Status:

UNKNOWN

Study of Tapering and Discontinuing Biological DMARDs in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

Lead Sponsor:

National Taiwan University Hospital

Conditions:

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-90 years

Brief Summary

This study aims to analyses time to disease relapse of RA patients if TNF-α inhibitors are being tapered, the predictive factors that are associated with successful taper of TNF-α inhibitors. Also, in...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion criteria:
  • Diagnosed of RA based on the 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria and/or 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria of RA depending on the time of diagnosis Age ≥ 20 years old TNF-α inhibitors was prescribed for RA patients refractory to csDMARDs (defined as csDMARD therapy for over 6 months) during 2003/5/2 - 2017/4/30 Dose reduction or discontinuation use of TNF-α inhibitors (2011/1/1-2019/4/30)
  • Exclusion criteria:
  • TNF-α inhibitors were discontinued or tapered due to adverse events such as infection, liver transaminase elevation, malignancy and neutropenia.

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    December 3 2019

    Trial Type :

    OBSERVATIONAL

    Allocation :

    ESTIMATED

    End Date :

    December 1 2021

    Estimated Enrollment :

    400 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT04472390

    Start Date

    December 3 2019

    End Date

    December 1 2021

    Last Update

    July 15 2020

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    National Taiwan University Hospital

    Taipei, Zhongzheng District, Taiwan, 100