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Filter by:Inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), such as rheumatoid arthritis, are characterized by adverse changes in body composition. Lean mass and bone mineral density are usually reduced while adiposity (total fat mass, visceral adiposity…) is increased in comparison with healthy controls. Many factors may influence the body composition of those patients such as aging, Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs), nutrition and physical activity. However, data on body composition and adverse changes under DMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are actually scarce. This is the case with tofacitinib (targeted synthetic DMARD or tsDMARD) while preliminary data let us think that this treatment may influence body composition and bone mineral density. This study is going to be the first to focus on changes in body composition (fat mass and lean mass), bone mineral density and bone marrow adiposity under tofacitinib.
This study [contRAst 2 (201791: NCT03970837)] is a phase 3, randomized, multicenter, double blind study to assess the safety and efficacy of GSK3196165 in combination with csDMARD(s), for the treatment of adult participants with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who have had an inadequate response to csDMARD(s) or bDMARD(s). The study will consist of a screening phase of up to 6 weeks followed by a 52 week treatment phase in which participants will be randomized in a ratio of 6:6:3:1:1:1 to receive GSK3196165 150 milligrams (mg) subcutaneous (SC) weekly, GSK3196165 90 mg SC weekly, tofacitinib capsules (cap) 5 mg twice a day or placebo (three arms, each placebo arm will have 12 weeks placebo followed by 40 weeks active treatment) respectively, all in combination with csDMARD(s). Participants who, in investigator's judgement will benefit from extended treatment with GSK3196165 may be included in the long-term extension study [contRAst X (209564: NCT04333147)]. For those participants who do not continue into the long term-extension study, there will be an 8 week safety follow-up visit following the treatment phase.
The aim of this trial is an evaluation of the effectiveness of fasting and a subsequent diagnosis-specific diet change in patients with rheumatoid arthritis in respect to improving rheumatic symptoms and further to investigate possible mechanisms of this improvement.
This was a long-term extension (LTE) study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of ABBV-105 (elsubrutinib [ELS]) and ABBV-599 (ELS 60 mg and upadacitinib [UPA] 15 mg) in participants with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) who completed Study M16-063 (NCT03682705).
The primary objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of etanercept plus methotrexate vs methotrexate alone in pediatric patients with active polyarticular course juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).
This study will investigate whether inhibitors of the JAK / STAT signaling pathway can increase anti-inflammatory functions of B cells in patients with RA using in vitro and in vivo experiments.
The purpose of this study is to explore the safety, tolerability and activity of Nivolumab, a PD-1 inhibitor, in cohorts of patients with autoimmune disease. Two cohorts of patients will be enrolled, based on autoimmune disease type. Patients will be screened within 28 days prior to the start of dosing. Eligible patients will be enrolled in either of the two cohorts. Patients will receive treatment every two weeks, in an outpatient setting. One cycle is a 28-day period, with Nivolumab given on days 1 and 15 of a 28-day cycle. Subjects will be permitted to continue treatment beyond initial RECIST 1.1.
This study aims to evaluate the effects of abatacept, a CTLA4-Ig fusion protein that binds cluster of differentiation antigen 80 (CD80)/86 (B7-1/B7-2), on subclinical myocarditis in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) through its effect on T cell subpopulations. RA patients without clinical CVD, biologic naïve, and with inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX), will undergo cardiac fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computerized tomography (CT) imaging to assess myocardial inflammation. Studies that investigate the impact of treatment on subclinical myocarditis in RA, a possible contributor to heart failure, while exploring potential underlying mechanisms (i.e., different T cell subpopulations), are needed for a better understanding of their relevance in the pathogenesis of heart failure in RA and survival improvement in these patients with excess risk for cardiovascular death. If the investigator hypothesis is confirmed and treatment with abatacept decreases and/or suppresses or prevents myocardial inflammation in RA, this will have multidisciplinary implications that could lead to changes in the current management of RA patients at high risk for cardiovascular events. Similarly, identification of T cell subpopulations in RA patients with myocardial FDG uptake will shed light into the underlying cellular mechanisms of myocardial injury and serve to guide the use of therapies that prevent their pathogenicity. The objectives of this study are to compare the change in myocardial FDG uptake in RA patients treated with abatacept vs adalimumab, and identify T cell subpopulations associated with myocardial FDG uptake in each treatment arm. RA patients will be randomized in an unblinded, 1:1 ratio to treatment with abatacept vs adalimumab. A cardiac FDG PET/CT will be performed at baseline and 16 weeks post-biologic treatment. T cell subpopulations associated with myocardial FDG uptake will be evaluated at both points in time with their transcriptional phenotype outlined by RNA sequencing.
Rheumatic diseases regroup a variety of disorders affecting the locomotor system including joints, muscles, connective tissues and soft tissues around the joints and bones. Inflammation and/or autoimmune reactions contribute to the aetiology of many rheumatic diseases. Such autoimmune conditions, commonly referred to as inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD), include arthritis of various origins such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) or spondylarthritis (SpA). Patients with autoimmune diseases such as RA or SpA are in higher risk of fractures compared to the general population. Initial pharmacotherapies for IRD remain NSAID treatment for pain relief, and anti-resorptive agents (e.g., TNF-alpha blockers) which aim at reducing bone loss and preventing occurrence of new bone erosions. Yet current treatments may have strong side effects and are not always effective (e.g., 35-40% of the patients treated with TNF-alpha inhibitors will initially or progressively loose response). Therefore there is a need for further treatment modalities in IRD, which would focus on both suppressing inflammation and treating bone disorders. Current research studies indicate that Bone Therapeutics' allogeneic osteoblastic cells exhibit in vitro potent immunosuppressive and anti-inflammatory properties (in addition to osteo-regenerative and immune-privileged properties). The present research study aims at investigating in vitro the properties of these osteoblastic cells in the context of inflammatory rheumatic diseases. In this purpose, in vitro assays will be used to test these immunosuppressive effects on peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) of subjects diagnosed with RA, PsA and SpA.
This FTIH study, intends to identify the doses of GSK3358699, which are well tolerated by the subjects whilst delivering a robust pharmacodynamic (PD) response. This study will evaluate the safety, tolerability, pharmacokinetic (PK) and PD profile of single (in both fed and fasted states) and multiple ascending doses of GSK3358699 in healthy male subjects within a pre-defined and controlled pharmacodynamic and pharmacokinetic range for each cohort. It also intends to understand the effect of GSK3358699 on systemic markers of inflammation following low dose in vivo lipopolysaccharide (LPS) or Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor (GM-CSF) challenge and local inflammation in cantharidin-induced blisters. The study has been carefully designed to explore the in vivo biology of the target and the potential for the study drug to become a transformative medicine for subjects in multiple immuno-inflammatory disease indications.