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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00109408




Registration number
NCT00109408
Ethics application status
Date submitted
27/04/2005
Date registered
28/04/2005
Date last updated
2/11/2016

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-blind Study of Safety and Reduction in Signs and Symptoms During Treatment With Tocilizumab Monotherapy Versus Methotrexate Monotherapy in Patients With Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
WA17824
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Rheumatoid Arthritis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Osteoarthritis
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Rheumatoid arthritis

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - Methotrexate
Treatment: Drugs - tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]

Experimental: 1 -

Active comparator: 2 -


Treatment: Drugs: Methotrexate
7.5-20mg po weekly

Treatment: Drugs: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
8mg/kg iv every 4 weeks
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of patients with ACR 20 response
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Week 24
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of patients with ACR 20 response
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 8
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
Percentage of patients with ACR 50 and ACR 70 responses
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [3] 0 0
Mean change in parameters of ACR core set
Timepoint [3] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [4] 0 0
AEs, laboratory parameters, vital signs.
Timepoint [4] 0 0
Throughout study

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* adult patients at least 18 years of age with active RA for at least 3 months;
* patients of reproductive potential must be using reliable methods of contraception.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* major surgery (including joint surgery) within 8 weeks before entering study or planned major surgery within 6 months after entering study;
* treatment with methotrexate (MTX) within 6 months of entering study;
* patients who have stopped previous MTX treatment due to toxicity or lack of response;
* women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
1/07/2005
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/12/2007
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
673
Recruitment in Australia
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- Adelaide
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- Hobart
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- Shenton Park
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- Sydney
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- Woodville
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- Woolloongabba
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5041 - Adelaide
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7000 - Hobart
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6008 - Shenton Park
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2050 - Sydney
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5011 - Woodville
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4102 - Woolloongabba
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Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Hoffmann-La Roche
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
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Clinical Trials
Address 0 0
Hoffmann-La Roche
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
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Address 0 0
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Contact person for scientific queries

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Results publications and other study-related documents

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Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00109408