188
Participants
Start Date
April 30, 2013
Primary Completion Date
November 22, 2018
Study Completion Date
November 21, 2019
Rituximab
Rituximab IV infusion 1000 mg x 1 dose at months 4, 8, 12, 16 and 20 and glucocorticoids. Four - six hour infusion. Treatment with rituximab will cease at month 20.
Azathioprine
"Oral dosage form. Target dose is 2mg/kg; maximum daily dose is 200mg. This should be continued until month 24. The dose should then by reduced by 50% and azathioprine completely withdrawn at month 27.~The dose should be rounded down to the nearest 25mg. The dose may vary on alternate days e.g. 100mg one day, 150mg the next for patients on an overall dose of 125mg daily.~If patients are aged over 60 years, reduce the dose by 25%. If patients are aged over 75 years, reduce the dose by 50%."
Auckland City Hospital, Grafton
Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital, Herston
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
University Hospital of Parma, Parma
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Mayo Clinic, Rochester
University of Utah, Salt Lake City
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles
Canberra Hospital, Garran
Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide
General Faculty Hospital, Prague
Cork University Hospital, Cork
North Shore Hospital, Westlake
Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm
St. Joseph's Healthcare, Hamilton
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Okayama University, Kita-ku
Chiba University, Chiba
Kitano Hospital, Kyoto
University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki
Teikyo University, Tokyo
Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric, Tokyo
Kyorin University school of medicine, Tokyo
Leicester General Hospital, Leicester
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, Brighton
Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge
Russells Hall Hospital, Dudley
Ipswich Hospital, Ipswich
Chapel Allerton Hospital, Leeds
Imperial College, London
James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough
Queen's Medical Centre Campus, Nottingham University Hosp, Nottingham
University of Oxford, Oxford
Collaborators (1)
Arthritis Research UK
OTHER
Roche Pharma AG
INDUSTRY
Genentech, Inc.
INDUSTRY
University of Pennsylvania
OTHER
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
OTHER