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Does Etanercept Influence Tweak Modulation of Inflammation During Inflammatory Rheumatisms (Psoriatic Arthritis and Rheumatoid Arthritis)?

DOES ETANERCEPT INFLUENCE TWEAK MODULATION OF INFLAMMATION DURING INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISMS (PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS)?

Status
Completed
Phases
Phase 3
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT02164214
Enrollment
60
Registered
2014-06-16
Start date
2011-09-30
Completion date
2015-09-30
Last updated
2015-09-10

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

Conditions

Inflammatory Rheumatism, Psoriatic Arthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis

Brief summary

TWEAK (TNF weakly inducer of apoptosis) is a type II-transmembrane protein, member of the TNF ligand superfamily that can be cleaved to function as a soluble cytokine. Depending on target cell type, TWEAK triggers multiple cellular responses ranging from modulation of inflammation to cell death when it binds to its main receptor, Fn 14. Our team has been the first to describe pro-inflammatory effects of TWEAK during central nervous system inflammation. Various data support the possibility that TWEAK produced by synovial macrophages may contribute to chronic synovitis in animal models and in humans. In psoriatic arthritis (PsoA), anti-TNF therapy has been successful concording with the key role of TNF in the pathogenesis of this disease and the generation by psoriatic patients of neutralizing anti-TNF autoantibodies referred as beneficial autoimmunity to pro-inflammatory mediators. In 2010, Van Kuijk et al. have described a high expression of TWEAK in the inflammatory synovial of PsoA and rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients before and after anti-TNF therapy. The role of TNF-alpha in the regulation of TWEAK expression remains unclear.

Interventions

DRUGetanercept Treatment

Sponsors

Assistance Publique Hopitaux De Marseille
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* · Group RhPso : * Fill(Perform) the criteria CASPAR of the Rheumatism psoriasic (Taylor W, on 2006) * rheumatoid Absence of factor and antibody anti-CCP(anti-post office account) (cyclic citrulline peptide) in the serum * Indication established to begin a treatment with etanercept · Group PR * Fill(Perform) the criteria of the ACR (American College of Rheumatology) for PR (revised in 1987) (Arneth FC, on 1988) * Presence of antibody anti-CCP(anti-post office account) in the serum * Indication established to begin a treatment with etanercept

Exclusion criteria

* Minors(Miners) * pregnant or breast-feeding Women * Adults under guardianship * Nobody staying in a sanitary or social establishment * Persons in emergency situation and/or not beneficiaries of a national insurance scheme * Private persons of freedom * Arthritis or not labelled polyarthritis * Contraindication established in the treatment(processing) by etanercept * PUVAthérapie or cyclosporine or high dose of corticosteroid therapy (except intra-articular infiltration) or other anti-TNF treatment(processing) in two months preceding the inclusion

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
serum levels of soluble TWEAK42 monthssamples blood before and after etanercept Treatment

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Mar 1, 2026