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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00000433
Date of registration: 18/01/2000
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Public title: Blocking Tumor Necrosis Factor in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNFR:Fc) in Ankylosing Spondylitis
Date of first enrolment: October 1999
Target sample size: 42
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00000433
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     John C. Davis, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  Division of Rheumatology, University of California - San Francisco Department of Medicine
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of Ankylosing spondylitis

- Acceptable stable treatments during study: oral glucocorticoids (less than or equal
to 10 mg/d) and/or NSAIDs at recommended doses and/or one of the following options:
methotrexate (less than or equal to 20.0 mg/week); sulfasalazine (less than or equal
to 3 grams/d); azathioprine (less than or equal to 2 mg/kg/d); methotrexate and
sulfasalazine combination at doses listed above; 6-mercaptopurine (less than or equal
to 1.5 mg/kg/d)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, reactive arthritis, or
Behýet disease

- Significant medical problems, such as diabetes mellitus

- History of active or recurrent infections

- Complete ankylosis of the entire spine



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 80 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Intervention(s)
Drug: Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
NIAMS-043
N01 AR92244
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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