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Severe Psoriatic arthritis – Early intervEntion to control Disease: the SPEED trial

Clinical effectiveness of standard step up care (methotrexate) compared to early combination DMARD therapy with standard step up care compared to early use of TNF inhibitors with standard step up care for the treatment of moderate to Severe Psoriatic arthritis: a 3-arm parallel group randomised controlled trial. - SPEED

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Source
EU CTR
Registry ID
EUCTR2017-004542-24-GB
Enrollment
315
Registered
2018-07-02
Start date
2018-05-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2019-12-16

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Psoriatic Arthritis MedDRA version: 21.0 Level: LLT Classification code 10037160 Term: Psoriatic arthritis System Organ Class: 100000004859

Interventions

Trade Name: Methotrexate Product Name: Methotrexate Product Code: N/A Pharmaceutical Form: Tablet INN or Proposed INN: Methotrexate Concentration unit: mg milligram(s) Concentration type: range Concen

Sponsors

University of Oxford
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: • Participant is willing and able to give informed consent for participation in the trial. • Male or Female, aged 18 years or above. • Participants consented to the PsA inception cohort (MONITOR-PsA REC Ref 17/SC/0556) and to be approached for alternate interventional therapies. • Poor prognostic factors at baseline. Either o Polyarticular disease with =5 active joints at baseline assessment OR o Oligoarticular disease with 1 • Female participants of child bearing potential and male participants whose partner is of child bearing potential must be willing to ensure that they or their partner use effective contraception during the trial and for 3 months thereafter (or 2 years if received leflunomide unless treated with washout therapy) as in standard practice. • Participant has clinically acceptable laboratory results within 28 days of baseline: o Haemoglobin count > 8.5 g/dL o White blood count (WBC) > 3.5 x 109/L o Absolute neutrophil count (ANC) > 1.5 x 109/L o Platelet count > 100 x 109/L o AST or ALT and alkaline phosphatase levels =65 years) yes F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range 0

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Previous treatment for articular disease with disease modifying drugs (DMARDs) including, but not limited to, methotrexate, sulfasalazine, leflunomide and ciclosporin • Female patient who is pregnant, breast-feeding or planning pregnancy during the course of the trial. • Significant renal or hepatic impairment. • Patients who test positive for Hepatitis B, C or HIV. • Contraindication to any of the investigative drugs. • Patients who currently abuse drugs or alcohol • Scheduled elective surgery or other procedures requiring general anaesthesia during the trial. • Patient with life expectancy of less than 6 months. • Any other significant disease or disorder which, in the opinion of the Investigator, may either put patients at risk because of participation in the trial, or may influence the result of the trial, or their ability to participate in the trial. • Participation in another research trial involving an investigational product in the past 12 weeks. Additional exclusion criteria apply to patients randomised to arm 3 and receiving adalimumab therapy: • Active tuberculosis (TB), chronic viral infections, recent serious bacterial infections, those receiving live vaccinations within 3 months of the anticipated first dose of study medication, or those with chronic illnesses that would, in the opinion of the investigator, put the participant at risk. • Latent TB unless they have received appropriate anti-tuberculous treatment as per local guidelines • History of cancer in the last 5 years, other than non-melanoma skin cell cancers cured by local resection or carcinoma in situ.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Main Objective: To compare the initial effectiveness of early combination DMARD therapy (arm 2) and early use of TNF inhibitors (arm 3) with standard step up care (received in the TWiCs cohort; arm 1).;Secondary Objective: To assess the speed of response to therapy in the treatment arms. To assess later effectiveness of the treatment arms. To establish effectiveness of the treatment arms on the new domains of the PsA core set (participation, fatigue and emotional wellbeing). To assess the cost-effectiveness of the treatment arms. ;Primary end point(s): The primary outcome is the response according to PASDAS. This will be reported as the proportion achieving a PASDAS good response (reduction from baseline of =1.6 and final score of =3.2) in each of the three treatment groups (standard step up therapy in the cohort, early combination DMARD or early TNF inhibitor therapy) at week 24. ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: Clinical assessment, patient questionnaires and blood tests all performed at weeks 0 and 24

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Secondary end point(s): Secondary outcome measures: - Time to achievement of minimal disease activity (MDA) - The proportion of patients achieving a PASDAS good response at week 48; proportion achieving PASDAS moderate response at week 24 and 48 - Change in PsA impact of disease (PSAID) score from baseline to follow up Proportion achieving PSAID patient acceptable symptom state (=4) at follow up Change in work productivity (absenteeism, presenteeism and productivity loss) as measured by WPAI at follow up. - Cost per QALY in each treatment arm to calculate ICER ;Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point: For the above respectively: - Assessed every 12 weeks - Clinical assessment, patient questionnaires and blood tests all performed at weeks 0, 24 and 48. - Patient questionnaires at weeks 0, 24, and 48 weeks - Healthcare resource use data and health related quality of life throughout the study

Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactClinical Trials and Research Govern

University of Oxford

ctrg@admin.ox.ac.uk01865616480

Outcome results

None listed

Source: EU CTR (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026