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Trial details imported from ClinicalTrials.gov

For full trial details, please see the original record at https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00106548




Registration number
NCT00106548
Ethics application status
Date submitted
25/03/2005
Date registered
28/03/2005
Date last updated
11/06/2010

Titles & IDs
Public title
A Study to Assess the Effect of Tocilizumab + Methotrexate on Signs and Symptoms in Patients With Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Scientific title
A Randomized, Double-blind Study of Safety and Reduction in Signs and Symptoms During Treatment With Tocilizumab Versus Placebo, in Combination With Methotrexate, in Patients With Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis
Secondary ID [1] 0 0
WA17822
Universal Trial Number (UTN)
Trial acronym
Linked study record

Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Rheumatoid Arthritis 0 0
Condition category
Condition code
Musculoskeletal 0 0 0 0
Osteoarthritis
Inflammatory and Immune System 0 0 0 0
Rheumatoid arthritis

Intervention/exposure
Study type
Interventional
Description of intervention(s) / exposure
Treatment: Drugs - tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Treatment: Drugs - tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Treatment: Drugs - Placebo
Treatment: Drugs - Methotrexate

Experimental: 1 -

Experimental: 2 -

Placebo comparator: 3 -


Treatment: Drugs: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
4mg/kg iv / month

Treatment: Drugs: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
8mg/kg iv / month

Treatment: Drugs: Placebo
iv / month

Treatment: Drugs: Methotrexate
10-25mg/week
Intervention code [1] 0 0
Treatment: Drugs
Comparator / control treatment
Control group

Outcomes
Primary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of patients with ACR 20 response
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [1] 0 0
Percentage of patients ACR 50/70 responses; change from baseline in ACR core set components.
Timepoint [1] 0 0
Week 24
Secondary outcome [2] 0 0
AEs, laboratory parameters, vital signs
Timepoint [2] 0 0
Throughout study

Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* adult patients at least 18 years of age with moderate to severe active RA for at least 6 months;
* inadequate response to a stable dose of MTX;
* patients of reproductive potential must be using reliable methods of contraception.
Minimum age
18 Years
Maximum age
No limit
Sex
Both males and females
Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
Key exclusion criteria
* major surgery (including joint surgery) within 8 weeks before entering study, or planned surgery within 6 months after entering study;
* prior treatment failure with an anti-tumor necrosis factor agent;
* women who are pregnant or breast-feeding.

Study design
Purpose of the study
Treatment
Allocation to intervention
Randomised controlled trial
Procedure for enrolling a subject and allocating the treatment (allocation concealment procedures)
Methods used to generate the sequence in which subjects will be randomised (sequence generation)
Masking / blinding
Blinded (masking used)
Who is / are masked / blinded?
The people receiving the treatment/s


The people analysing the results/data
Intervention assignment
Parallel
Other design features
Phase
Phase 3
Type of endpoint/s
Statistical methods / analysis

Recruitment
Recruitment status
Completed
Data analysis
Reason for early stopping/withdrawal
Other reasons
Date of first participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last participant enrolment
Anticipated
Actual
Date of last data collection
Anticipated
Actual
1/10/2007
Sample size
Target
Accrual to date
Final
623
Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
Recruitment hospital [1] 0 0
- Adelaide
Recruitment hospital [2] 0 0
- Douglas
Recruitment hospital [3] 0 0
- Maroochydore
Recruitment hospital [4] 0 0
- Shenton Park
Recruitment postcode(s) [1] 0 0
5041 - Adelaide
Recruitment postcode(s) [2] 0 0
4184 - Douglas
Recruitment postcode(s) [3] 0 0
4558 - Maroochydore
Recruitment postcode(s) [4] 0 0
6008 - Shenton Park
Recruitment outside Australia
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Argentina
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Buenos Aires
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Austria
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Wien
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Brazil
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Porto Alegre
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Brazil
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Sao Paulo
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Bulgaria
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Sofia
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Bulgaria
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Varna
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Canada
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Alberta
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Canada
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British Columbia
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Canada
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Manitoba
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Canada
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Newfoundland and Labrador
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Canada
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Ontario
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Canada
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Quebec
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China
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Hong Kong
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France
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Besancon
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France
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Creteil
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France
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Le Mans
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France
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Montpellier
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France
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Paris
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Germany
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Bad Bramstedt
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Germany
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Bad Nauheim
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Germany
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Baden-baden
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Germany
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Berlin
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Germany
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Erlangen
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Germany
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Heidelberg
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Germany
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Köln
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Germany
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Tübingen
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Hungary
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Budapest
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Hungary
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Debrecen
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Hungary
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Pécs
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Israel
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Beer Sheva
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Israel
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Haifa
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Israel
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Jerusalem
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Israel
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Petach Tikva
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Israel
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Tel Aviv
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Italy
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Ferrara
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Italy
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Gazzi
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Italy
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Palermo
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Italy
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Siena
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Italy
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Udine
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Mexico
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Chihuahua
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Mexico
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Guadalajara
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Mexico
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Mexico City
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Mexico
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San Luis Potosi
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Singapore
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Singapore
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Slovakia
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Piestany
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Switzerland
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Bern
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Switzerland
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Lausanne
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Switzerland
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St Gallen
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Thailand
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Bangkok
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Thailand
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Chiang Mai

Funding & Sponsors
Primary sponsor type
Commercial sector/industry
Name
Hoffmann-La Roche
Address
Country

Ethics approval
Ethics application status

Summary
Brief summary
Trial website
Trial related presentations / publications
Public notes

Contacts
Principal investigator
Name 0 0
Clinical Trials
Address 0 0
Hoffmann-La Roche
Country 0 0
Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for public queries
Name 0 0
Address 0 0
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Phone 0 0
Fax 0 0
Email 0 0
Contact person for scientific queries

No information has been provided regarding IPD availability


What supporting documents are/will be available?

No Supporting Document Provided



Results publications and other study-related documents

No documents have been uploaded by study researchers.

Results not provided in https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00106548