A Rheumatoid Arthritis Study to Assess Early Response to Abatacept+MTX as Defined by Improvement of Synovitis Measures by Power Doppler Ultrasonography

NCT ID: NCT00767325

Last Updated: 2013-07-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE3

Total Enrollment

104 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-12-31

Study Completion Date

2011-10-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to assess early signs of response to abatacept+methotrexate in metacarpophalangeal joints in both hands using power Doppler ultrasonography in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Abatacept, 10 mg/kg

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Abatacept

Intervention Type DRUG

Abatacept, 10 mg/kg, solution given intravenously on Days 1, 15, 29,57, 85, 113, 141, and 169

Methotrexate

Intervention Type DRUG

Methotrexate administered in a dose of 15 mg/week or higher for at least 3 months and at a stable dose for at least 28 days prior to baseline

Interventions

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Abatacept

Abatacept, 10 mg/kg, solution given intravenously on Days 1, 15, 29,57, 85, 113, 141, and 169

Intervention Type DRUG

Methotrexate

Methotrexate administered in a dose of 15 mg/week or higher for at least 3 months and at a stable dose for at least 28 days prior to baseline

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Orencia® BMS-188667

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Disease activity defined by a disease activity score 28-C-reactive protein \>3.2, or meeting the following criteria: a tender joint count ≥6; a swollen joint count ≥6; C-reactive protein measurement greater than the upper limit of normal
* Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis for longer than 6 months from time of initial diagnosis
* Total synovitis power Doppler ultrasonography (PDUS) score \>1 for at least 2 metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints (MCP2-5) and a total synovitis PDUS score ≥1 for at least 1 other MCP joint (MCP2-5)
* Concomitant treatment with methotrexate at a dose ≥15 mg for at least 3 months before Day 1 and a stable dose for the last 28 days before Day 1
* No treatment with any background nonbiologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) other than methotrexate for at least 28 days before treatment (Day 1)
* Stable dose of corticosteroids equivalent of 10 mg prednisone /day during the 28 days prior to Day 1
* Naive to treatment with biologic DMARDs

Exclusion Criteria

* Women of childbearing potential who are unwilling or unable to use birth control
* Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding
* Meeting all diagnostic criteria for any other rheumatic disease
* Previous MCP arthroplasty, with such a procedure scheduled, or anticipating the need for such a procedure during the study. Participants who had undergone or were scheduled to undergo joint arthroplasties other than of the MCP joints were permitted to enroll in the study provided all other eligibility criteria were met.
* Active vasculitis of a major organ system with the exception of rheumatoid nodule
* Current symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematologic, gastrointestinal, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, or cerebral disease, whether or not related to rheumatoid arthritis
* History of cancer in the last 5 years, other than nonmelanoma skin cell cancer cured by local resection or carcinoma in situ. Existing nonmelanoma skin cell cancers should have been removed, the lesion site healed, and residual cancer ruled out prior to administration of study medication
* Clinically significant abuse of alcohol or drugs
* Evidence of active or latent bacterial or viral infections at the time of potential enrollment
* Herpes zoster or cytomegalovirus infection that resolved less than 2 months before the informed consent document was signed
* For participants at risk for tuberculosis (TB):

* A history of active (TB) within the last 3 years, even if treated
* Latent TB that was not successfully treated ≥4 weeks
* Current clinical, radiographic, or laboratory evidence of active TB.
* Participants who have received live vaccines within 3 months of the anticipated first dose of study medication
* Participants with positive test results for hepatitis B surface antigen or hepatitis C antibody, with hepatitis C virus detected with polymerase chain reaction or recombinant immunoblot assay.
* Participants with hemoglobin level \<8.5 g/dL or white blood cell count\< 3000/mm\^3 or platelet count \<100,000/mm\^3 or serum creatinin level \>2\*the upper limit of normal (ULN) or serum alanine transaminase level or aspartate aminotransferase level \>2\*ULN
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Bristol-Myers Squibb

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Locations

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Local Institution

Glostrup Municipality, , Denmark

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Bois-Guillaume, , France

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Boulogne, , France

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Échirolles, , France

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Nice, , France

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München, , Germany

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Budapest, , Hungary

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Jesi (Ancona), , Italy

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Pisa, , Italy

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Roma, , Italy

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Roma, , Italy

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Siena, , Italy

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Verona, , Italy

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Oslo, , Norway

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Trondheim, , Norway

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Barcelona, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Madrid, , Spain

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Leeds, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom

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Countries

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Denmark France Germany Hungary Italy Norway Spain United Kingdom

References

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D'Agostino MA, Boers M, Wakefield RJ, Berner Hammer H, Vittecoq O, Filippou G, Balint P, Moller I, Iagnocco A, Naredo E, Ostergaard M, Gaillez C, Le Bars M. Exploring a new ultrasound score as a clinical predictive tool in patients with rheumatoid arthritis starting abatacept: results from the APPRAISE study. RMD Open. 2016 May 5;2(1):e000237. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000237. eCollection 2016.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 27175297 (View on PubMed)

Golinski ML, Vandhuick T, Derambure C, Freret M, Lecuyer M, Guillou C, Hiron M, Boyer O, Le Loet X, Vittecoq O, Lequerre T. Dysregulation of RasGRP1 in rheumatoid arthritis and modulation of RasGRP3 as a biomarker of TNFalpha inhibitors. Arthritis Res Ther. 2015 Dec 26;17:382. doi: 10.1186/s13075-015-0894-9.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26714738 (View on PubMed)

D'Agostino MA, Wakefield RJ, Berner-Hammer H, Vittecoq O, Filippou G, Balint P, Moller I, Iagnocco A, Naredo E, Ostergaard M, Boers M, Gaillez C, Van Holder K, Le Bars M; OMERACT-EULAR-Ultrasound Task Force. Value of ultrasonography as a marker of early response to abatacept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to methotrexate: results from the APPRAISE study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Oct;75(10):1763-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207709. Epub 2015 Nov 20.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 26590174 (View on PubMed)

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Other Identifiers

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IM101-179

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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