Conditions: Rheumatoid Arthritis
Keywords: Rheumatoid Arthritis TNFα antagonist Certolizumab pegol Chinese patients Open-label
Allocation: NA | Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Enrollment: 347
Healthy volunteers: no

Brief summary:
This study will continue to evaluate the safety \& efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol (CZP) for 6 months in Chinese subjects with active Rheumatoid Arthritis who participated in RA0044.

Detailed description:
This study (RA0078) will continue to assess the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of Certolizumab Pegol (CZP) for 6 months as additional medication to methotrexate (MTX) with or without folic acid in Chinese subjects with active Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) who participated in the main feeder study, RA0044. All subjects will continue to receive their established treatment with MTX with or without folic acid. The dose of MTX may be decreased by the Investigator due to toxicity, but should not be discontinued completely. Concomitant nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oral corticosteroids will be permitted. For each subject, the study duration will last a maximum of approximately 32 weeks.

Arms:
arm 1: 1. Those subjects from either treatment group in RA0044 (NCT02151851) who fail to achieve an ACR20 response in RA0044 (NCT02151851) at Week 12, which is confirmed at Week 14. These subjects are withdrawn from RA0044 (NCT02151851) at Week 16 of that study, and that assessment will also be the Entry assessment for this Extension study. In this OLE study, these subjects will receive CZP 400 mg sc at Weeks 0, 2, and 4 followed by CZP 200 mg sc Q2W.
2. Subjects from either treatment group in RA0044 (NCT02151851) who completed RA0044 (NCT02151851) through Week 24. The Week 24 assessment in RA0044 (NCT02151851) will also be the Entry assessment for this Extension study. In this OLE study, these subjects will receive CZP 200 mg sc Q2W.

Interventions: intervention 1: Certolizumab Pegol
Intervention descriptions: intervention 1: Active Substance: Certolizumab Pegol Pharmaceutical form: Prefilled syringes Concentration: 200 mg/ ml Route of Administration: Subcutaneous injection

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