A Study To Investigate GW274150 Or Prednisolone In Rheumatoid Arthritis Taken Repeatedly For 28 Days.

NCT ID: NCT00379990

Last Updated: 2012-07-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE2

Total Enrollment

48 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2006-01-31

Study Completion Date

2007-12-31

Brief Summary

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This is an exploratory study to examine the effect of iNOS inhibition in rheumatoid arthritis patients. The study involves 28 days repeat dosing with GW274150 (dose determined by the results from a previous study), prednisolone (7.5mg) or placebo.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

TRIPLE

Participants Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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GW274150 60 mg once daily for 28 days

60 mg GW274150 taken once daily for 28 days

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

GW274150

Intervention Type DRUG

60 mg /day

Prednisolone 7.5 mg once daily for 28 days

7.5 mg prednisolone taken once daily for 28 days

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Prednisolone

Intervention Type DRUG

7.5 mg/day

Placebo once daily for 28 days

Placebo taken once daily for 28 days

Group Type PLACEBO_COMPARATOR

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Placebo

Interventions

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GW274150

60 mg /day

Intervention Type DRUG

Prednisolone

7.5 mg/day

Intervention Type DRUG

Placebo

Placebo

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis according to the revised 1987 criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
* Female subjects who are not capable of becoming pregnant
* Active disease defined as Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 = 4.0 and at least one metacarpal-phalangeal finger (MCP) joint with either detectable vascularity or thickness
* Stable doses of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), (which can include but is not restricted to methotrexate, sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine in any combination) for 8 weeks prior to enrollment
* Patients receiving methotrexate must be on stable folate supplements
* Must have been on stable doses for 2 weeks prior to screening if using COX inhibitors
* Signed consent form
* The patient is able to understand and comply with protocol requirements, instructions and protocol-stated restrictions

Exclusion Criteria

* The subject is using, or has used, oral glucocorticoids within 8 weeks of enrollment
* The subject is currently receiving anti-rheumatic biological therapy (e.g. infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept or anakinra)
* The subject received their final dose of infliximab or adalimumab within 3 months of enrollment
* The subject received their final dose of etanercept or anakinra within 1 month of enrollment
* The subject has received another investigational drug within 30 days
* The subject drinks more than 28 units (male) or 21 units (female) of alcohol in a week
* History of liver or renal disease in the 6 months prior to screening
* The subject has a history of drug or other allergy
* Subject is positive for Hepatitis B and C or HIV virus
* The subject has positive pregnancy test
* The subject has positive test for drugs of abuse
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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GlaxoSmithKline

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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GSK Clinical Trials

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

GlaxoSmithKline

Locations

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GSK Investigational Site

Belgrade, , Serbia

Site Status

GSK Investigational Site

London, , United Kingdom

Site Status

Countries

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Serbia United Kingdom

References

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Seymour M, Petavy F, Chiesa F, Perry H, Lukey PT, Binks M, Donatien PD, Freidin AJ, Eckersley RJ, McClinton C, Heath K, Prodanovic S, Radunovic G, Pilipovic N, Damjanov N, Taylor PC. Ultrasonographic measures of synovitis in an early phase clinical trial: a double-blind, randomised, placebo and comparator controlled phase IIa trial of GW274150 (a selective inducible nitric oxide synthase inhibitor) in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2012 Mar-Apr;30(2):254-61. Epub 2012 Apr 13.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 22409880 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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RA4104917

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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