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 @ 11:43 PM
Ignite Modification Date:
2025-12-24 @ 11:43 PM
NCT ID:
NCT01893151
Eligibility Criteria:
Inclusion Criteria:
* Subjects with a diagnosis of RA according to the diagnostic criteria of the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) (revised in 1987)
* Rheumatoid Arthritis for 3 months to 2 years from the time of the initial diagnosis
* Functional Class II-III
* Subjects have active RA at the time of screening
* Must have a negative Pregnancy test and use adequate method of contraception throughout the trial
* Must have at least 4 tender joints and 4 swollen joints(involved in DAS28) and among these,at least one swollen Metacarpophalangeal joint is essential
* Has a C-reactive protein ≥ 10 mg/L OR Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) ≥ 28 mm/hr
* Written informed consent
Exclusion Criteria:
* Preceding treatment with DMARDs, immunosuppressants (cyclophosphamide, cyclosporine, azathioprine, etc.), biological agents or tripterygium within 12 weeks prior to study entry
* Chest x-ray abnormalities, such as tuberculosis, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis, etc
* ALT \>1.5×ULN, AST \>1.5×ULN, Cr \>135umol/L or Cr \>1.5mg
* WBC\<4×109/L，HGB\<85g/L，PLT\<100×109/L
* Subjects with serious cardiovascular, renal, hematologic,endocrine diseases or malignant
* Subjects with immunodeficiency, uncontrolled infection and active gastrointestinal disease
* Pregnant, intend to become pregnant, or are breastfeeding
* Subjects with other rheumatological diseases such as SLE, mixed connective tissue disease, scleroderma, polymyositis, etc
* Subjects with inflammatory arthritis, such as gout, reactive arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, seronegative spondyloarthropathy, Lyme disease
* Subjects with intra-articular corticosteroid injections within 6 weeks prior to study entry
* Allergic to any of the study drugs
* History of alcoholism
* Subjects with mental illness
* Subjects receiving live vaccines recently
* Subjects participating in other clinical study within 3 months prior to study entry
Healthy Volunteers:
False
Sex:
ALL
Minimum Age:
18 Years
Maximum Age:
65 Years
Study:
NCT01893151
Study Brief:
Protocol Section:
NCT01893151