Dose Reduction of Etanercept in Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis

NCT ID: NCT02638896

Last Updated: 2015-12-28

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

UNKNOWN

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

100 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-01-31

Study Completion Date

2017-04-30

Brief Summary

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The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of safety of etanercept dose reduction combined with sulfasalazine in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients who have achieved a significant clinical response.

Detailed Description

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This single-centre, open-labeled randomized study will evaluate the efficacy of safety of etanercept dose reduction combined with sulfasalazine in patients who achieved a significant clinical response. AS patients who meet the inclusion criteria will take celecoxib (0.4g/d) during the whole period of study. In the first period, all patients will be given etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections weekly from baseline to week12. In the second period, patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission will be randomized to one of the following three treatment arms: (1) Dose reduction arm: Patients will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every other weeks plus sulfasalazine (2g/d) oral administration till week24. (2) Dose maintenance arm: Etanercept remains unchange from week12 to week24. (3) Etanercept discontinuation arm: Patients will be treated with sulfasalazine (2g/d) oral administration till week24. In the third period, all patients will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) till week 48. Ankylosing spondylitis disease activity score (ASDAS), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), C-reactive protein (CRP), Bath ankylosing spondylitis functional index (BASFI), Bath ankylosing spondylitis metrology index (BASMI),Spondyloarthritis research consortium of Canada(SPARCC) score for the sacroiliac joint and adverse effect will be assessed in the study.

Conditions

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Ankylosing Spondylitis

Keywords

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Ankylosing Spondylitis Etanercept Sulfasalazine Efficacy Safety dose reduction

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Dose reduction arm

AS patients who achieved remission will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every other weeks plus sulfasalazine (2g/d) oral administration till week24. Celecoxib will be the background therapy.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

etanercept (Half-Dose)

Intervention Type DRUG

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will be randomized to one of the three treatment arms. In the dose reduction arm, patients will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every other weeks .

Sulfasalazine

Intervention Type DRUG

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) from week12 to week48.

Celecoxib

Intervention Type DRUG

Celecoxib (0.4g/d) will be the background therapy.

Dose maintenance arm

AS patients who achieved remission will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every weeks plus sulfasalazine (2g/d) oral administration till week24. Celecoxib will be the background therapy.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

etanercept (Full-Dose)

Intervention Type DRUG

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will be randomized to one of the three treatment arms. In the dose maintenance arm, patients will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every weeks.

Sulfasalazine

Intervention Type DRUG

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) from week12 to week48.

Celecoxib

Intervention Type DRUG

Celecoxib (0.4g/d) will be the background therapy.

Etanercept discontinuation arm

AS patients who achieved remission will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) till week24. Celecoxib will be the background therapy.

Group Type OTHER

Sulfasalazine

Intervention Type DRUG

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) from week12 to week48.

Celecoxib

Intervention Type DRUG

Celecoxib (0.4g/d) will be the background therapy.

Interventions

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etanercept (Half-Dose)

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will be randomized to one of the three treatment arms. In the dose reduction arm, patients will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every other weeks .

Intervention Type DRUG

etanercept (Full-Dose)

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will be randomized to one of the three treatment arms. In the dose maintenance arm, patients will receive etanercept 50 mg subcutaneous injections every weeks.

Intervention Type DRUG

Sulfasalazine

AS patients who satisfied the criteria for disease remission (ASDAS\<1.3) will take sulfasalazine (2g/d) from week12 to week48.

Intervention Type DRUG

Celecoxib

Celecoxib (0.4g/d) will be the background therapy.

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Enbrel Enbrel Sulazine Celebrex

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

1. Patients 18 to 45 years of age.
2. Proven AS according to the modified New York criteria
3. Negative result of a pregnancy test in serum in screening visit and in urine in baseline visit, done in all women, except those surgically sterilized and those who have at least one year of menopause.
4. Sexually active women of childbearing potential must agree and commit to use a medically accepted form of contraception.
5. ASDAS score ≥2.1
6. Ability to reconstitute the drug and self-inject it or have a person who can do so.
7. Capability to understand and voluntarily give written informed consent that is signed and dated, before any specific procedure of the protocol is performed.
8. Ability to store injectable test article at 2º to 8º C.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Pregnancy/lactation.
2. Previously exposure to murine or chimeric monoclonal antibodies.
3. Receipt of any live (attenuated) vaccines within 4 weeks before screening visit.
4. History of chronic or a recent serious infection.
5. History of tuberculosis within the last 3 years.
6. History of malignancy.
7. Significant concurrent medical diseases including uncompensated congestive heart failure, myocardial infarction within 12 months, stable or unstable angina pectoris, uncontrolled hypertension, severe pulmonary disease, history of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, central nervous system demyelinating events suggestive of multiple sclerosis.
8. Presence or history of confirmed blood dyscrasias.
9. History of any viral hepatitis within 1 year prior screening or history of any drug-induced liver injury at any time prior to screening.
10. Laboratory exclusions are: hemoglobin level \< 8.5 mg/dl white blood cell count \< 3.5×10e9/l, platelet count \< 125 ×10e9/l, creatinine level \> 175 mcmol/l, liver enzymes \> 1.5 times the upper limit of normal or alkaline phosphatase \> 2 times the upper limit of normal.
11. Participation in trials of other investigational medications within 30 days of entering the study.
12. Clinical examination showing significant abnormalities of clinical relevance.
13. Concomitant medication with disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or corticosteroids.
14. Hypersensitivity to any regent of study.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

45 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Zhixiang Huang

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Zhixiang Huang

MD

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Tianwang Li, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Guangdong No.2 Provincial People's Hospital

Central Contacts

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Zhixiang Huang, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 86-20-89169091

Email: [email protected]

Weiming Deng, MD

Role: CONTACT

Phone: 86-20-89169090

Email: [email protected]

Other Identifiers

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2015117183344589

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id