Open-Label Extension Treatment With Etanercept (TNFR:Fc) for Participating Patients in Etanercept (TNFR:Fc) Clinical Trials

Summary

This study was designed to provide all adult and pediatric arthritis patients (placebo and etanercept(TNFR:Fc) treated) who have participated in clinical trials with etanercept (TNFR:Fc) the opportunity to receive continued treatment with etanercept (TNFR:Fc). The primary objective of this study is to examine safety parameters.

Timeline

Start

1997-04

Primary completion

2008-12

Completion

2009-04

Publications

• Background Fleischmann RM, Baumgartner SW, Tindall EA, Weaver AL, Moreland LW, Schiff MH, Martin RW, Spencer-Green GT. Response to etanercept (Enbrel) in elderly patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a retrospective analysis of clinical trial results. J Rheumatol. 2003 Apr;30(4):691-6.
• Background Kremer JM, Weinblatt ME, Bankhurst AD, Bulpitt KJ, Fleischmann RM, Jackson CG, Atkins KM, Feng A, Burge DJ. Etanercept added to background methotrexate therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: continued observations. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Jun;48(6):1493-9. doi: 10.1002/art.11142.
• Background Lovell DJ, Giannini EH, Reiff A, Jones OY, Schneider R, Olson JC, Stein LD, Gedalia A, Ilowite NT, Wallace CA, Lange M, Finck BK, Burge DJ; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Long-term efficacy and safety of etanercept in children with polyarticular-course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis: interim results from an ongoing multicenter, open-label, extended-treatment trial. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Jan;48(1):218-26. doi: 10.1002/art.10710.
• Background Lovell DJ, Reiff A, Ilowite NT, Wallace CA, Chon Y, Lin SL, Baumgartner SW, Giannini EH; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Safety and efficacy of up to eight years of continuous etanercept therapy in patients with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 May;58(5):1496-504. doi: 10.1002/art.23427.
• Background Lovell DJ, Reiff A, Jones OY, Schneider R, Nocton J, Stein LD, Gedalia A, Ilowite NT, Wallace CA, Whitmore JB, White B, Giannini EH; Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group. Long-term safety and efficacy of etanercept in children with polyarticular-course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Rheum. 2006 Jun;54(6):1987-94. doi: 10.1002/art.21885.
• Background Moreland LW, Bucy RP, Weinblatt ME, Mohler KM, Spencer-Green GT, Chatham WW. Immune function in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with etanercept. Clin Immunol. 2002 Apr;103(1):13-21. doi: 10.1006/clim.2001.5183.
• Background Moreland LW, Cohen SB, Baumgartner SW, Tindall EA, Bulpitt K, Martin R, Weinblatt M, Taborn J, Weaver A, Burge DJ, Schiff MH. Long-term safety and efficacy of etanercept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2001 Jun;28(6):1238-44.
• Background Moreland LW, Weinblatt ME, Keystone EC, Kremer JM, Martin RW, Schiff MH, Whitmore JB, White BW. Etanercept treatment in adults with established rheumatoid arthritis: 7 years of clinical experience. J Rheumatol. 2006 May;33(5):854-61. Epub 2006 Mar 15.
• Background Stone JH, Uhlfelder ML, Hellmann DB, Crook S, Bedocs NM, Hoffman GS. Etanercept combined with conventional treatment in Wegener's granulomatosis: a six-month open-label trial to evaluate safety. Arthritis Rheum. 2001 May;44(5):1149-54. doi: 10.1002/1529-0131(200105)44:53.0.CO;2-F.
• Weinblatt ME, Bathon JM, Kremer JM, Fleischmann RM, Schiff MH, Martin RW, Baumgartner SW, Park GS, Mancini EL, Genovese MC. Safety and efficacy of etanercept beyond 10 years of therapy in North American patients with early and longstanding rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2011 Mar;63(3):373-82. doi: 10.1002/acr.20372. Epub 2010 Oct 18.

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