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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 18 April 2016
Main ID:  NCT00241189
Date of registration: 14/10/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles
Public title: Rapamycin vs Methotrexate in Diffuse SSc
Scientific title: A 48-week, Double-blind, Randomized, Parallel Phase I/II Study of Oral Rapamycin Versus Methotrexate in Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
Date of first enrolment: August 2002
Target sample size: 17
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00241189
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 1/Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Philip J Clements, MD, MPH
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Affiliation:  University of California, Los Angeles
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Satisfy American College of Rheumatology classification criteria for systemic
sclerosis

- Have skin thickening proximal to the elbows and/or knees (diffuse scleroderma)

- Cutaneous involvement for less than 5 years from the onset of the first non-Raynaud's
manifestation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Severe intractable malabsorption

- Chronic debilitation from any underlying disease

- Off putative disease modifying therapies for one month prior to entry



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Systemic Sclerosis
Intervention(s)
Drug: methotrexate
Drug: rapamycin
Primary Outcome(s)
Modified Rodnan Skin thickness score
Adverse events
Secondary Outcome(s)
Physician global (VAS)
Patient global (VAS)
Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index
% responders in FVC (=>10% decrease from baseline)
% responders in HAQ-DI(=>0.22 units decrease from baseline)
% responders in skin score (=>35% decrease from baseline)
Forced vital capacity
Diffusing capacity (DLCO)
Mahler Dyspnea Index
Medical Outcomes Questionnaire SF-36
Serum rapamycin levels
Secondary ID(s)
UCLA IRB Number: 01-10-045
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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