Status:
COMPLETED
Atacicept in Combination With Rituximab in Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis (August III)
Lead Sponsor:
Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Conditions:
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Eligibility:
All Genders
18+ years
Phase:
PHASE2
Brief Summary
The primary objective of this study is to assess the safety and tolerability of combined treatment with atacicept and rituximab in subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving re-treatment...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Male and female subjects
- Greater than and equal to (\>=) 18 years of age at the time of Informed Consent
- Who have rheumatoid arthritis satisfying American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria with a disease history of at least 12 months
- Subjects must have active disease defined by DAS28 \>3.2
- Subjects must have received previous treatment with rituximab and must be candidates for re-treatment with rituximab
- Female subjects of childbearing potential must be willing to avoid pregnancy by using an adequate method of contraception for 4 weeks before study day 1 (SD1), during the treatment period and for 12 months after the last dose of rituximab, and must have a negative urine pregnancy test at the screening visit and SD1
- Other protocol defined inclusion criteria could apply
Exclusion
- Current neurological disease excluding migraine
- Inflammatory joint disease other than rheumatoid arthritis
- Any contraindication to rituximab as per national label
- Use of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs; including methotrexate) for less than 3 months or change in dosing regimen within 28 days before SD1, or methotrexate dose regimen \>25 mg/week
- Participation in any interventional clinical trial within 1 month before SD1 (or within 5 half-lives of the investigated compound before SD1, whichever is longer)
- Prednisone dose regimen \>10 mg/day (or equivalent), or change in steroid dosing regimen within 28 days before SD1
- Active or latent tuberculosis within the year before screening or major infection requiring hospitalization or intravenous anti-infectives within 28 days before SD1
- Serum Immunoglobulin G (IgG) below 6 gram per liter (g/L)
- Known hypersensitivity to atacicept or to any of the components of the formulated atacicpet
- Known hypersensitivity to rituximab, to any of the components of the formulated rituximab or to murine proteins
- Breastfeeding or pregnancy
- Other protocol defined exclusion criteria could apply
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
March 1 2008
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
October 1 2010
Estimated Enrollment :
27 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00664521
Start Date
March 1 2008
End Date
October 1 2010
Last Update
December 30 2016
Active Locations (8)
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1
Research Site
Nice, France
2
Research Site
Paris, France
3
Research Site
Strasbourg, France
4
Research Site
Amsterdam, Netherlands