Efficacy and Safety Study of Infliximab (Remicade) to Treat Early Ankylosing Spondylitis

January 24, 2016 updated by: Gu Jieruo

An Open Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab(Remicade) in Treating Patients With Early Ankylosing Spondylitis

This is a prospective open-label study to evaluated the efficacy and safety of infliximab(Remicade) in treating of patients with early ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Infliximab was injected intra-venous on baseline, 2nd week, 6th week, 12th week and 24th week, with dosing of 5mg/kg. The major outcome index is ASAS20, and minor outcome indexes include ASAS50 and ASAS70, BASDAI20,BASDAI50 and BASDAI70. And MRI of sacroiliac joint is not necessary. The adverse events at any time were recorded.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

70

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • China
    • Guangdong
      • Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, 510630
        • Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University

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 to 65 years (Child, Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. 16 to 65 years old, having signed the informed consent;
  2. fulfill the ESSG criteria for diagnosis of SpA; not fulfill the 1984 modified NewYork criteria for AS;
  3. have inflammatory back pain defined by Calin criteria;
  4. disease duration range from 6 months to 2 years;
  5. BASDAI score more than 4;
  6. MRI score of sacroiliac joint more than 4;
  7. lab examination: hemoglobin more than 90 gram/liter. Aspartate aminotransferase and Alanine aminotransferase less than 2 fold of upper level of normal range. Creatine less than upper level of normal range.

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. History of psoriasis or inflammatory bowel disease.
  2. Intra-articular injection of cortisone within 3 months.
  3. Patients were taking cortisone, SASP or MTX, unless the dose has been stable for at least 3 months.
  4. Active iritis.
  5. History of heart failure, multiple sclerosis, COPD, lymphoma or other tumor, tuberculosis.
  6. Female of pregnancy or breast feeding.
  7. History of mental disease and poor compliance.
  8. History of drug abuse or alcoholism.

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: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: infliximab
200mg infliximab inject intra-venous on baseline, 2nd week, 6th week, 12th week, 24th week
Drug: infliximab
100mg/bottle 5mg/kg inject intra-venous on baseline, 2nd week, 6th week, 12th week, 24th week
Other Names:
  • remicade

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Proportion of patients achieving ASAS20 improvement.
Time Frame: 6th week
6th week

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Proportion of patients achieving ASAS50 and ASAS70
Time Frame: 6th week and 24 week.
6th week and 24 week.

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Gu Jieruo

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 Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2008

Primary Completion (Actual)

September 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 7, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 8, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

July 9, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

January 26, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 24, 2016

Last Verified

January 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • REM-CHN-IIS-01

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