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Filter by:This study tested the hypothesis that there would be a difference in the 12 month progression of structural hand impairment and hand function between a group of patients with early RA who received static resting splints and those that did not.
The purpose of this study is to determine in Australia what effect rheumatoid arthritis has on quality of life, and also to determine the costs that are associated with having rheumatoid arthritis.
This study will assess the safety and efficacy of rituximab combined with MTX in participants with active RA who have had an inadequate response to anti-TNF alpha therapy. The anticipated time in the study is up to 2 years and the target sample size is 500 participants. Eligible participants may receive re-treatment with rituximab under a separate protocol WA17531.
This single arm study will evaluate the efficacy and safety of MabThera in combination with methotrexate in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response to one or more anti-TNF therapies. Patients will receive MabThera 1000mg i.v. on days 1 and 15, and methotrexate (10-25mg/week p.o. or parenteral), together with methylprednisolone 100mg i.v. prior to infusion of MabThera. After week 24, eligible patients may receive re-treatment. The anticipated time on study treatment is 3-12 months, and the target sample size is <100 individuals.
The purpose of the study is threefold: 1) to develop a home-based emotional disclosure intervention inducing core elements of change (emotional engagement, cognitive restructuring, and positive future directedness); 2) to examine in a randomized controlled trial in patients with rheumatoid arthritis the induction of the core elements and the feasibility of the intervention for home application; and, 3) to examine the psychological, clinical, and physiological effects of the adapted emotional disclosure intervention and the modulating role of cognitive-emotional change and individual differences in emotion regulation.
Specific Aim 1. To determine the transcriptome of peripheral blood mononuclear cells isolated monocytes and target tissues in IMIDs. Specific Aim 2. To analyze the change in gene expression profiles in patients with Crohn's disease, psoriatic and rheumatoid arthritis before and after infliximab therapy.
Rheumatoid arthritis is the paradigmatic immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathy. With respect to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), patients have been described as having inappropriately low spontaneous and stimulated cortisol secretion levels. Serum cortisol levels are decreased in RA patients who are taking prednisolone. Also, in patients RA, of longer duration, glucocorticoid receptor (GR) down-regulation has been reported without any change in cortisol levels. There is a reduced capacity for local reactivation of cortisone to cortisol in RA synovial cells. It is noteworthy that since synthetic glucocorticoids also use same reactivation shuttle (the cortisol-cortisone shuttle), the results also apply to therapeutic glucocorticoids. Glucocorticoids are widely used to treat chronic inflammatory conditions including rheumatoid arthritis. Prednisolone has a greater effect than non-steroidal, anti-inflammatory drugs on joint tenderness and pain, whereas the difference in grip strength was not significant. There are no qualitative differences between the effects of endogenous cortisol and exogenously applied synthetic glucocorticoids, since all effects are transmitted via the same receptor. Cortisol, on the other hand, plays a major role in normal potassium homeostasis. Recent studies have highlighted a role for diet, with suggestions that diets high in caffeine, low in antioxidants and high in red meat may contribute to an increased risk for the development of rheumatoid arthritis. Higher intakes of complex carbohydrates, dietary fiber, magnesium, folic acid, vitamin C and E, carotenoids and other phytochemicals have been shown to offer distinct advantages compared to diets containing meat and other foods of animal origin. The relation of a potassium deficiency to RA is much less well documented. The first person to definitively link potassium with arthritis was DeCoti Marsh. LaCelle, Morgan & Atwater found that the cells of 50 arthritic patients were 30 to 50% lower than healthy people. Our current clinical trial (clinical trial no NCT00399282) shows that most of patients with RA do not have enough potassium intake. This condition may contribute to a subclinical lower serum cortisol, although there is possibility that cortisol serum levels might be unchanged due to a sufficient "cortisol homeostasis" and "potassium homeostasis".
The purpose of this study is to explore and compare the perceptions and satisfaction for two different delivery mechanisms for Etanercept (Etanercept Autoinjector and the Etanercept Prefilled Syringe) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
The purpose of this study is to determine whether MM-093 is safe and effective in the treatment of RA.
The purpose of this study is twofold, to develop and test the effectiveness of a mailed arthritis self-management education intervention.