An Efficacy and Safety Study of Tocilizumab (RoActemra/Actemra) in Participants With Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA)
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Official title
A Phase III, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-Blind Placebo-Controlled Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Subjects With Giant Cell Arteritis
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT01791153
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase 3
- Lead sponsor
- Hoffmann-La Roche
- Industry
- Enrollment
- 251 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Corticosteroids Drug
- Methotrexate Drug
- Prednisone Drug
- Prednisone Placebo Drug
- Tocilizumab Drug
- Tocilizumab Placebo Drug
Drug
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 50 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 21, 2013
- Primary completion
- Apr 10, 2016
- Completion
- Jun 3, 2018
- Last update posted
- Feb 5, 2020
2013 – 2018
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 14
- U.S. states
- 12
- U.S. cities
- 13
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Univ of Calif., Los Angeles; Rheumatology | Los Angeles | California | 90025 | — |
| Cedars-Sinai Medical Center | Los Angeles | California | 90048 | — |
| Rheumatology Assoc. of S. Florida - Clinical Research Center | Boca Raton | Florida | 33486 | — |
| Sarasota Arthritis Res Center | Sarasota | Florida | 34239 | — |
| Four Rivers Clinical Research Inc. | Paducah | Kentucky | 42003 | — |
| Rheumatology Associates | Portland | Maine | 04102 | — |
| Massachusetts General Hospital | Boston | Massachusetts | 02114 | — |
| Shores Rheumatology | Saint Clair Shores | Michigan | 48081 | — |
| Mayo Clinic Rochester | Rochester | Minnesota | 55902 | — |
| Hospital For Special Surgery; Dept of Medicine - Rheumatology | New York | New York | 10021 | — |
| Asheville Arthritis & Osteoporosis Center, PA | Asheville | North Carolina | 28803 | — |
| University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia | Pennsylvania | 19104 | — |
| University of Utah; Division of Rheumatology | Salt Lake City | Utah | 84132 | — |
| Marshfield Clinic Wausau Ctr | Wausau | Wisconsin | 54401 | — |
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Non-U.S. locations
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About this trial record page
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- Last refresh
- Last update posted Feb 5, 2020 · Synced Apr 29, 2026
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