Study Comparing Doses Of An Experimental Glucocorticoid Compound To Prednisone And Placebo In Rheumatoid Arthritis

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 2014-06-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the safety and efficacy of multiple doses of PF-04171327, an experimental glucocorticoid drug, to prednisone at 5 mg or 10 mg and placebo in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. All subjects will also be receiving background treatment of methotrexate for their rheumatoid arthritis. Study medication will be given for eight weeks followed by a 4 week period during which the dose of study medication will be gradually reduced. The efficacy of the study medications will be determined by assessing severity of the rheumatoid arthritis during the study and safety will be determined by adverse event reporting, laboratory tests and biomarker analysis.

• Phase: Phase 2
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Pfizer
• Treatments: Prednisone

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Subjects must have documented rheumatoid arthritis with a duration of at least 3 months as determined by the investigator using standardly accepted criteria, must have been receiving methotrexate for at least 3 months to treat their rheumatoid arthritis, and must be free of any signs or symptoms of infection.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Subjects cannot enter the study if they have recently received treatment with certain medications which might interfere with study medications;

• subjects cannot enter if they have abnormalities in certain blood tests, history of cancer, recent bone fracture or other significant conditions.