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Lead
Novartis Pharmaceuticals
This was a Healthy Volunteer only study originally, but after an amendment to protocol, rheumatoid arthritis patients will be starting 7-Mar-2014 and thus, the protocol is now registered.
Age
18–55
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
1. Healthy male and surgically sterilized or post-menopausal female subjects 18 to 55 years of age (for Cohort 9 only, subjects must be of Chinese descent)
2. Vital signs (systolic and diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate) should be within normal limits
3. Weight 50-150 kg and a body mass index (BMI) 18-32 kg/m2
1. Healthy male and surgically sterilized or post-menopausal female subjects 18 to 55 years of age
2. Fulfilled 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria for RA per Investigator
3. Treatment with a stable oral RA treatment regimen for ≥ 4 weeks before randomization
4. Systemic corticosteroids allowed if on a stable dose (≤ 10 mg/day of prednisone or equivalent) ≥ 4 weeks prior to randomization
5. Subjects taking NSAIDs (COX-1 or COX-2 inhibitors) as part of their RA therapy must be on a stable dose for at least 4 weeks before randomization
You may not be if
1. History of hypersensitivity to vaccines, the study drug, or to drugs of similar chemical classes (i.e., biologic agents)
2. Abnormal hematology, coagulation or inflammatory lab results
3. History or evidence of tuberculosis.
1. Use of anti-TNF or other biologics in previous 3 months
2. Any intra-articular injection therapy (e.g., corticosteroid, hyaluronan) required for treatment of acute RA flare within 4 weeks before randomization
3. Previous treatment with a B cell-depleting biologic agent or any other immunomodulatory biologic agent within 5 half-lives (experimental or approved)
4. Current treatment with cyclophosphamide
5. Autoimmune disease other than RA
6. Adult juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
7. RA functional status class IV according to the ACR 1991 revised criteria
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