Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis RA secukinumab AIN457 inflammatory joints American College of Rheumatology ACR
Allocation: RANDOMIZED | Intervention model: PARALLEL
Enrollment: 221
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
The study compared the efficacy and assessed the safety of secukinumab given as 3 intravenous (i.v.) loading doses or weekly sub-cutaneous (s.c.) loading doses, compared to placebo, followed by monthly s.c. injections in patients with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) despite treatment with Methotrexate.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: secukinumab 10mg/kg i.v. loading at Weeks 0, 2 and 4, and placebo s.c. at weeks 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, followed by secukinumab 150mg s.c. every 4 weeks starting at Week 8 arm 2: secukinumab 150mg s.c. loading at Weeks 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4, and placebo i.v. at weeks 0, 2 and 4, followed by secukinumab 150mg s.c. every 4 weeks starting at Week 8 arm 3: placebo at Weeks 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 8 \& 12, followed by secukinumab 150mg s.c. every 4 weeks starting at Week 16

Interventions: intervention 1: secukinumab (AIN457) intervention 2: placebo
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Secukinumab is a human monoclonal antibody. Monoclonal antibodies are proteins that recognize and bind to unique proteins that your body produces. Secukinumab binds and reduces the activity of a cytokine (a "messenger" protein in the body) called Interleukin 17 (IL-17). intervention 2: Matching placebo to AIN457 i.v. and to AIN457 s.c..

Protocol document: