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Last refreshed on: 22 August 2016
Main ID:  NCT01850121
Date of registration: 06/05/2013
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Göteborg University
Public title: Remicade in the Treatment of Patients With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis
Scientific title: Remicade in the Treatment of Patients With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis
Date of first enrolment: January 2003
Target sample size: 19
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01850121
Study type:  Observational
Study design:  Observational Model: Case-Only, Time Perspective: Prospective  
Phase: 
Countries of recruitment
Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Boel Morck, MD
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Affiliation:  Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Sweden
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

The patients had to fulfill the following four inclusion criteria:

(I) Age between 18 and 60 years, (II) proven diagnosis according to the modified New York
criteria 12 for definitive AS, (III) active disease with Bath AS Disease Activity Index
(BASDAI) score above 4 and (IV) current or previous treatment with conventional
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) in adequate doses without sufficient effect.

Exclusion Criteria:

- current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive or uncontrolled hepatic,
hematological, pulmonary, cardiac, neurological or cerebral disease;

- ongoing or past serious infection (including HIV and past or current tuberculosis);

- pregnancy or breast feeding;

- current malignancy or history of malignancy within the past five years;

- congestive heart failure and any contraindication to MRI.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 60 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ankylosing Spondylitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Infliximab
Primary Outcome(s)
Bath AS disease activity score (BASDAI) [Time Frame: 16 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2002-11-04 amended 2002-01-08
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
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