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Evaluation whether canakinumab leads to improvement of urticaria


Clinical Trial Description

Single center prospective placebo-controlled cross-over phase II study.

- To assess if canakinumab can induce clinical improvement and/or complete clinical remission of chronic idiopathic urticaria at week 4 as compared to placebo

- To compare canakinumab and placebo treated patients in the percentage who achieve complete clinical remission at week 1, 2, 4, and 8.

- To compare the percentage with clinical improvement as measured by UAS7 score at week 1, 2, 4, and 8 in canakinumab and placebo treated patients

- To compare the percentage of canakinumab and placebo treated patients with 75% and 100% improvement of their baseline (Run-in-period) UAS7 score at week 1,2,4,and 8

- To compare the daily wheal score for Days 1 to 7 in canakinumab and placebo treated patients ;


Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment


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NCT number NCT01635127
Study type Interventional
Source University of Zurich
Contact Antonios Kolios, MD
Phone +41 (0)44 255 11 11
Email antonios.kolios@usz.ch
Status Recruiting
Phase Phase 2
Start date June 2012
Completion date May 2017

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