Treatment With TNF Blockade, Infliximab, in Patients With Myositis

March 2, 2007 updated by: Karolinska Institutet

An Open Trial With TNF Blockade With Infliximab (Remicade®), in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Myopathies

This is a 4 month open trial with TNF-blockade using infliximab (an antibody that blocks TNF) in adult patients with chronic myositis (polymyositis, dermatomyositis, inclusion body myositis) who have persisting muscle weakness and inflammatory active disease despite adequate treatment with immunosuppressives either currently or previously.

Infliximab is given as infusions, 5 mg/kg body weight, these infusions are repeated after 2, 6 and 14 weeks. The study involves 15 adult patients.

Primary outcome measure is muscle function assessed by muscle function index score.

Other outcome measures are Myositis Disease Activity core set: Patient's global assessment and physicians global assessment on visual analogue scales (VAS). Manual muscle test, Health assessment questionnaire (HAQ), serum levels of CPK, LD and extra muscular disease activity score. Muscle biopsy, Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of thigh muscles and Health related Quality of life, measured by SF-36.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Phase

  • Phase 2
  • Phase 3

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

16 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Adult patients.
  • Persisting muscle weakness defined as ≤ 80% of muscle strength as measured by functional index of myositis
  • Signs of disease activity defined as muscle edema observed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or creatine kinase (CK) elevation, or inflammatory cell infiltrates on muscle biopsy, and failure to respond to treatment with glucocorticoids for a minimum of six months in combination with azathioprine or methotrexate.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnant women, nursing mothers or a planned pregnancy within one and a half years of enrolment.
  • Prior administration of infliximab or any other therapeutic agent targeted at reducing TNF (e.g., Etanercept, pentoxifylline, thalidomide or anti-CD4+ antibody) within the previous six months.
  • A history of known allergies to murine proteins.
  • Serious infections, such as hepatitis, pneumonia, pyelonephritis in the previous 3 months. Less serious infections in the previous 3 months, such as acute upper respiratory tract infection (colds) or uncomplicated urinary tract infection (colds) or uncomplicated urinary tract infection need not to considered exclusions at the discretion of the treating physician.
  • History of opportunistic infections such as herpes zoster within 2 months of screening. Evidence of active CMV, active pneumocystis carinii, drug resistant atypical mycobacterium, etc.
  • Documented HIV infection.
  • Current signs or symptoms of severe, progressive or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematologic, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic or cerebral disease.
  • Any currently known malignancy or pre-malignant lesions or any history of malignancy within the past five years.
  • Patients with alcoholism, alcoholic liver disease, or other chronic liver disease.
  • Patients with a positive PPD and chest X-Ray suggestive of active TB or a previous exposure to TB.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Treatment
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Karolinska Institutet

Collaborators

Medical Research Council
Schering-Plough

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Ingrid E Lundberg, MD, PhD, Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 2, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

March 5, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 5, 2007

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 2, 2007

Last Verified

March 1, 2007

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • Remicade myositis

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