Status:

TERMINATED

An Efficacy and Safety Study of JNJ-38518168 in Adult Participants With Rheumatoid Arthritis

Lead Sponsor:

Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.

Conditions:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-75 years

Phase:

PHASE2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy, tolerability and safety of JNJ-38518168 compared with placebo in adult participants with active rheumatoid arthritis (long time systemic disease ...

Detailed Description

This is a multi-center (when more than 1 hospital or medical school team work on a medical research study), randomized (the study drug is assigned by chance), double-blind (neither physician nor parti...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Participants diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to the revised 1987 criteria of the ARA (Arnett et al, 1988) for at least 6 months at Screening
  • Participants who have been treated with and tolerated methotrexate (MTX) treatment at dosages from 7.5 to 25 milligram (mg) per week inclusive, for a minimum of 4 months before Screening
  • Participants if using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) or other analgesics (drug used to control pain) regularly for RA, participants must have been on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks before the first dose of study medication
  • Participants if using oral corticosteroids (compounds, usually hormonal, taken orally \[by mouth\] in order to block ovulation \[discharge of an egg from the ovary\] and prevent the occurrence of pregnancy \[carrying an unborn baby\]), must be on a stable dose of less than or equal to 10 mg per day of prednisone or another oral corticosteroid for at least 4 weeks before the first dose of study medication and continue with the same dose throughout the study. If not using corticosteroids at study initiation, the participant must have not received any oral corticosteroids for at least 4 weeks before the first dose of study medication
  • Participants currently treated with folic acid at a minimum dose of 5 mg per week

Exclusion

  • Participants having inflammatory disease other than RA
  • Participant who have used any of the following medications: D-penicillamine, hydroxychloroquine, chloroquine, oral or parenteral gold salts, sulfasalazine, leflunomide, azathioprine, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, and mycophenolatemofetil
  • Participant who have received intra-articular, intramuscular (into the muscle), or intravenous (into the vein) corticosteroids, including adrenocorticotropic hormone (hormone made by the brain that activates the adrenal glands) within 4 weeks before the first dose of the study medication
  • Participants who have been treated with any other investigational drug or medical device within 4 weeks or 5 half-lives of the drug, whichever is longer before the first dose of study medication
  • Participants who have undergone surgical treatments for RA including synoviectomy (surgical removal of a part of the synovial membrane of a joint) and arthroplasty (surgery to fix a joint) within 3 months before the first dose of study medication

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

February 1 2010

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

November 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

86 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00941707

Start Date

February 1 2010

End Date

November 1 2010

Last Update

April 23 2013

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Liège, Belgium

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Brno, Czechia

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Kladno, Czechia

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Prague, Czechia