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Effect of Andosan in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT01815411 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2018-04-06

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Summary

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic, autoimmune inflammatory disease that leads to significant pain, joint destruction and functional decline, and has a substantial economic impact both for sufferers and society. Although the etiology of RA is unknown, it is generally accepted that it arises from an interplay of genetic predisposition (in particular, HLA-DR allele subtypes and specific gene polymorphisms), immunological deregulation (e. g. autoantibody production), and environmental factors. The prevalence and incidence of RA in Norway is estimated to 0,4-0,5 % and 0,020-0,025 %, respectively, and incidence rates are 2-4-fold higher in women. Synovitis and bone resorption are key pathogenetic factors in RA and these patients have elevated cytokine levels in joints and blood (i.e. TNF, IL-1, IL-6). RA is also associated with significant comorbidity; the most important is premature cardiovascular disease that significantly contributes to increased mortality. Compared with the general population, mortality in RA is from 1,57-2,0-fold higher in Norway and Sweden, and their mean life expectancy is reduced by an average of 5-10 years. Medical treatment of RA consists of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, systemic glucocorticosteroids, traditional disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (including methotrexate) and biologic therapies (including anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) α, anti-IL 6 and anti-CD20 therapy). Also, a considerable portion of the patients are in need of joint replacement surgery and in need of rehabilitation.

However, the treatment opportunities are still not optimal. In a large proportion of the patients, full control of the disease is not possible due to limited effect of available therapies and/or intolerance to these therapies. Therefore, there is a huge need to find new therapeutic alternatives to treat RA.

Since studies on healthy volunteers and IBD-patients support that the mushroom extract AndoSanTM exert an anti-inflammatory effect in vivo, the investigators wanted to examine in a pilot study whether this effect also was evident in patients with RA. A potential anti-inflammatory effect could prove beneficial in these seriously ill patients, who accordingly could experience less side effects (edema, granulocytopenia, diminished tissue repair) due to potential reduction number and dose of disease modifying drugs.

Conditions

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Mushroom extract

The mushroom extract (Andosan) is given orally in doses 30 m x 2 daily for 21 days

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • ImmunoPharma AS

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • Egil Johnson

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Egil Johnson, Md, PhD · Dep. of gastric- and pediatric surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Ulleval, Kirkeveien 166, 0407 Oslo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-05-31
Primary Completion
2018-03-31
Completion
2018-04-30

Countries

  • Norway

Study Locations

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