Unique ID issued by UMIN | UMIN000018848 |
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Receipt number | R000021800 |
Scientific Title | Tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis |
Date of disclosure of the study information | 2015/08/29 |
Last modified on | 2019/10/09 19:14:19 |
Tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
Japan |
Rheumatoid arthritis
Clinical immunology |
Others
NO
Assess the feasibility of tapering and withdrawal of methotrexate and biologics to find the appropriate dosage and interval of anti-rheumatic drugs
Safety,Efficacy
Exploratory
Pragmatic
Not applicable
Rate of sustaining remission in patients who have continued the present therapy, tapered and discontinued methotrexate, and extended the interval of biologics 52 weeks after starting tapering.
Disease activity, clinical characteristics, serological markers, rate of adverse events, FACS analysis, blood concentration of each drugs and antibodies against each drugs, serological concentration of cytokines and chemokines in patients who could successfully taper and discontinue anti-rheumatic drugs and who could not at the point anti-rheumatic drugs are started to be tapered, anti-rheumatic drugs are discontinued, and 52 weeks after anti-rheumatic drugs are started to be tapered.
Interventional
Parallel
Non-randomized
Open -no one is blinded
Active
3
Treatment
Medicine |
control: continue the present treatment
intervention: reduce the dosage of methotrexate by half every 3 months and discontinue
intervention: extend the interval of biologics to one and a half times every 3 months and discontinue
Not applicable |
Not applicable |
Male and Female
Patients of rheumatoid arthritis treated with methotrexate and/or biologics who have sustained remission(DAS28<2.6) for 6 months
Patients who do not agree with the study
Patients who are judged inappropriate in medical aspect by the doctor
900
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kunihiro Yamaoka |
Keio University Hospital
Division of Rheumatology
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-Ku, Tokyo
81-3-5363-3786
yamaokak@a6.keio.jp
1st name | |
Middle name | |
Last name | Kunihiro Yamaoka |
Keio University Hospital
Division of Rheumatology
35 Shinanomachi, Shinjyuku-Ku, Tokyo
81-3-5363-3786
yamaokak@a6.keio.jp
Keio University Hospital
None
Self funding
NO
2015 | Year | 08 | Month | 29 | Day |
Unpublished
Terminated
2015 | Year | 11 | Month | 01 | Day |
2016 | Year | 04 | Month | 11 | Day |
2015 | Year | 11 | Month | 01 | Day |
2018 | Year | 05 | Month | 18 | Day |
2015 | Year | 08 | Month | 29 | Day |
2019 | Year | 10 | Month | 09 | Day |
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https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000021800
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