Use of Acthar in Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Related Flares

Study Purpose

This is a Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) study. The purpose of this research study is to determine in RA flare, whether musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) inflammatory scores and/or disease activity scores improve with Acthar treatment.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms	No
Study Type An interventional clinical study is where participants are assigned to receive one or more interventions (or no intervention) so that researchers can evaluate the effects of the interventions on biomedical or health-related outcomes. An observational clinical study is where participants identified as belonging to study groups are assessed for biomedical or health outcomes. Searching Both is inclusive of interventional and observational studies.	Interventional
Eligible Ages	18 Years and Over
Gender	All

More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patient must meet 1987 ACR criteria. 2. Age > 18 years of age. 3. Baseline DAS28/Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) >=3.2. 4. Stable concomitant Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drugs (DMARDs) 5. Stable prednisone <10mg or equivalent. 6. Power Doppler score of >=10.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Prior treatment with Acthar in the past 2mos. 2. Meet one of the above RA flare requirements. 3. Subjects who have received live or live attenuated vaccines within 6 weeks prior to the first dose of study drug (or the zoster vaccine)

Trial Details

Trial ID: This trial id was obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov, a service of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, providing information on publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants with locations in all 50 States and in 196 countries.	NCT02541955
Phase Phase 1: Studies that emphasize safety and how the drug is metabolized and excreted in humans. Phase 2: Studies that gather preliminary data on effectiveness (whether the drug works in people who have a certain disease or condition) and additional safety data. Phase 3: Studies that gather more information about safety and effectiveness by studying different populations and different dosages and by using the drug in combination with other drugs. Phase 4: Studies occurring after FDA has approved a drug for marketing, efficacy, or optimal use.	Phase 4
Lead Sponsor The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.	Veena Ranganath, MD, MS
Principal Investigator The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.	Veena K Ranganath, M.D., M.S.
Principal Investigator Affiliation	University of California, Los Angeles
Agency Class Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.	Other
Overall Status	Recruiting
Countries	United States
Conditions The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.	Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA)

Additional Details

Participants with active RA flair will be assigned to take on one of two Acthar doses, either 40 units per week or 80 units twice a week. Both arms will be taking the drug for 4 weeks. Each participant will be coming back for visits at 2 weeks, 1 month and 3 months after the initial baseline visit. During these visits the following information will be collected: MSUS of joints, DAS28, Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI), Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3) and Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI). Participants will also be asked to fill out a questionnaire about their health status. Efficacy of Acthar to decrease evidence of MSUS synovitis and disease activity measures will be analyzed using the above mentioned instruments, as well as Acthar's ability to prevent the necessity to change patients' RA treatment regimen.

Arms & Interventions

Arms

Active Comparator: 40 Units

40 units of Acthar per week

Active Comparator: 80 Units

80 units of Acthar twice per week

Interventions

Drug: - Acthar

Injections will be self administered

Contact a Trial Team

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Los Angeles, California

Status

Recruiting

Address

UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology

Los Angeles, California, 90095

Site Contact

Veena K Ranganath, M.D.

[email protected]

310-825-6301

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