Rheumatoid Arthritis
Conditions
Brief summary
This is an open-label, clinical pharmacology study to investigate drug-drug interaction in patients with RA.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Patients who are diagnosed with RA according to the 1987 American College of Rheumatology (ACR) classification criteria * Patients who contracted RA at least 6 months prior
Exclusion criteria
* Patients with Class IV Steinbrocker functional impairment at enrollment. * Patients who have been treated for the underlying disease with a biological agent, such as infliximab or etanercept and have been receiving treatment with leflunomide, within 12 weeks before initiation of treatment with the probe drug
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 20% improvement based on the ACR criteria compared with the baseline value. | throughout study |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Time courses taken from baseline values for DAS28, for ACR20%, 50%, and 70% improvement, and for each ACR core set variable. | Week 0,Week 1, Week 2 |