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Last refreshed on: 4 March 2013
Main ID:  NCT01453725
Date of registration: 13/10/2011
Primary sponsor: Merck
Public title: Effect of Golimumab in Participants With Active Axial Spondyloarthritis (P07642 AM2) GO-AHEAD
Scientific title: A Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study of the Effect of Golimumab Administered Subcutaneously in Subjects With Active Axial Spondyloarthritis (Protocol No. P07642, Also Known as MK-8259-006-00).
Date of first enrolment: February 2012
Target sample size: 200
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01453725
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Countries of recruitment
Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Greece Ireland Italy Russian Federation
Slovakia Spain Turkey United Kingdom United States
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Active axial spondyloarthritis with disease duration =5 years, and chronic back pain
of =3 month duration

- Have either an inadequate response to 30 days of optimal daily doses of at least one
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID)

- Females of child-bearing potential must use contraception

- No history of untreated latent or active tuberculosis

Exclusion Criteria:

- Fulfillment of modified New York criteria for ankylosing spondylitis

- Has ever received tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a targeted therapy or any biological
agents

- Any systemic inflammatory condition other than spondyloarthritis

- Serious infection within 2 months

- Any known malignancy or a history of malignancy within the previous 5 years

- Has or had a substance abuse (drug or alcohol) problem within the previous 2 years



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 45 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Intervention(s)
Drug: Golimumab
Drug: Placebo
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of Participants Meeting the Assessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS) 20 Response at Week 16 [Time Frame: Week 16]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Change in Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Sacro-iliac Joints Scoring from Baseline [Time Frame: Baseline and Week 16]
Number of Participants Achieving Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) 50 at Week 16 [Time Frame: Week 16]
Number of Participants in ASAS Partial Remission at Week 16 [Time Frame: Week 16]
Number of Participants Meeting the Assessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS) 40 Response at Week 16 [Time Frame: Week 16]
Secondary ID(s)
MK-8259-006; 2011-000311-34
P07642
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Johnson & Johnson
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