Safety and Efficacy of Etoricoxib 30 mg Versus Celecoxib 200 mg in Korean Participants With Osteoarthritis

Summary

The main purpose of this study is to establish that etoricoxib 30 mg is safe and not inferior to celecoxib 200 mg in the treatment of the signs and symptoms of osteoarthritis in Korean patients. Given that the efficacy of etoricoxib vs. placebo in the treatment of osteoarthritis has been established, and that prescription drugs, such as celecoxib, are available for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis in Korea, it would be inappropriate to subject patients with a flare of osteoarthritic pain to the placebo treatment for 12 weeks, and thus the study is designed as an active-comparator study.

Timeline

Start

2012-03

Primary completion

2013-03

Completion

2013-03

Publications

• Results Yoo MC, Yoo WH, Kang SB, Park YW, Kim SS, Moon KH, Song YW, Min BW, Cho YJ, Moon SH, Bin SI, Baek HJ, Shim SC, Lee SW, Yoo DH, Mehta A, Skuban A, Cukrow DM, Vandormael K, Yan L. Etoricoxib in the treatment of Korean patients with osteoarthritis in a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. Curr Med Res Opin. 2014 Dec;30(12):2399-408. doi: 10.1185/03007995.2014.955169. Epub 2014 Sep 3.

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