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Rheumatoid ArthritisNCT00845949

Role of Chemokines and Proinflammatory Cytokines in Rheumatoid Synovial Pathological Changes

An observational study of Rheumatoid Arthritis, run by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

Withdrawn

Withdrawn. The study stopped before anyone enrolled.

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Trial summary

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic destructive arthritis. Major pathology change in rheumatoid arthritis is synovium hyperplasia with bone and cartilage erosion. Infiltrates in synovial tissue included type one and type two synoviocytes, B cells, T cells and fibroblasts. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 to 90 years
Conditions the study is for
Rheumatoid Arthritis
How many people
0 participants
Where
1 siteTaiwan
Study dates
Nov 2006to Jun 2008
Phase
Observational
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 to 90 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Study population: Synovial tissue from patient with rheumatoid arthritis who underwent total knee replacement surgery after informed consent.

Who may be able to join

  • patients with rheumatoid arthritis fulfills ACR 1987 classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis

Who cannot join

  • -

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country.

Taiwan1 site
  • Division of Allergy, Autoimmunity and Rheuamtology, Department of Internal Medicine, Far Eastern Memorial Hospital

    Banqiao District, 220

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About this study

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic destructive arthritis. Major pathology change in rheumatoid arthritis is synovium hyperplasia with bone and cartilage erosion. Infiltrates in synovial tissue included type one and type two synoviocytes, B cells, T cells and fibroblasts. These cells will release many cytokines and chemokines, which will induce expression of adhesion molecules, release of variable enzyme from fibroblast and osteoclast and result in bone erosion.

Recent study revealed that fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) have some role in pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis.We believed CXCL12/CXCR4 ligand/receptor pair is important in chronicity of rheumatoid arthritis.

CXCL12 polymorphism is studied in many disease. There is no related CXCL12 polymorphism study in rheumatoid arthritis. Our study intended to clarify the relationship between pathology, serology factor, CXCL12 polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis in hope that new direction of therapy will be elucidated.

Read the detailed description

Rheumatoid arthritis is a common chronic destructive arthritis. Many patients suffered from disability from this disease. There is no satisfactory therapy for every patient. Present prognostic factor only explained the disease course partially.

Major pathology change in rheumatoid arthritis is synovium hyperplasia with bone and cartilage erosion. Infiltrates in synovial tissue included type one and type two synoviocytes, B cells, T cells and fibroblasts. These cells will release many cytokines and chemokines, which will induce expression of adhesion molecules, release of variable enzyme from fibroblast and osteoclast and result in bone erosion.

Previous study in rheumatoid arthritis focused mainly in role of lymphocytes and osteoclast. Recent study revealed that fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) have some property which is similar but not identical to dendritic cells in lymph nodes. They are also important provider of IL-7 and IL-15 and play an important role in persisted activation of synovial tissue. Fibroblast will guide B cell infiltration and has intimate mutual interaction with T cells.

Stromal derived growth factor/CXCL12 is an effective lymphocyte chemokine. CXCR4 is corresponding receptor. CXCL12 has been associated with autoantibody production in lupus murine model animal. FLS can express stromal cell-derived factor 1 SDF-1/CXCL12, inducing persisted infiltration of CD4+ and CD8+ T cell. Furthermore, migration, proliferation and matrix mental proteinase secretion of FLSis regulated by CC and CXC chemokine. CXCL12 production by SLF is regulated by TNF-alpha, IL-1beta, and TGF-beta1, but there is still some inconsistency in literatures. CXCL12 itself also induce expression of CXCR4 and secretion of IL-6, IL-8 in FLS. Express of CCR4 in T cell is regulated by IL-2,IL-4,IL-7,IL-10 and cell contact. CXCL12 produced by SLF is also presented by endothelium cell and inducing angiogenesis. Clinical study also indicated that CXCL12 level is related to cartilage destruction. CXCL12 level is decreased after synovectomy. Therefore we believed CXCL12/CXCR4 ligand/receptor pair is important in chronicity of rheumatoid arthritis.

Recently CXCL12 polymorphism is studied in many disease, such as prognosis of HIV patients、chronic myeloproliferative disease, and AML metastasis. There is no related CXCL12 polymorphism study in rheumatoid arthritis. Our study intended to clarify the relationship between pathology, serology factor, CXCL12 polymorphism in rheumatoid arthritis in hope that new direction of therapy will be elucidated.

Keywords
chemokines synovium
Medical subject headings
Arthritis, Rheumatoid

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Feb 2009 (estimated)
  2. Study startNov 2006
  3. Primary completionJun 2008 (estimated)
  4. Study completionJun 2008 (estimated)

Why it stopped: NO available budget and difficulty in recruiting

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More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Observational
Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrolment
0 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00845949
Sponsor's protocol ID
95034
Status last verified
May 2012
First submitted
3 Mar 2008
Last updated
21 May 2012
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
Yes

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

An observational study of Rheumatoid Arthritis, run by Far Eastern Memorial Hospital at 1 site in Taiwan.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 1 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: withdrawn, as of the sponsor's last update on 21 May 2012. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in Taiwan. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

The study was withdrawn before enrolling participants, so there are no results.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 21 May 2012.

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