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CompletedNCT00230529

A Safety and Efficacy Study of Infliximab (Remicade) in Patients With Plaque Type Psoriasis

A Phase II, Multicenter, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial Evaluating the Efficacy and Safety of Infliximab (REMICADE�) Induction Therapy in Patients With Plaque-type Psoriasis

Status
Completed
Phase
Phase 2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
249 (actual)
Sponsor
Centocor, Inc. · Industry
Sex
All
Age
18 Years
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of infliximab (Remicade) in patients with plaque-type psoriasis.

Detailed description

The purpose of this study is to investigate the safety and possible usefulness of infliximab therapy for patients with severe plaque psoriasis. In a previous small study of infliximab in 33 patients with psoriasis, about 80% of patients treated with infliximab showed improvement in their psoriasis symptoms after the first 3 infusions, while 20% of patients who received placebo showed improvement. The patients will receive infusions of infliximab either 3 or 5 mg/kg or placebo at weeks 0,2,6. Patients who have significant psoriasis at week 26 will receive an additional infusion.

Conditions

Interventions

TypeNameDescription
DRUGinfliximab

Timeline

Completion
2003-01-01
First posted
2005-10-03
Last updated
2011-06-09

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov record NCT00230529. Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement.