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Last refreshed on: 27 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT02551575
Date of registration: 26/08/2015
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Public title: Efficacy and Safety of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) Comprehensive Therapy in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title: Efficacy and Safety of Qingre Huoxue Comprehensive Therapy in the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA): A Randomized, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Multi-center Trial
Date of first enrolment: November 2014
Target sample size: 468
Recruitment status: Active, not recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02551575
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 2/Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
China
Contacts
Name:     Jiang Quan, MD
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Telephone:
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Affiliation:  Guang'anmen Hospital of China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis as determined by the 1987 ACR classification
criteria.

- Diagnosed with TCM dampness heat and blood stasis syndrome

- The course of RA is not more than 5 years.

- Swollen joint (SJC)=2 and tender joint count(TJC)=3.

- Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate(ESR)=20 mm/hr

- Patients who take disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for at least 3 months on a
stable dose, and retain the same treatment during the study.

- Age 18-65 years with informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with skin burst or allergies.

- Patients with cancer or other malignant disease such as cardiovascular,
hematopoietic, liver and kidney disease, and psychopath

- Active or chronic infection, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, hepatitis B virus,
tuberculosis

- Previous treated with tripterygii, glucocorticoid or biologic disease-modifying
antirheumatic drug (DMARD) in 3 months.

- Previous treated with MTX or HCQ

- Patients with retinopathy.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 65 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Treatment of MTX and HCQ
Drug: Treatment of TCM
Drug: Integrative Medicine
Primary Outcome(s)
The change from Baseline to week 24 in Disease Activity Score (DAS28) [Time Frame: 0 weeks, 12 weeks, 24 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
The number of adverse events [Time Frame: 24 weeks]
The change in OMERACT RAMRIS score [Time Frame: 0 week, 24 weeks]
The proportion of patients achieving ACR20/50/70 [Time Frame: 0 week, 12 weeks, 24 weeks]
The change from baseline to week 24 in the score on the patient report outcome (PRO) [Time Frame: 0 week, 12 weeks, 24 weeks]
The change in Sharp score [Time Frame: 0 week, 52 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
2013BAI02B06
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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Date Completed:
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