Safety and Efficacy of Extracorporeal Photoimmune Therapy With UVADEX for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis
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Official title
A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, "Sham" Pheresis-controlled, Study of Extracorporeal Photoimmune Therapy With UVADEX for the Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients Who Have an Inadequate Response to Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs and Biological Agents
Brief summary
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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disorder that can cause substantial pain and joint tenderness, significant joint damage, and serious disability. The treatment goals are minimization of the signs and symptoms of the disease, and the reduction of irreversible joint damage. As the understanding of the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying RA is elucidated, the opportunity to target specific inflammatory processes with new therapies has improved. Rheumatoid arthritis is a T cell-mediated autoimmune disease and there are various therapies, including newer experimental therapies, which target either the activation of T cells or the neutralization of their effector mechanisms. These newer therapies have shown benefit in human and animal models of RA. Extracorporeal photoimmune therapy (ECP) has been shown to be safe and effective in the palliative treatment of the skin manifestations of cutaneous T cell lymphoma. Experimental studies have also demonstrated activity of ECP treatment in several T cell mediated diseases including graft versus-host disease, rejection after organ transplantation, and selected autoimmune diseases. This study will evaluate a cell-based therapy (ECP) in patients who have an inadequate response to disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and biological agents to determine if ECP treatment can reduce the signs and symptoms of RA in this refractory patient population.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT00221000
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 2
- Enrollment
- 86 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Healthy volunteers not accepted
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- Jul 31, 2003
- Primary completion
- Sep 30, 2006
- Completion
- Oct 31, 2006
- Last update posted
- Oct 18, 2016
2003 – 2006
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 10
- U.S. states
- 9
- U.S. cities
- 10
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carroll County Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center | Westminister | Maryland | — | — |
| Clinical Pharmacology Study Group | Worchester | Massachusetts | — | — |
| Morristown Memorial Hospital | Morristown | New Jersey | — | — |
| AAIR Research Center | Rochester | New York | — | — |
| Carolina Arthritis Associates | Wilmington | North Carolina | — | — |
| Rheumatic Disease Associates | Willow Grove | Pennsylvania | — | — |
| Rheumatology Associates | Providence | Rhode Island | — | — |
| UT Southwestern Medical Center | Dallas | Texas | — | — |
| Arthritis and Osteoporosis Center of South Texas | San Antonio | Texas | — | — |
| Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | Seattle | Washington | — | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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- Last update posted Oct 18, 2016 · Synced Sep 2, 2026
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