Clinical trial · Interventional
An Extension to Study MA21573, Evaluating Tocilizumab in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Current Non-Biological DMARDs and/or Anti-tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Therapy
An Extension Phase of the Multi-National Open-Label Study (MA21573) to Evaluate the Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis on Background Non-biologic DMARDs Who Have an Inadequate Response to Current Non-biologic DMARD and/or Anti-TNF Therapy.
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
This study was an extension to study MA21573 \[NCT00750880\], which was an open label single arm study to investigate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of tocilizumab monotherapy, or combination therapy with non-biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDS), in patients with moderate to severe active rheumatoid arthritis. Patients who completed the 24 week core study, and had at least a moderate European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response, were eligible to enter this long-term extension study, and received tocilizumab 8 mg/kg intravenous (iv) every 4 weeks. The anticipated time on study treatment was 1-2 years, and the target sample size was \> 500 individuals.
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rheumatoid Arthritis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra] | Drug | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (1)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- tocilizumab
- description
- Participants received tocilizumab 8 mg/kg intravenous (IV), maximum dose not exceeding 800 mg in a single infusion, every 4 weeks for up to 104 weeks or up to 4 weeks after tocilizumab became commercially available in the respective country whichever occurred first.
- interventionNames
- Drug: tocilizumab [RoActemra/Actemra]
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Percentage of Participants With Adverse Events (AEs) and Serious Adverse Events (SAEs)
- timeFrame
- 108 Weeks
- description
- An AE was considered any unfavorable and unintended sign, symptom, or disease associated with the use of the study drug, whether or not considered related to the study drug. Preexisting conditions that worsened during the study and laboratory or clinical tests that resulted in a change in treatment or discontinuation from study drug were reported as adverse events. A SAE was any experience that: resulted in death, was life-threatening, required in-patient hospitalization or prolongation of existing hospitalization, resulted in persistent or significant disability/incapacity, was a congenital anomaly/birth defect or was medically significant. The percentage of participants with AEs and SAEs that occurred in the Extension Study grouped according to the number of disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARD) a participant was taking at Core Baseline is presented.
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: \- patients who completed the 24-week MA21573 core study, had at least a moderate response based on EULAR definition criteria and no adverse events (AEs), serious adverse events (SAEs) or conditions that led to unacceptable risk of continued treatment. Exclusion Criteria: -as for MA21573.
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