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Last refreshed on: 12 December 2020
Main ID:  NCT03719469
Date of registration: 06/09/2018
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: King Saud University
Public title: Circulating microRNAs as Novel Prognosis Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title: Circulating microRNAs Expression as Predictors of Clinical Response in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated With Green Tea
Date of first enrolment: January 20, 2015
Target sample size: 150
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT03719469
Study type:  Observational
Study design:   
Phase: 
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- subjects (aged 18-65 years) who were diagnosed as RA with moderate to severe activity
at the division of rheumatology and clinical immunology at Mansoura University,
between 20 January/2015 and 20 September 2015 were recruited in this prospective
study.

- According to the diagnostic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (Arnett
et al., 1988), all patients classified as showing established RA for more than 8
years.

- Only patients who had higher scores of DAS28-ESR, RA biomarkers, and established
radiographic analysis, and were diagnosed with RA according to the 2010ACR/ EULAR
classification criteria were included in this study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who received non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, oral glucocorticoids, had a
history of severe deformation of joint, pregnant or lactating women were excluded from this
study.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 85 Years
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Rh Disease
Intervention(s)
Dietary Supplement: Green tea group
Primary Outcome(s)
Functional status [Time Frame: change from baseline functional status at 24 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Pain intensity [Time Frame: change from baseline functional status at 24 weeks]
Abnormal cell physiology and the parthenogenesis of Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) [Time Frame: change from baseline functional status at 24 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
RRC-2015-058
Source(s) of Monetary Support
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Secondary Sponsor(s)
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