A Study of the Safety and Efficacy of Golimumab in Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis That Are Methotrexate-naive

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of golimumab, alone or in combination with methotrexate, as compared to methotrexate alone in rheumatoid arthritis subjects who have not been previously treated with methotrexate.

Timeline

Start

2005-12

Primary completion

2008-04

Completion

2012-06

Publications

• Kay J, Fleischmann R, Keystone E, Hsia EC, Hsu B, Zhou Y, Goldstein N, Braun J. Five-year Safety Data from 5 Clinical Trials of Subcutaneous Golimumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Ankylosing Spondylitis. J Rheumatol. 2016 Dec;43(12):2120-2130. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160420. Epub 2016 Nov 1.
• Baker JF, Conaghan PG, Emery P, Baker DG, Ostergaard M. Relationship of patient-reported outcomes with MRI measures in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Mar;76(3):486-490. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209463. Epub 2016 Jul 18.
• Emery P, Fleischmann RM, Hsia EC, Xu S, Zhou Y, Baker D. Efficacy of golimumab plus methotrexate in methotrexate-naive patients with severe active rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol. 2014 Sep;33(9):1239-46. doi: 10.1007/s10067-014-2731-y. Epub 2014 Jul 9.
• Emery P, Fleischmann RM, Doyle MK, Strusberg I, Durez P, Nash P, Amante E, Churchill M, Park W, Pons-Estel B, Xu W, Xu S, Wu Z, Hsia EC. Golimumab, a human anti-tumor necrosis factor monoclonal antibody, injected subcutaneously every 4 weeks in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis who had never taken methotrexate: 1-year and 2-year clinical, radiologic, and physical function findings of a phase III, multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2013 Nov;65(11):1732-42. doi: 10.1002/acr.22072.
• Ostergaard M, Emery P, Conaghan PG, Fleischmann R, Hsia EC, Xu W, Rahman MU. Significant improvement in synovitis, osteitis, and bone erosion following golimumab and methotrexate combination therapy as compared with methotrexate alone: a magnetic resonance imaging study of 318 methotrexate-naive rheumatoid arthritis patients. Arthritis Rheum. 2011 Dec;63(12):3712-22. doi: 10.1002/art.30592.

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