Filling Bone Erosions: a Longitudinal Multicentric HR-pQCT Study of Subcutaneous Tocilizumab in Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT ID: NCT02765074

Last Updated: 2025-04-20

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

PHASE4

Total Enrollment

60 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2016-06-30

Study Completion Date

2025-04-03

Brief Summary

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease mediated by the production of several cytokines, which leads to the destruction of bone and cartilage tissue in multiple joints and to bone loss. Conventional radiographs (CR) are considered as the gold standard for diagnosis and follow up of joint changes in RA. But this method has low sensitivity to detect early erosive changes and is unable to evaluate periarticular bone loss.

High Resolution peripheral QCT (HRpQCT) enables the detection of erosions less than 0.5 mm in width or depth at metacarpo-phalangeal (MCP) joints. Using 3-D high resolution analysis of cortical bone erosions, this one is also able to evaluate the volumes of erosion and the evolution under treatments IL6 (6- interleukin) plays a major role in inflammatory process and bone damages related to RA. Tocilizumab (TCZ) is a humanized anti-IL-6R monoclonal antibody, developed and investigated in several clinical trials in RA. This biotherapy, in association with methotrexate (MTX) or given in monotherapy, is efficient in RA with inadequate response to MTX or anti-TNF b (tumor necrosis factor). TCZ reduces dramatically systemic inflammation, structural progression and improves clinical symptoms and quality of life.

Tocilizumab may help reducing bone erosions, periarticular osteopenia and systemic bone loss.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Rheumatoid Arthritis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Roactemra

subcutaneous tocilizumab

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

subcutaneous tocilizumab

Intervention Type DRUG

162 mg subcutaneous, once a week during 12 months

Interventions

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subcutaneous tocilizumab

162 mg subcutaneous, once a week during 12 months

Intervention Type DRUG

Other Intervention Names

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Roactemra

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Active RA, \< 10 years disease duration, diagnosed according to the ACR-EULAR 2010 classification criteria
* DAS 28 superior or equal to 3.2 despite DMARD or biological treatment (other than tocilizumab)
* Superior or equal to one joint erosion at the right or left MCP 2, 3 on X-rays
* Oral corticosteroid ≤ 10 mg/day prednisone or equivalent stable for at least one month
* RA patients eligible to subcutaneous Tocilizumab monotherapy

Exclusion Criteria

* Treatment with zoledronic acid or denosumab (less than one year)

* Intra-articular injection of corticosteroids at the MCP in the previous three months
* Tocilizumab contra-indications in accordance with SPC (Summary of Product Characteristics) :Hypersensitivity to the active substance or to any of the excipients Active, severe infections including active tuberculosis Diverticulitis Active hepatic disease and hepatic Impairment including viral hepatitis Elevated Alanine Aminotransferase or Aspartate Aminotransferase \>5×ULN Absolute neutrophil count \< 0.5 × 10 exp 9 /L Platelet count \< 50×10 exp 3 /μL,

General:

* Absence of informed consent
* Prior or planned joint surgery of the hands which might impact the interpretation of imaging assessments.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

85 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Rennes University Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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SALLIOT Carine, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

CHR ORLEANS

LESPESSAILLES Eric, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHR ORLEANS

CANTAGREL Alain, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University Hospital, Toulouse

CHAPURLAT Roland, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Hospices Civils de Lyon

MAROTTE Hubert, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

HOPITAL NORD SAINT ETIENNE

Locations

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Hopital Edouard HERIOT

Lyon, , France

Site Status

CHR d'ORLEANS

Orléans, , France

Site Status

Hopital Nord CHU de SAint ETIENNE

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status

Chu Toulouse

Toulouse, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

References

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Boutroy S, Bouxsein ML, Munoz F, Delmas PD. In vivo assessment of trabecular bone microarchitecture by high-resolution peripheral quantitative computed tomography. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2005 Dec;90(12):6508-15. doi: 10.1210/jc.2005-1258. Epub 2005 Sep 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 16189253 (View on PubMed)

Stach CM, Bauerle M, Englbrecht M, Kronke G, Engelke K, Manger B, Schett G. Periarticular bone structure in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy individuals assessed by high-resolution computed tomography. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Feb;62(2):330-9. doi: 10.1002/art.27252.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20112404 (View on PubMed)

Fouque-Aubert A, Boutroy S, Marotte H, Vilayphiou N, Bacchetta J, Miossec P, Delmas PD, Chapurlat RD. Assessment of hand bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis by high-resolution peripheral quantitative CT. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Sep;69(9):1671-6. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.114512. Epub 2010 Jun 4.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Ellouz R, Chapurlat R, van Rietbergen B, Christen P, Pialat JB, Boutroy S. Challenges in longitudinal measurements with HR-pQCT: evaluation of a 3D registration method to improve bone microarchitecture and strength measurement reproducibility. Bone. 2014 Jun;63:147-57. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2014.03.001. Epub 2014 Mar 12.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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Moller Dohn U, Boonen A, Hetland ML, Hansen MS, Knudsen LS, Hansen A, Madsen OR, Hasselquist M, Moller JM, Ostergaard M. Erosive progression is minimal, but erosion healing rare, in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab. A 1 year investigator-initiated follow-up study using high-resolution computed tomography as the primary outcome measure. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Oct;68(10):1585-90. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.097048. Epub 2008 Nov 19.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19019887 (View on PubMed)

Finzel S, Rech J, Schmidt S, Engelke K, Englbrecht M, Stach C, Schett G. Repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis treated with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors is based on bone apposition at the base of the erosion. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Sep;70(9):1587-93. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.148395. Epub 2011 May 27.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21622765 (View on PubMed)

Dohn UM, Ostergaard M, Bird P, Boonen A, Johansen JS, Moller JM, Hansen MS. Tendency towards erosive regression on magnetic resonance imaging at 12 months in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with rituximab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68(6):1072-3. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.098962. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 19435723 (View on PubMed)

Dohn UM, Ejbjerg B, Boonen A, Hetland ML, Hansen MS, Knudsen LS, Hansen A, Madsen OR, Hasselquist M, Moller JM, Ostergaard M. No overall progression and occasional repair of erosions despite persistent inflammation in adalimumab-treated rheumatoid arthritis patients: results from a longitudinal comparative MRI, ultrasonography, CT and radiography study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Feb;70(2):252-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.123729. Epub 2010 Oct 26.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20980282 (View on PubMed)

Finzel S, Rech J, Schmidt S, Engelke K, Englbrecht M, Schett G. Interleukin-6 receptor blockade induces limited repair of bone erosions in rheumatoid arthritis: a micro CT study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Mar;72(3):396-400. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-201075. Epub 2012 May 14.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 22586162 (View on PubMed)

Garnero P, Thompson E, Woodworth T, Smolen JS. Rapid and sustained improvement in bone and cartilage turnover markers with the anti-interleukin-6 receptor inhibitor tocilizumab plus methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis patients with an inadequate response to methotrexate: results from a substudy of the multicenter double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of tocilizumab in inadequate responders to methotrexate alone. Arthritis Rheum. 2010 Jan;62(1):33-43. doi: 10.1002/art.25053.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 20039425 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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CHRO 2014-03

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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