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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00421915
Date of registration: 08/01/2007
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Wyeth is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Pfizer
Public title: Study Evaluating Etanercept Treatment of Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: Multicenter, Double-Blind, Parallel, Placebo-Controlled, Randomised Phase 3 Study of Etanercept in the Treatment of Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis: 12-Week Final Data
Date of first enrolment: March 2002
Target sample size: 84
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00421915
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

Main inclusion criteria

- Diagnosis of AS (defined by Modified New York Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis).

- Active AS (defined by the average of scores on the visual analog scale [VAS] of = 30
for duration and intensity of morning stiffness and by 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).

- 18 to 70 years of age.

Main exclusion criteria

- Complete ankylosis (fusion) of spine.

- Previous receipt of etanercept, antibody to tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFa), or
other TNFa inhibitors.

- Use of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) other than hydroxychloroquine,
sulphasalazine, or methotrexate within 4 weeks of baseline.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 70 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Enbrel (etanercept)
Primary Outcome(s)
To compare the efficacy of etanercept (25 mg, twice weekly) with that of placebo based on the
percentage of patients who achieved the assessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS 20%) response criteria at week 12.
Secondary Outcome(s)
compared with that of placebo using the ASAS response criteria at 50% and 70% levels at week 12.
To assess: 1) the safety of etanercept in this patient population; 2) the efficacy of etanercept
Secondary ID(s)
0881A3-311
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
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