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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 September 2022
Main ID:  NCT02030028
Date of registration: 06/01/2014
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Dana Ascherman
Public title: ACTH Gel Therapy in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title: Open Label Study to Evaluate Efficacy and Safety of Short-Term, Adjunctive Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Gel in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size: 20
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02030028
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Treatment. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:     Larry W Moreland, MD
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Affiliation:  University of Pittsburgh
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- 18 year of age and older

- RA diagnosis by American College of Rheumatology criteria

- Active disease (CDAI > 10)

- Have received at least are biologic agent for at least 6 months

- May or may not be receiving oral daily steroids (less than or equal to 20 mg/day) of
prednisone equivalent

- No current active infections requiring antibiotics

- Patients must be on stable doses of RA therapies (e.g., methotrexate or other RA
therapies for at least 4 weeks prior to baseline visit)

Exclusion Criteria:

- Less than 18 years of age

- Unable or unwilling to give Informed Consent

- Have an active infection requiring the use of antibiotics

- Women who are pregnant

- Uncontrolled hypertension

- Abnormal renal function

- Abnormal liver function as defined by and increased Alanine transaminase (ALT,) and
aspartate aminotransferase (AST) that is greater than 5 times normal.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 100 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: ACTHAR gel
Primary Outcome(s)
Changes in Clinical Disease Activity Index [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Changes in acute phase reactants [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Patient reported changes in fatigue [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Change in the Disease Activity Score [Time Frame: 12 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
STUDY19050342
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Mallinckrodt
Ethics review
Results
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