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Last refreshed on: 1 February 2016
Main ID:  NCT00936143
Date of registration: 07/07/2009
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Gu Jieruo
Public title: Efficacy and Safety Study of Infliximab (Remicade) to Treat Early Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: An Open Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab(Remicade) in Treating Patients With Early Ankylosing Spondylitis
Date of first enrolment: January 2008
Target sample size: 70
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00936143
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. 16 to 65 years old, having signed the informed consent;

2. fulfill the ESSG criteria for diagnosis of SpA; not fulfill the 1984 modified NewYork
criteria for AS;

3. have inflammatory back pain defined by Calin criteria;

4. disease duration range from 6 months to 2 years;

5. BASDAI score more than 4;

6. MRI score of sacroiliac joint more than 4;

7. lab examination: hemoglobin more than 90 gram/liter. Aspartate aminotransferase and
Alanine aminotransferase less than 2 fold of upper level of normal range. Creatine
less than upper level of normal range.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. History of psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease.

2. Intra-articular injection of cortisone within 3 months.

3. Patients were taking cortisone, SASP or MTX, unless the dose has been stable for at
least 3 months.

4. Active iritis.

5. History of heart failure, multiple sclerosis, COPD, lymphoma or other tumor,
tuberculosis.

6. Female of pregnancy or breast feeding.

7. History of mental disease and poor compliance.

8. History of drug abuse or alcoholism.



Age minimum: 16 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Spondylitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: infliximab
Primary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients achieving ASAS20 improvement. [Time Frame: 6th week]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Proportion of patients achieving ASAS50 and ASAS70 [Time Frame: 6th week and 24 week.]
Secondary ID(s)
REM-CHN-IIS-01
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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