Giant Cell Arteritis Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Parallel Group Study to Evaluate the Efficacy of Methotrexate as Remission Maintenance Therapy After Remission-Induction Therapy With Tocilizumab and Glucocorticoids in Subjects With Giant Cell Arteritis
The standard treatment for Giant Cell arteritis (GCA) is Glucocorticoids(GC), even if GC-related adverse events are commonly occuring. Therefore, other practises for reducing relapses and cumulative GC-doses are needed. Currently, the Interleukin-6-inhibitor tocilizumab is used in combination with GC to achieve higher remission rates and lower cumulative GC-doses. The use of tocilizumab also has some disadvantages. One is the increased susceptibility to infections. On top of that, a long-term follow-up of the phase II study by Villiger et al. showed a 55% relapse-rate after discontinuation of intravenous tocilizumab after a median of five months. Studies have also shown that methotrexate(MTX) in combination with GC was able to prevent relapses and reduce cumulative GC doses. The aim of the study is to evaluate whether MTX is superior to placebo to prevent relapses in subjects with GCA after Remission-Induction Therapy with Glucocorticoids and Tocilizumab. Our hypothesis is that Methotrexate can maintain remission, once stable remission has been induced by GC and Tocilizumab and will prevent the occurrence of relapses.
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