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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravenous treatment regimen of two doses of anifrolumab versus placebo in adult subjects with moderately to severely active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of an intravenous treatment regimen of anifrolumab versus placebo in adult participants with moderately to severely active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).
This study is to evaluate the safety of AMG 623 in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus. The study consists of a 21 day screening period followed by administration of the investigational product and up to 70 day follow up period.
Primary objective: To assess the efficacy and safety of different dose regimens of ALX-0061 administered subcutaneously (s.c.) to subjects with moderate to severe active, seropositive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) compared to placebo. Secondary objectives: To assess the pharmacokinetics (PK), pharmacodynamics (PD), immunogenicity, flare rate, steroid reduction and health-related quality of life, with different dose regimens of ALX-0061.
This study is to evaluate the safety of AMG 623 in subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus. All subjects will receive 4 weekly doses of study drug over a 3 week period, and then will be followed for an additional 28 weeks, for total study duration of 31 weeks.
This is a multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, sequential rising single-dose study in which approximately 56 subjects with SLE will be enrolled in 7 dosing cohorts
This study is a biomedical, open label, therapeutic strategy, interventional, non-randomized, multicenter study to evaluate the non compliance to antimalarials in patients with systemic lupus in the Nord Pas-de-Calais region (FRANCE). It is conducted in two visits. These visits consist in obtaining blood sample, performing a clinical examination and filling in a questionnaire (Quality Of Life, Coping...). The goal for the noncompliants patients is to guide them towards the therapeutic education with professionals (nurses and physicians).
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic disease, which mainly targets joints and results in osteoarticular destruction and serious disability. When clinical symptoms (painful and swollen joints) occur, the innate and adaptive immune responses against self antigens have already been largely amplified. This might explain that even when RA patients are treated very early and aggressively, a remission of the disease can only be obtained in approximately half of them. This proportion of remission under treatment can only be achieved using treat to target strategies involving biologics, such as anti-TNF. Unfortunately, less than 20% of patients remain in remission after treatment discontinuation. Thus, despite the availability of 5 different types of biologics, there are still therapeutic unmet needs. However, a spontaneous, drug-free decrease of disease activity can be observed in a physiological condition, pregnancy. Although most of treatments of RA have to be discontinued during pregnancy, a marked improvement, and sometimes remission, can be observed during pregnancy, with frequent post-partum flares. The situation is the opposite with an increased risk of flares in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), a rare systemic autoimmune disease which generally progresses in flares-up and can affect nearly any organ (the skin, joints, kidneys, the brain, the heart, …). The course of the disease remains unpredictable for a given patient, and very few biomarkers are available to help clinicians to identify patients a risk of flares. Thus, safe therapeutic options remain limited, especially in patients with serious complications. A specific concern in SLE is the fact that the disease usually starts in women entering their sexual and reproductive life. Even with a stable condition (i.e : lupus without recent flares and no impaired renal or cardiac function) as it is medically recommended before getting pregnant, up to 40% of SLE patients flare up during pregnancy. We hypothesize disease-specific and pregnancy-induced epigenetic changes, especially those regarding the pattern and levels of microRNAs, could explain the clinical improvement and the risk of flares in RA and SLE, respectively. A better understanding of the underlying mechanisms could help to identify new biomarkers, notably those predicting flares in SLE, and therapeutic targets, by trying to mimicking or amplifying micro-RNA changes observed in RA and targeting them in SLE.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of ustekinumab as measured by a reduction in disease activity for subjects with active Active Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE - chronic disorder of connective tissue in which there can be skin rash, arthritis, kidney problems, and anemia, among other problems).
Background: - Lupus causes a person s immune system to attack the body. It can cause blood vessel problems, heart attack, or stroke. Researchers want to see if the drug pioglitazone may help. Objectives: - To see how well pioglitazone improves blood vessel function and decreases blood vessel inflammation. To study its effect on lupus symptoms. Eligibility: - Adults at least 18 years old with lupus. Design: - Participants will be screened with medical history, heart test, and blood and urine tests. They may have a bone density test. - Visit 1: - Participants will have: - Physical exam and blood drawn. - Peripheral Arterial Tonometry (Endopat). A cup will be placed on the finger and a pressure cuff on the arm. - Cardio-ankle vascular index (CAVI) and/or Sphygmocor. Electrodes will be placed on both wrists, a microphone on the chest, and a blood pressure cuff on each arm and leg. Another test will involve placing a small device on a fingertip. - 18-Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography/computerized tomography (PET/CT) (some participants). A radioactive sugar will be injected into a small plastic tube in an arm vein. Participants will lie on a bed that moves in and out of a scanner that takes pictures. - Participants will get a 3-month-supply of the study drug or placebo. After 1 week, their dose may increase. - After those 3 months, they will not take either drug for 8 weeks. Then they will switch and take the other drug for 3 months. - Participants will have 6 more visits over 8 months after Visit 1. Tests from Visit 1 may be repeated. They may have a urine test.