A Study of the Safety and Effectiveness of Infliximab (Remicade) in Patients With Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of infliximab (Remicade) in patients with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (JRA).

Timeline

Start

2001-10

Primary completion

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Completion

2006-12

Outcome

Missed primary endpoint

paper the between-group difference in this primary efficacy end point was not statistically significant (P = 0.12). PMID 17763439 ↗

Publications

• Results Ruperto N, Lovell DJ, Cuttica R, Wilkinson N, Woo P, Espada G, Wouters C, Silverman ED, Balogh Z, Henrickson M, Apaz MT, Baildam E, Fasth A, Gerloni V, Lahdenne P, Prieur AM, Ravelli A, Saurenmann RK, Gamir ML, Wulffraat N, Marodi L, Petty RE, Joos R, Zulian F, McCurdy D, Myones BL, Nagy K, Reuman P, Szer I, Travers S, Beutler A, Keenan G, Clark J, Visvanathan S, Fasanmade A, Raychaudhuri A, Mendelsohn A, Martini A, Giannini EH; Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. A randomized, placebo-controlled trial of infliximab plus methotrexate for the treatment of polyarticular-course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2007 Sep;56(9):3096-106. doi: 10.1002/art.22838.
• Visvanathan S, Wagner C, Marini JC, Lovell DJ, Martini A, Petty R, Cuttica R, Woo P, Espada G, Gattorno M, Apaz MT, Baildam E, Fasth A, Gerloni V, Lahdenne P, Quartier P, Saurenmann R, Travers S, Mendelsohn A, Xu S, Giannini EH, Ruperto N; Paediatric Rheumatology INternational Trials Organization (PRINTO); Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG). The effect of infliximab plus methotrexate on the modulation of inflammatory disease markers in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: analyses from a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. 2010 Sep 7;8:24. doi: 10.1186/1546-0096-8-24.
• Ruperto N, Lovell DJ, Cuttica R, Woo P, Meiorin S, Wouters C, Silverman ED, Balogh Z, Henrickson M, Davidson J, Foeldvari I, Imundo L, Simonini G, Oppermann J, Xu S, Shen YK, Visvanathan S, Fasanmade A, Mendelsohn A, Martini A, Giannini EH; Paediatric Rheumatology INternational Trials Organization (PRINTO); Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG). Long-term efficacy and safety of infliximab plus methotrexate for the treatment of polyarticular-course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: findings from an open-label treatment extension. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Apr;69(4):718-22. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.100354.

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