Leflunomide + Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00563849 |
Recruitment Status :
Completed
First Posted : November 26, 2007
Last Update Posted : December 5, 2007
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Rheumatoid Arthritis | Drug: Leflunomide | Phase 4 |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 74 participants |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Treatment |
Official Title: | An Open-Label, Multi-Center Study to Evaluation of Leflunomide Plus Methotexate for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in DMARDs:(Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug) na¿ve or Restart (Skip DMARDs More Than 4 Weeks) Subjects. |
Study Start Date : | May 2003 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | August 2004 |

- Drug: Leflunomide
concomitantly leflunomide (no loading dose, 10 mg/day) and methotrexate (starting at 7.5 mg/week and titrating up to 15 mg/week) for 20 weeks.Other Name: ARAVA®
- The primary end point was a 20% improvement in the American College of Rheumatology criteria (ACR 20) at 20 weeks [ Time Frame: 20 weeks ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years to 75 Years (Adult, Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Male or female between ages of 18 and 75 years old.
- Female subjects must be of nonchildbearing potential (i.e., surgically sterile or at least 2 years postmenopausal) OR their participation is contingent upon the following:
- They are practicing a medically accepted contraceptive regimen (acceptable methods must include one of the following: systemic contraceptive, oral or implanted estrogen/progestin; diaphragm with intravaginal spermicide; cervical cap; intrauterine device; or condom with intravaginal spermicide) AND
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they are demonstrated not to be pregnant (by serum pregnancy test) or breast-feeding at the time of study entry AND
- they intend to continue the contraceptive regimen and remain not pregnant throughout the study AND
- they are willing to undergo pregnancy testing (serum) at screening and (urine) monthly thereafter AND
- they are fully informed as to the risks of entering the trial and provide written consent to enter the trial; female patients not sexually active should also be adequately informed about appropriate methods of contraception AND
- they agree to not get pregnant for 24 months after discontinuation of treatment with study medication or they undergo a washout procedure with cholestyramine or charcoal.
- Male subjects must consent to practice contraception during the study. The subject needs to have clinically diagnosed rheumatoid arthritis including diagnosis of RA by ACR criteria greater than or = to 6 months prior to enrollment active disease by ACR criteria . Men wishing to father a child should consider discontinuing use of study drug and taking cholestyramine 8 gm 3 times daily for 11 days. In addition, males should consider discontinuation of methotrexate treatment and waiting an additional three months.
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Active disease by ACR criteria despite methotrexate therapy for three of the following four criteria:
- greater than or = to 9 tender joints
- greater than or = to 6 swollen joints
- greater than or = to 45 minutes of morning stiffness
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ESR greater than or = to 28mm/hr
- Subject must remain on unchanged doses of NSAIDs for at least 4 weeks prior to study drug administration and throughout the timecourse of the study.
- Concomitant therapy will be permitted with corticosteroids at a dose of less than or = to 10 mg prednisone daily (or the steroid equivalent administered orally), provided the dose has been stable for at least 4 weeks prior to the study drug administration; dose must remain constant throughout the timecourse of the study.
- Subjects must not receive intramuscular, intra-articular or intravenous corticosteroids within 4 weeks prior to initiating study participation or during the study.
- Subjects must be able and willing to comply with the terms of this protocol. Informed consent must be obtained for all subjects before enrollment in the study.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00563849
Korea, Republic of | |
Sanofi-Aventis | |
Pusan, Korea, Republic of |
Study Director: | Choe Seong Choon | Sanofi |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00563849 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
HWA486_4021 |
First Posted: | November 26, 2007 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | December 5, 2007 |
Last Verified: | December 2007 |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Arthritis Arthritis, Rheumatoid Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Rheumatic Diseases Connective Tissue Diseases Autoimmune Diseases Immune System Diseases Methotrexate Leflunomide Antirheumatic Agents Abortifacient Agents, Nonsteroidal Abortifacient Agents |
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