A Study Assessing the Safety and Efficacy of Subcutaneous RoActemra/Actemra Alone or in Combination With Non-biologic Antirheumatics in Rhuematoid Arthritis Patients in Latin America With Inadequate Response to Non-biologic Antirheumatic Drugs.

Summary

This multi-center, open-label, single-arm, Phase IIIb study will evaluate the safety and efficacy of subcutaneous RoActemra/Actemra alone or in combination with non-biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis patients in Latin America with an inadequate response to non-biologic DMARDs.

Timeline

Start

2014-07

Primary completion

2016-10

Completion

2016-10

Publications

• Mysler E, Cardiel MH, Xavier RM, Lopez A, Ramos-Esquivel A. Subcutaneous Tocilizumab in Monotherapy or in Combination With Nonbiologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Latin American Patients With Moderate to Severe Active Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Multicenter, Phase IIIb Study. J Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Oct;26(7S Suppl 2):S180-S186. doi: 10.1097/RHU.0000000000001361.
• Choy E, Caporali R, Xavier R, Fautrel B, Sanmarti R, Bao M, Devenport J, Petho-Schramm A. Effects of concomitant glucocorticoids in TOZURA, a common-framework study programme of subcutaneous tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Jun 1;58(6):1056-1064. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/key393.
• Choy E, Caporali R, Xavier R, Fautrel B, Sanmarti R, Bao M, Bernasconi C, Petho-Schramm A. Subcutaneous tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis: findings from the common-framework phase 4 study programme TOZURA conducted in 22 countries. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Mar 1;57(3):499-507. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex443.

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