A Study To Investigate GW274150 Or Prednisolone In Rheumatoid Arthritis Taken Repeatedly For 28 Days.
Trial overview
Power Doppler ultrasonographic measurement of synovial vascularity: Total Vascularity Score
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Power Doppler ultrasonographic measurement of synovial vascularity: Power Doppler Area (PDA).
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
High frequency ultrasound measurement of synovial thickness: Total Thickness Score.
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Maximum plasma concentration (Cmax) and Trough plasma concentration of GW274150
Timeframe: Pre-dose, 0.5 hour, 1 hour and 2 hours post-dose on Day 15 and 28 for Cmax and Day 8, 15 and 28 for Trough
Mean Haematology parameters: Basophils, Eosinophils, Lymphocytes, Monocytes, Total Neutrophils, Platelet count, White Blood Cell Count
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean Hematology parameters: Reticulocytes, Red Blood Cell Count (RBC)
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean Hematology parameters: Hematocrit
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean Hematology parameters: Hemoglobin, Mean Corpuscle Hemoglobin Concentration (MCHC)
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean Hematology parameters: erythrocyte sedimentation rate
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Hematology parameters: mean corpuscle hemoglobin
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Hematology parameters: mean corpuscle volume
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Laboratory parameters: total protein, albumin
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
laboratory parameters: alkaline phosphatase (ALP), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT), creatine kinase, lactate dehydrogenase
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
laboratory parameters: lipase, amylase
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Laboratory parameters: direct bilirubin, creatinine, uric acid
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Laboratory parameters: C-reactive protein
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Laboratory parameters: calcium, cholesterol, chloride, glucose, bicarbonate, potassium, magnesium, sodium, phosphate, triglycerides, urea
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Number of participants with incidence of adverse events (AE) and adverse events leading to discontinuation of study drug
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Number of participants with Serious adverse Events (SAEs) and deaths
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Number of participants with abnormal electrocardiogram (ECG) findings
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure (SBP and DBP)
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
Mean heart rate
Timeframe: Up to Day 28
summary of Change from Baseline of Interleukin-6
Timeframe: Baseline (pre-dose Day 1) and up to Day 28
- Inclusion criteria:
- Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis according to the revised 1987 criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
- Inclusion criteria:
- Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis according to the revised 1987 criteria of the American College of Rheumatology
- Female subjects who are not capable of becoming pregnant
- Active disease defined as Disease Activity Score (DAS) 28 = 4.0 and at least one metacarpal-phalangeal finger (MCP) joint with either detectable vascularity or thickness
- Stable doses of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs), (which can include but is not restricted to methotrexate, sulphasalazine and hydroxychloroquine in any combination) for 8 weeks prior to enrollment
- Patients receiving methotrexate must be on stable folate supplements
- Must have been on stable doses for 2 weeks prior to screening if using COX inhibitors
- Signed consent form
- The patient is able to understand and comply with protocol requirements, instructions and protocol-stated restrictions Exclusion criteria:
- The subject is using, or has used, oral glucocorticoids within 8 weeks of enrollment
- The subject is currently receiving anti-rheumatic biological therapy (e.g. infliximab, adalimumab, etanercept or anakinra)
- The subject received their final dose of infliximab or adalimumab within 3 months of enrollment
- The subject received their final dose of etanercept or anakinra within 1 month of enrollment
- The subject has received another investigational drug within 30 days
- The subject drinks more than 28 units (male) or 21 units (female) of alcohol in a week
- History of liver or renal disease in the 6 months prior to screening
- The subject has a history of drug or other allergy
- Subject is positive for Hepatitis B and C or HIV virus
- The subject has positive pregnancy test
- The subject has positive test for drugs of abuse
Trial location(s)
Study documents
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Results overview
Results posted on ClinicalTrials.gov
Plain language summaries
Plain language summaries of clinical trial results for Phase 2-4 clinical trials that were initiated on or after January 2022 will be posted by GSK within one year following study completion.