Efficacy of Humira in Behcet Patients With Arthritis

NCT ID: NCT01497717

Last Updated: 2016-10-26

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: PHASE3
• Total Enrollment: 9 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2013-07-31
• Study Completion Date: 2016-10-31

Brief Summary

Hypothesis - Behcet's disease is a multisystemic chronic relapsing inflammatory disease, classified among the vasculitides. The clinical manifestations include mucocutaneous lesions, articular, ocular, vascular, gastrointestinal and/or central nervous system involvement.

The aetiology of Behcet's disease is unknown, however. Experimental evidence suggests that TNF-α may play an important role in the pathogenesis of the disease.

To date, case reports and small open-short term studies report the efficacy of anti-TNFα therapy (Infliximab and Etanercept), especially regarding ocular and mucocutaneous involvement in Behcet.

There are no double blind long term studies on larger number of patients regarding the efficacy of anti-TNFα, especially Humira in healing arthritis +/- other manifestations of the disease.

Detailed Description

Study Design (including visit schedule, dosing and procedures/methods):

Screen visit, 1st visit -treatment initiation, follow-up visits - after 1 month and afterwards every 8 weeks for 24 weeks.

Screen visit: informed consent, medical history,inclusion and exclusion criteria, pregnancy test, vital signs, physical examination, joint evaluation (no. of tender joints, no. of swollen joints), patient/investigator global disease activity, pain VAS, HAQ, Behcet Disease Current Activity Forms (BDACF), ECG, PPD and chest X-ray screening for tuberculosis, routine labs (performed at local HMO as a routine follow-up of the patient treatment with DMARD's): CBC, blood chemistry, ESR, CRP, urinalysis, HbsAg and AntiHCV, immunology labs (rheumatoid factor, anti-CCP, anti nuclear antibody - ANA).

An induration of greater than 5 mm will be considered a positive PPD reaction.

Follow up visits .: Vital signs, joint evaluation, patient/investigator global disease activity, pain VAS, HAQ, BDACF, routine labs (performed at local HMO as a routine follow-up of the patient treatment with DMARD's): CBC, blood chemistry, ESR, CRP, urinalysis, research blood samples for storage.

Conditions

Arthritis; Behcet

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NA
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: TREATMENT
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Adalimumab, Behcet with arthritis

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Adalimumab (Humira)

Intervention Type: DRUG

Open label pilot trial.

The study includes 3 phases :

1. Open label treatment period of 24 weeks.

2. Extension follow -up (3 years): Patients who responded well to study drug and their disease relapsed within the first 12 weeks following study drug interruption will be eligible to receive the study drug for 3 years in order to comply with the Israeli Ministry of Health requirements.

3. Safety follow-up: For patients who withdraw from either the open label treatment period or extension period, for another 24 weeks.

Interventions

Adalimumab (Humira)

Open label pilot trial.

The study includes 3 phases :

1. Open label treatment period of 24 weeks.

2. Extension follow -up (3 years): Patients who responded well to study drug and their disease relapsed within the first 12 weeks following study drug interruption will be eligible to receive the study drug for 3 years in order to comply with the Israeli Ministry of Health requirements.

3. Safety follow-up: For patients who withdraw from either the open label treatment period or extension period, for another 24 weeks.

Intervention Type: DRUG

Other Intervention Names

Anti TNF monoclonal antibodies

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

1. Able and willing to give written informed consent and comply with the requirements of the study protocol.

2. Patients with Behcet disease ,who fulfilled the International Study group criteria for Behcet Disease.

3. Experienced an inadequate response to previous or current treatment with one or more DMARDs because of inadequate efficacy or side effects.

4. DMARDS and/or corticosteroids (< or equivalent to 10mg/d prednisone) permitted if stable for at least 4 weeks prior to screening. NSAIDs permitted if stable for at least 2 weeks prior to screening.

5. Active peripheral arthritis at screening (tenderness and swelling of at least 3 small joints or one large joint) OR axial involvement (active enthesitis or spondylitis)

6. Age 18-80 years.

7. If female and of childbearing potential, a negative urine pregnancy test within 2 weeks prior to therapy, and using reliable means of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than Behcet (Rheumatoid arthritis, SLE, scleroderma, etc).

2. Evidence of significant uncontrolled concomitant diseases such as cardiovascular disease, nervous system, pulmonary, renal, hepatic, endocrine or gastrointestinal disorders.

3. Known active bacterial, viral, fungal, mycobacterial or other infection, or any major episode of infection requiring hospitalization or treatment with IV antibiotics within 4 weeks of screening or oral antibiotics within 2 weeks prior to screening.

4. History of lymphoproliferative or hematologic malignancy. History of any other type of cancer in the past 5 years.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 80 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Abbott

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Rambam Health Care Campus

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Dr. Yolanda Braun

Senior Rheumatologist

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Yolanda Braun, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion - Institute of Technology, Israel

Locations

Rheumatology Unit, Rambam Health Care Campus

Haifa, , Israel

Countries

Israel

Other Identifiers

A06-197

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

0488-09RMB

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id