effectiveness of investigational study drug ARRY-438162 in treating rheumatoid arthritis in patients on stable doses of methotrexate, and to further evaluate the safety of the study drug. Approximately 200 patients from the US, Argentina, Brazil, Hungary, Peru, Poland and Romania will be enrolled in this study.

This single-arm study evaluated the long-term efficacy and safety of tocilizumab in participants who had completed treatment in the tocilizumab core studies (NCT00106522 [Roche protocol WA18062], NCT00106574 [Roche protocol WA18063], and NCT00109408 [Roche protocol WA17824]) of adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Participants received tocilizumab alone or in combination with standard anti-rheumatic treatment.

This open-label, international multi-center extension study WA18695 was designed to assess the long term safety of tocilizumab in patients who had moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Patients enrolled in the WA18695 study had previously received treatment in the 24-week, placebo-controlled, Phase III Study WA17822. Eligible patients were assigned to treatment with 8 mg/kg tocilizumab every 4 weeks for a maximum of 5 years.