Eligibility Module
The Eligibility Module contains detailed information about who can participate in the clinical trial. This includes eligibility criteria, age restrictions, gender requirements, healthy volunteer status, and study population descriptions, helping researchers understand who is eligible to participate in the study.
Eligibility Module path is as follows:
Study -> Protocol Section -> Eligibility Module
Eligibility Module
Ignite Creation Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:00 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 7:00 PM
NCT ID:
NCT04834557
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis according to the ACR/EULAR 2010 criteria.
* Having active rheumatoid arthritis disease activity (the 28-joint disease activity score \[DAS28\] according to the CRP formula \> 2.6).
* Aged between 18 and 80 years.
* With clear consciousness and able to cooperate with this study.
* Personal willingness and ability to comply with the study follow-up schedule and other requirements of the study protocol.
* Both male and female will be included
* All patients receiving non-biological drugs will be also included.
* Sign an informed consent for the clinical study.
Exclusion Criteria:
* Pregnant or planning to be pregnant and breast-feeding women
* Patients suffering from any chronic diseases
* Patients with other autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus, Sjogren's syndrome and mixed connective tissue disease.
* Patients who have a diagnosis of any other inflammatory arthritis (e.g., psoriatic arthritis or ankylosing spondylitis).
* Patients with a history of, or suspected, demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (e.g. multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis).
* Patients with a current or recent history of severe, progressive, and/or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematological, gastrointestinal, endocrine, pulmonary, cardiac, neurological, or cerebral disease.
* Patients treated with biological therapy such as TNF-α or IL-1β antagonists.
* Patients with infectious or inflammatory diseases, endocrine disorders, any past or current psychiatric or neurological diseases.
* Patients with cardiovascular diseases such as arrhythmias and acute myocardial infarction.
* Patients with electrolyte disturbances (such as hypokalemia, hypomagnesemia, and hypercalcemia) could potentially elevate the risk of digoxin toxicity.
* Patients with clinically significant hepatic and renal dysfunction or impairment.
* Alcohol abuse
* Patients with evidence of viral (HBV or HCV), autoimmune hepatitis, and decompensated liver disease.
* Patients with cancer currently diagnosed or in medical history, if no recovery was achieved.
* Patients who are allergic to digoxin or Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA)
* Patients who are unconscious and unable to complete the study.
* Patients with acute inflammation of the gall bladder or the biliary tract, frequent episodes of biliary colic, and impaired contractility of the gall bladder, will be excluded.
* Patients with cholestasis, primary biliary cirrhosis, or biliary obstruction will also be excluded.
* Patients who have received an organ transplant.
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
80 Years
Study:
NCT04834557
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT04834557