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Treatment of Early RA: Minocycline in Combination With Methotrexate vs Methotrexate Alone

NCT00579644 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 91

Last updated 2023-10-06

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if a combination of methotrexate and minocycline works better than methotrexate alone in early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Combination of Minocycline and MTX or MTX alone

Methotrexate Dosing: 1)initial dose of methotrexate for all patients will be 10 mg/week. 2)2 month: dose of MTX will remain at 10 mg/week if full remission criteria are met; otherwise, increased to 15 mg/week. 3)4 month: dose of MTX will remain at its current level if full remission criteria are met; otherwise, be increased to 20 mg/week. 4)6, 8 and 10 month: If the patient has fallen below full remission criteria and is not already receiving the maximum dose of 20 mg/week,dose will be increased to 20 mg/week. If the patient meets ACR 50 criteria prednisone will be tapered by 1mg/month 5)12 month evaluation: End of the blinded portion of the study. minocycline dosage 200 mg

DRUG

methotrexate

Initial evaluation: The dose of methotrexate for all patients will be 10 mg/week. 2 month evaluation: The dose of MTX will remain at 10 mg/week if full remission criteria are met; otherwise, it will be increased to 15 mg/week. 4 month evaluation: The dose of MTX will remain at its current level if full remission criteria are met; otherwise, it will be increased to 20 mg/week. 6, 8 and 10 month evaluations: If the patient has fallen below full remission criteria and is not already receiving the maximum dose of 20 mg/week, the dose will be increased to 20 mg/week. If the patient meets ACR 50 criteria prednisone will be tapered by 1mg/month 12 month evaluation: End of the blinded portion of the study.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nebraska

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James R O'Dell, MD · University of Nebraska

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
19 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-03-28
Primary Completion
2006-05-31
Completion
2006-05-31
FDA Drug
Yes

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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