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Evaluating the Effect of Ursodeoxycholic Acid in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis

NCT05973370 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 60

Last updated 2024-06-03

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential therapeutic effects of the secondary bile acid ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) on synovial inflammation and disease activity when administered as add-on treatments to the current DMARDs treatment for rheumatoid arthritis patients with variant disease activity.

Conditions

Interventions

DRUG

Placebo

Placebo will be administered to the control group for 24 weeks as an add-on treatment to the current DMARDs treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.

DRUG

Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) 500 mg

All subjects will receive Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) administered at 500 mg/day for 24 weeks as an addon treatment to the current DMARDs treatments for rheumatoid arthritis.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Tanta University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Nageh Ahmed El-Mahdy, Professor · Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University

  • Medhat Ismail Abdel Hamid, Professor · Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology Faculty of Medicine, Al-Azhar University

  • Dalia Salah Seif, Associate Professor · Associate Professor of Physical Medicine, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation Faculty of Medicine, Menoufyia University

  • Enass Yousef Osman, PHD · Lecturer of Pharmacology and toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Tanta University

  • Mariam George Tadros Bolous, Master · Assistant Lecturer of Clinical pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Sinai University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-05-01
Primary Completion
2023-11-30
Completion
2024-05-30

Countries

  • Egypt

Study Locations

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