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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00418548
Date of registration: 04/01/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Public title: Study Comparing Etanercept 50 mg Once Weekly to 25 mg Twice Weekly in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Trial Evaluating the Safety and Efficacy of Etanercept 50 mg Once Weekly Compared With 25 mg Twice Weekly in Subjects With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Date of first enrolment: June 2004
Target sample size: 350
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00418548
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
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Affiliation:  Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of AS, as defined by Modified New York Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis.

- Active AS, defined by average of visual analog scale (VAS) of = 30 for duration and
intensity of morning stiffness and at least 2 of the following: VAS for patient
global assessment = 30; average of VAS for nocturnal and total pain = 30; BASFI = 30
(all scores on a scale of 0 to 100).

Exclusion Criteria:

- Complete ankylosis (fusion) of spine.

- Previous treatment with etanercept, antibody to Tumor Necrosis Factor a (TNFa), or
other TNFa inhibitors or other biologic agents.

- Use of disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) other than hydroxychloroquine,
sulphasalazine, and methotrexate within 4 weeks of baseline. Subjects treated with
hydroxychloroquine, sulphasalazine, and methotrexate may continue these drugs during
this study but doses must be held stable for 4 weeks before baseline examination and
for the duration of the study.

- Receipt of multiple nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) at baseline.

- Dose of NSAID changed within 2 weeks of baseline evaluation.

- Dose of prednisone >10 mg/day (or equivalent) or changed within 2 weeks of baseline
evaluation.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Etanercept
Primary Outcome(s)
The primary objective is to assess the efficacy (measured by % of subjects achieving ASAS 20 (Assessments in Ankylosing Spondylitis 20%) at week 12) and safety of etanercept 50 mg once weekly.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
0881A3-314
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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