Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Phase 3 Multicenter, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Golimumab Maintenance Therapy, Administered Subcutaneously, in Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Ulcerative Colitis
Brief Summary: The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of golimumab administered subcutaneously (under the skin) injections in maintenance therapy.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

In addition to others,

* Men or women age 18-75
* Diagnosis of ulcerative colitis confirmed through screening endoscopy.
* Extent of disease must involve at least the left colon
* Moderate to severe disease (Mayo Score 6-12). Systemic features of tachycardia, fever, and/or significant anemia should not be present.
* Inadequate response despite treatment with prednisone 40 - 50 mg/day (or other oral steroid at equivalent dose) orally for a minimum of 14 days immediately preceding study entry

Exclusion Criteria:

In addition to other protocol-defined conditions,

* Pregnancy
* Stool study that shows presence of ova and parasites, significant bacterial pathogens, or C. difficile toxin
* Colitis that is indeterminate, suggestive of Crohn's disease, or isolated to the rectum, based on endoscopic and/or biopsy findings
* Severely ill patients as evidenced by protocol-defined systemic criteria
* Chest radiograph abnormalities consistent with an infectious process
* History of colonic dysplasia
* HIV infection
* Known viral Hepatitis B or C infection
* History of or exposure to tuberculosis within 6 months before study entry
B: Inclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosed ulcerative colitis at least 90 days prior randomisation.
* Men or women age 18 - 75 years.
* Non-hospitalized patients with moderate-severe ulcerative colitis treated with stable background UC therapy (e.g. containing 5-aminosalicylates, and/or low dose of glucocorticosteroids, and/or purine analogue) prior to randomization.
* Females of childbearing potential who are sexually active with a nonsterilized male partner must use highly effective contraception from Day1.
* Nonsterilized males or sterilized males who are ≤1 year post-vasectomy who are sexually active with a female partner of childbearing potential must use a highly effective method of contraception.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Pregnant or breastfeeding women.
* History of colostomy.
* Current diagnosis of indeterminate colitis, Crohn's disease, ischemic colitis, fulminant colitis and/or toxic megacolon and patients with ulcerative colitis limited to the rectum (ulcerative proctitis).
* Hepatitis B, C or HIV.
* History of cancer.
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients must be at least 18 years of age at screening
* Males and female patients with clinical diagnosis of ulcerative colitis ≥3 months prior to entry into the study.
* Male and female patients with active currently moderate to severe ulcerative colitis defined by Mayo score of ≥6
* Patients with endoscopic sub-score of ≥2 on the Mayo score determined within 7 days of baseline.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Diagnosis of Crohn's disease or diagnosis of indeterminate colitis
* Treatment naive subjects who have not had previous exposure to treatment for ulcerative colitis
* Patients that are currently receiving immunosuppressants, anti-TNFα therapy or interferon
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Participants who received all study agent administrations and completed the Week 6 Mayo score evaluation in induction study C0524T16 (NCT00488774) or C0524T17 (NCT00487539)
* Participants who completed the Week 0 visit for this maintenance study C0524T18 (NCT00488631) on the same day as the Week 6 visit of the induction study C0524T16 (NCT00488774) or C0524T17 (NCT00487539)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Participants who increased the dose of their concomitant (given at the same time) UC medications since Week 0 of induction study C0524T16 (NCT00488774) or C0524T17 (NCT00487539)
* Participants who initiated a concomitant UC medication since Week 0 of an induction study C0524T16 (NCT00488774) or C0524T17 (NCT00487539)
* Participants who had a partial or total colectomy (surgery to remove part or all of the colon) or an ostomy (surgical construction of an artificial opening (stoma) for external fistulization of a duct or vessel by insertion of a tube with or without a supportive stent) since Week 0 of an induction study C0524T16 (NCT00488774) or C0524T17 (NCT00487539)
* Participants with signs or symptoms of latent or active granulomatous infection (including TB); a nontuberculous mycobacterial infection or opportunistic infection; or infection with HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), hepatitis B, or hepatitis C
* Participants with signs and symptoms of any malignancy or suggestive of a possible lymphoproliferative disease (disorders characterized by proliferation of lymphoid tissue, general or unspecified)

Answer: D