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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 13 May 2013
Main ID:  NCT01251120
Date of registration: 30/11/2010
Primary sponsor: Hoffmann-La Roche
Public title: A Study of RoActemra/Actemra (Tocilizumab) in Combination With DMARDs Versus Current Best Practice DMARD Therapy in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title: A Pragmatic, Randomized, Parallel Group Study of the Effect on Disease Remission, Work Productivity and Tolerability of Tocilizumab in Combination With DMARDs and Individually Designed Best Practice DMARD Therapy in Patients With Early, Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date of first enrolment: November 2011
Target sample size: 2
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01251120
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Finland
Contacts
Name:   Clinical Trials
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Affiliation:  Hoffmann-La Roche
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Adult patients, over the age of 18 years

- Diagnosis of moderate-to-severe active early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of less than 2
years duration

- DAS28 >3.2

- Swollen joint count (SJC) >/=6 (66 joint count), and tender joint count (TJC) >/=6
(68 joint count)

- Patients who have received DMARDs (including methotrexate) for 3-7 months

Exclusion Criteria:

- Major surgery (including joint surgery) within 8 weeks prior to screening or planned
major surgery within 6 months after baseline

- Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than rheumatoid arthritis (secondary Sjögrens
syndrome or nodulosis with RA is permitted)

- Functional class III or IV as defined by ACR Classification of Functional Status in
Rheumatoid Arthritis

- Prior history of or current inflammatory joint disease other than RA



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: DMARD
Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients achieving disease remission (DAS28 <2.6) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients achieving clinical disease activity index (CDAI) remission [Time Frame: 12 months]
Proportion of patients achieving disease remission (DAS28<2.6) [Time Frame: 6 months]
Proportion of patients achieving responses according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria [Time Frame: 12 months]
Quality of life questionnaire [Time Frame: 12 months]
Safety (incidence of adverse events) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Work Productivity (absence from work) [Time Frame: 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ML25346
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
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