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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 October 2017
Main ID:  NCT00713544
Date of registration: 09/07/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: AstraZeneca
Public title: A Proof of Concept and Dose Ranging Study in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis ESCAPE
Scientific title: A Randomised, Double Blind, Placebo Controlled, Phase IIb Dose Ranging Study (With Open-label Etanercept Treatment Group) to Investigate Efficacy, Safety and Pharmacokinetics of AZD5672 Administered for 12 Weeks to Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Receiving Methotrexate.
Date of first enrolment: July 2008
Target sample size: 373
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00713544
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:   
Phase:  Phase 2
Countries of recruitment
Argentina Bulgaria Colombia Czech Republic Hungary Italy Latvia Malta
Netherlands Peru Poland Romania Russian Federation Serbia Slovakia South Africa
Ukraine
Contacts
Name:     Mark Layton
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Affiliation:  AstraZeneca
Name:     Paul P Tak, MD, PhD
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Affiliation:  University of Amsterdam
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of RA with active disease defined as: =4 swollen joints and =6
tender/painful joints, and either have (blood tests) elevated erythrocyte
sedimentation rate (ESR) or C-reactive protein (CRP).

- At least one of the following: documented history of positive rheumatoid factor (blood
test), current presence of positive rheumatoid factor (blood test), baseline
radiographic erosion, presence of serum anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies
(bloo

- Be receiving either: Oral (tablets) or subcutaneous (injection) methotrexate for at
least 6 months prior to randomisation.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Any other inflammatory disease in addition to RA that may interfere with the study
(e.g. polymyalgia rheumatica, giant cell arteritis, reactive arthritis, etc).

- Current chronic pain disorders including fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndromes.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: AZD5672
Drug: Placebo
Drug: Etanercept
Primary Outcome(s)
American College of Rheumatology 20 Response (ACR20) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Disease Activity Score (Based on 28 Joint Count) (DAS28) [Time Frame: Baseline to 12 Weeks]
Health Assessment Questionnaire - Disability Index (HAQ-DI) [Time Frame: Baseline to 12 Weeks]
American College of Rheumatology 70 Response (ACR70) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
American College of Rheumatology 50 Response (ACR50) [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
D1710C00009
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 03/10/2011
Date Completed:
URL: https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/results/NCT00713544
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