Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1)Patients between 20 and 90 years old 2)Patients with rheumatoid arthritis 3)Patients with low to moderate activity 4)Patient is going to give tocilizumab 5)The patient by whom consent is got in written form about participation of the final examination
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1)Patients who have serious infection 2)Patients who have history of severe allergic or anaphylactic reactions to human, humanized or murine monoclonal antibodies 3)Patients who have history of a malignant tumor or who have malignant tumor 4)Patients who have serious cardiac disease or liver disease, renal damage 5)Pregnant women or women trying to get pregnant 6)Patients considered inappropriate judged by attending physicians
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Correlation between the concentration of various kinds of serum cytokine at 24 weeks and CDAI at 24 weeks | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1.Correlation between the concentration of various kinds of serum cytokine and clinical remission assessed by CDAI at 24 weeks 2.Correlation between the concentration of various kinds of serum cytokine and the joints damage at 52 weeks 3.Change of DAS28ESR(4),CDAI and Simplified Disease Activity Score(SDAI) from baseline for every 4 weeks Remission rate assessed by SDAI,CDAI,DAS28ESR(4) and ACR/EULAR Boolean based criteria 4.Any adverse events | — |
Countries
Japan