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A Multicenter Study to Compare the Efficacy and Safety of the Combination of Etanercept and Methotrexate in Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT00783536

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

This is a randomized, open label, active-comparator, parallel design, outpatient, multicenter study being conducted in Mexico. Subjects with early active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who have not received treatment with a Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) in the previous 6 months will be eligible for the study. Study subjects will be randomized into one of two treatments groups and receive either etanercept + methotrexate or standard non-biologic DMARD therapy.

Timeline

Start
2008-11
Primary completion
2010-06
Completion
2010-06

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Etanercept Protein / enzyme biologic
Subject Methotrexate Small molecule

Indications