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postmarketing surveillance For Investigating success in achieving clinical and functional Remission and Sustaining efficacy with Tocilizumab in BIOlogics naive RA patients

postmarketing surveillance For Investigating success in achieving clinical and functional Remission and Sustaining efficacy with Tocilizumab in BIOlogics naive RA patients - FIRST-BIO study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
JPRN
Registry ID
JPRN-UMIN000006914
Enrollment
700
Registered
2011-12-22
Start date
2012-01-01
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2026-06-29

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

Conditions

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who have been diagnosed based on the 2010 ACR/EULAR new classification criteria for RA Patients who have no previous medical history of biological agents for RA Patients whose disease activity is DAS28&gt

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Rheumatoid arthritis diagnosed by ACR/EULAR new classification criteria for RA. Biological drug treatment naive. Moderate to high disease activity (DAS28>=3.2) at baseline.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: No criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Percentage of patients achieving remission by the new ACR/EULAR Boolean based criteria at week 52. (Comparing the remission rate by disease duration)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Adverse reaction incidence

Countries

Japan

Contacts

Public ContactMakoto Nomura

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Pharmacovigilance Dept.

nomuramkt@chugai-pharm.co.jp03-3273-0905

Outcome results

None listed

Source: JPRN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Jul 3, 2026