Please select the eligibility criteria that correspond to the clinical trial below.
Title: A Randomized, Phase 3, Controlled, Double-Blind, Parallel-Group, Multicenter Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Rituximab in Combination With Methotrexate (MTX) Compared to MTX Alone, in Methotrexate-Naive Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis
Brief Summary: This is a phase III, randomized, controlled, double-blind, parallel group, international study in approximately 750 patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who are naive to Methotrexate (MTX) therapy. Rheumatoid Factor (RF)-positive and RF-negative patients will be enrolled and will be allocated equally between 3 treatment arms.


Options:
A: Inclusion Criteria:

* Patients have a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (according to the revised 1987 criteria of the ACR) for at least 3 months prior to screening
* Have active RA as defined by persistent disease activity with at least 4 swollen and 4 tender joints, at the time of screening and baseline
* Must have been previously treated with at least one dose of etanercept, adalimumab, or infliximab
* If currently using methotrexate, sulfasalazine and/or hydroxychloroquine must have tolerated these agents for at least 12 weeks and be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks prior to the first administration of study agent
* If using NSAIDs or other analgesics must be on a stable dose for at least 2 weeks prior to the first administration of study agent
* If using oral corticosteroids must be on a stable dose equivalent to \<= 10 mg of prednisone/day for at least 2 weeks prior to first administration of study agent
* Are considered eligible according to specified tuberculosis (TB) screening criteria.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients cannot have other inflammatory diseases other than RA that might interfere with the evaluation of the benefit of golimumab therapy
* No history of treatment with natalizumab, rituximab or cytotoxic agents
* No history of demyelinating diseases such as multiple sclerosis or optic neuritis or of concurrent congestive heart failure (CHF), lymphoproliferative disease, known malignancy or history of malignancy within the previous 5 years (with the exception of a nonmelanoma skin cancer that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence)
* No history of, or ongoing, chronic or recurrent infectious disease
* No serious infection within 2 months prior to first administration of study agent.
B: Inclusion criteria:

* Adult patients 18-80 years of age
* RA for ≥ 2 months;
* Receiving outpatient treatment
* Patients naive to, and considered to be candidates for, methotrexate treatment

Exclusion criteria:

* Rheumatic autoimmune disease other than RA, or significant systemic involvement secondary to RA
* Inflammatory joint disease other than RA, or other systemic autoimmune disorder
* Diagnosis of juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, or RA before the age of 16
* Surgery within 12 weeks of study
* Previous treatment with any approved or investigational biologic agent for RA, an anti-alpha4-integrin antibody or co-stimulation modulator, or cell-depleting therapy
* Concurrent treatment with any biologic agent or DMARD other than methotrexate
C: Inclusion Criteria:

* Moderate to severe Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) according to American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria
* Methotrexate failure
* Naive to RA biologics
* ≤5 years duration of disease
* Disease Activity Score-28 C-reactive protein (DAS28 CRP) ≥ 3.2
* Willingness to self-inject subcutaneous (SC) drug

Exclusion Criteria:

* Previous or current medical conditions that are warnings against the use of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-blocking agents
* History of active or chronic hepatitis
* Cancer in the last 5 years
* History of severe chronic or recurrent bacterial or viral infections
* Risk of tuberculosis
* Current symptoms of severe, progressive, or uncontrolled renal, hepatic, hematologic, Gastro-intestinal, pulmonary, cardiac, neurologic, or cerebral disease
D: Inclusion Criteria:

* Subjects must have a diagnosis of adult-onset RA of at least 6 months but not longer than 15 years in duration as defined by the 1987 American College of Rheumatology classification criteria.
* Subjects must have active RA disease as defined by:

  * At least 6 tender joints and 6 swollen joints
  * ESR of 28 mm/hour or CRP of 2.0 mg/dL
* Subjects who have failed to respond or have been resistant to at least one DMARD (including MTX)
* Subjects in whom MTX cannot be administered for any of the reasons(incomplete response/safety concerns)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Patients who have a diagnosis of any other inflammatory arthritis
* Patients who have a secondary, non-inflammatory type of arthritis (eg, osteoarthritis, fibromyalgia)
* Patients who currently have, or who have a history of, a demyelinating or convulsive disease of the central nervous system (eg, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy)
* Patients who have NYHA (New York Heart Association) Class III or IV congestive heart failure
* Patients who currently have, or who have a history of, tuberculosis
* Patients who have a high risk of infection (with a current infectious disease, a chronic infectious disease, a history of serious infectious disease)
* Patients who currently have, or who have a history of, malignancy
* Female patients who are breastfeeding or pregnant, who are of childbearing potential
* Patients who previously received treatment with 2 or more anti-TNFα drugs or who previously failed to respond to treatment with 1 or more aint-TNFα drugs.

Answer: B