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A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Diacerein for Prophylaxis in Patients with Gout who Have Difficulties to Use Colchicine for Prophylaxis

A Multi-center, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Pilot Study to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of Diacerein for Prophylaxis in Patients with Gout who Have Difficulties to Use Colchicine for Prophylaxis

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CRIS
Registry ID
KCT0007719
Enrollment
54
Registered
2022-09-20
Start date
2022-10-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2022-10-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Drug : Arm 1: placebo / oral / W0 ~ W24 Arm 2: diacerein 50mg qd / oral / W0 ~ W24 Arm 3: diacerein 50mg bid / oral / W0 ~ W24

Sponsors

Masan Samsung Medical Center
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Person over 19 years old as of the date of submission 2. Patients diagnosed with gout according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 1977 Criteria for the classification of acute arthritis of primary gout or 2015 ACR Gout classification Criteria 3. Patient who have started or are about to start uric acid lowering treatment A. Allopurinol 50mg to 600mg/day B. Febuxostat 20mg to 80mg/day 4. Patient who have the ability and willingness to participate in the therapeutic lifestyle modification recommended in this clinical trial 5.Patient who have difficulty in using colchicine as a prophylaxis or have intolerance 6.Patient who have difficulty using antiphlogistic for on of the following two reasons - GI intolerance - eGFR < 75 mL/min/1.73m2 7.Persons who submitted written consent to participate in this study

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1.Patients with importance of hypersensitivity disease in clinical (etc.anaphylaxis) 2.Patient with hypersensitivity to this drug or any component of this drug 3.Patients with history of myocardial infarction or angina within 6 months or suspicious symptoms at screening 4.Patients with abdominal pain of unknown 5.Those with the following diseases or abnormal blood test - CKD stage 4 higher: eGFR < 30mL/min/1.73m2 - AST or ALT = 2 x upper limit of normal (ULN) or total bilirubin = 1.5 x ULN - Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus: glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) = 9.0% or fasting plasma glucose = 200 mg/dL - Uncontrolled hypertension: systolic blood pressure = 180 mmHg or diastolic blood pressure = 110 mmHg Uncontrolled thyroid dysfunction: TSH = 1.5 x ULN Inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease) or irritable bowel syndrome - Patients have intestinal obstruction or have a history of paralytic ileus - History of intestinal disease in the small intestine - Patients have liver disease or history of liver disease 6.patients with history of drug and alcohol abuse within 5 years 7.Patients who have participated in other clinical trials within 3 months prior to screening and have applied investigational drugs 8.Pregnant or lactating women or positive pregnancy test 9.Other patients judged to be unsuitable by the investigator

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Incidence of acute gout attacks (excluding gout precursors) during treatment period (first 24 weeks of study)

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Visual analogue scale, VAS;Number of gout attacks per patient during treatment period (first 24 weeks of study) ;Incidence of gout attacks (excluding gout precursors) during monitoring period.;Proportion of patients with gout attacks requiring rescue therapy between weeks 24 and 36 ;Incidence of proportion of patients with serum uric acid levels below 6.0 mg/dL during monitoring period.;Time required to serum uric acid levels below 6.0 mg/dL

Countries

Korea, Republic of

Contacts

Public ContactJiwon Hwang

Samsung Changwon Medical Center

ninedw@empas.com+82-55-233-5181

Outcome results

None listed

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