Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 65
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This open-label study will evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of RoActemra/Actemra (tocilizumab) in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on background non-biologic DMARDs who have an inadequate response to current non-biologic DMARDs. Patients will receive 8 mg/kg RoActemra/Actemra as an intravenous infusion every 24 weeks for a total of 6 infusions. The anticipated time on study treatment is 24 weeks.

Detailed description:

Arms:
arm 1: None

Interventions: intervention 1: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: 8 mg/kg intravenous infusion every 4 weeks for a total of 6 infusions

Protocol document: