Conditions: Ankylosing Spondylitis
Keywords: IMT evaluation in AS patients treated with etanercept
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 34
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
Study to assess whether etanercept therapy is able to increase flow-mediated vasodilatation in AS, and whether etanercept can modify the intima-media thickness (IMT) in these patients

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: etanercept 50 mg/week

Interventions: intervention 1: etanercept
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: etanercept 50 mg/week

Protocol document: