Allopurinol Outcome Study

Summary

This is a study of allopurinol in gout patients with hyperuricemia that will evaluate the safety and serum urate (sUA) lowering capability of allopurinol as a urate lowering therapy (ULT) for up to six months. Allopurinol will be dosed according to the local product label, at the discretion of the Investigator, to achieve an optimal, medically appropriate dose for each patient.

Timeline

Start

2011-07

Primary completion

2013-01

Completion

2013-03

Publications

• Topless R, Noorbaloochi S, Merriman TR, Singh JA. Change in serum urate level with urate-lowering therapy initiation associates in the immediate term with patient-reported outcomes in people with gout. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2022 Oct;56:152057. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2022.152057. Epub 2022 Jun 29.
• Becker MA, Fitz-Patrick D, Choi HK, Dalbeth N, Storgard C, Cravets M, Baumgartner S. An open-label, 6-month study of allopurinol safety in gout: The LASSO study. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Oct;45(2):174-83. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2015.05.005. Epub 2015 May 21.

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