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A Study of the Efficacy of Canakinumab in Prevention of Acute Flares in Chronic Gout Patients Initiating Allopurinol Therapy (Core Study) and a Long-term Study of the Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients With Gout (Extension Study)

ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT00819585

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Official title

A 24-week, Dose-ranging, Multicenter, Double-blind, Double-dummy, Active-controlled Core Study to Evaluate Canakinumab for Prophylaxis of Signs and Symptoms of Acute Flares in Chronic Gout Patients Initiating Allopurinol Therapy and a 24-week Open-label, Multicenter Extension Study to Assess Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Canakinumab in Patients With Gout Who Are Given Canakinumab at the Time of Gout Flare

Brief summary

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The 24-week, dose-ranging, multi-center, double-blind, double-dummy, active-controlled core study investigated the prophylactic effect of canakinumab on the signs and symptoms of acute flares in chronic gout patients initiating allopurinol therapy. The core study was followed by a 24-week open-label, multicenter extension study to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of canakinumab in patients with gout who were given canakinumab at the time of gout flare.

Study identification

NCT ID
NCT00819585
Recruitment status
Completed
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase 2
Lead sponsor
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
Industry
Enrollment
432 participants

Conditions and interventions

Eligibility (public fields only)

Age range
18 Years to 80 Years
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
Dec 2008 (Type not available)
Primary completion
Aug 2010 (Actual)
Completion
Aug 2010 (Actual)
Last update posted
Jul 17, 2018

2008 – 2010

United States locations

U.S. sites
19
U.S. states
14
U.S. cities
19
Facility City State ZIP Site status
Talbert Medical Group Huntington Beach California 92646 —
San Diego Arthritis & Osteoporosis Medical clinic San Diego California — —
Health Awareness Jupiter Florida 33458 —
East-West Medical Research institute Honolulu Hawaii 96814 —
Pinnacle Medical Research Overland Park Kansas 66215 —
Cotton O'Neil Clinical Research Institute Topeka Kansas — —
Dolby Research, LLC Baton Rouge Louisiana 70809 —
The Family Doctors Shreveport Louisiana 71115 —
Shores Rheumatology Saint Clair Shores Michigan 48081 —
Heartland Clinical Research, Inc. Omaha Nebraska — —
NM Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Ct. Albuquerque New Mexico — —
Rochester clinical Research Rochester New York 14609 —
Health Research of Oklahoma, PLLC Oklahoma City Oklahoma 73103 —
Castlerock Clinical Research Consultants, LLC Tulsa Oklahoma 74136 —
Altoona Center for Clinical Research Duncansville Pennsylvania 16635 —
Columbia Clinical Research Columbia South Carolina 29201 —
Upstate Pharmaceutical Research Greenville South Carolina 29615 —
MultiSpecialty Clinical Research Johnson City Tennessee — —
iMED Internal medicine, PA San Antonio Texas 78228 —

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Non-U.S. locations

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