ISRCTN ISRCTN54376151
DOI https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN54376151
Secondary identifying numbers K0561
Submission date
04/02/2002
Registration date
04/02/2002
Last edited
23/02/2012
Recruitment status
No longer recruiting
Overall study status
Completed
Condition category
Musculoskeletal Diseases
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Gabrielle Kingsley
Scientific

Rheumatology Unit
GKT School of Medicine
5th Floor, Thomas Guy House
Guy's Campus
St Thomas Street
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom

Phone +44 (0)20 7995 4394
Email gabrielle.kingsley@kcl.ac.uk

Study information

Study designRandomised controlled trial
Primary study designInterventional
Secondary study designRandomised controlled trial
Study setting(s)Not specified
Study typeTreatment
Participant information sheet Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Scientific title
Study acronymMIPA
Study objectivesPsoriatic arthritis is a type of arthritis, which is often relatively mild and does not cause severe inflammation or long-term damage to joints. As a consequence many patients only need anti-inflammatory drugs and steroid injections into their joints. There is evidence that some patients with psoriatic arthritis have a more severe disease. They can become quite disabled and their joints damaged. As a consequence rheumatologists are keen to treat patients with more severe disease with disease modifying drugs, in particular a drug called methotrexate. This is the most effective drug of its class when used to treat rheumatoid arthritis. It also improves the skin in psoriasis. At present there is insufficient evidence that it works in psoriatic arthritis. The purpose of this study is to determine whether treatment with methotrexate is effective in psoriatic arthritis. It will determine if methotrexate reduces disease activity and improves function in patients whose disease is severe enough for their rheumatologist to consider using a disease modifying drug. The MIPA study will compare the effect of methotrexate against a placebo in patients with psoriatic arthritis. The trial will assess their function over six months.
Ethics approval(s)Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studiedPsoriatic arthritis
InterventionPatients will be randomised to methotrexate or placebo.
Intervention typeDrug
Pharmaceutical study type(s)
PhaseNot Specified
Drug / device / biological / vaccine name(s)Methotrexate
Primary outcome measureNot provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measuresNot provided at time of registration
Overall study start date30/04/2002
Completion date31/10/2008

Eligibility

Participant type(s)Patient
Age groupNot Specified
SexNot Specified
Target number of participantsNot provided at time of registration
Key inclusion criteriaPatients with psoriatic arthritis currently attending specialist rheumatology clinics and with active peripheral synovitis.
Key exclusion criteriaNot provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment30/04/2002
Date of final enrolment31/10/2008

Locations

Countries of recruitment

  • England
  • United Kingdom

Study participating centre

Rheumatology Unit
London
SE1 9RT
United Kingdom

Sponsor information

Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) (UK)
Charity

Copeman House
St Mary's Court
St Mary's Gate
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S41 7TD
United Kingdom

Email info@arc.org.uk
Website http://www.arc.org.uk
ROR logo "ROR" https://ror.org/02jkpm469

Funders

Funder type

Charity

Arthritis Research Campaign (UK)

No information available

Results and Publications

Intention to publish date
Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to shareNo
IPD sharing plan summaryNot provided at time of registration
Publication and dissemination planNot provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type Details Date created Date added Peer reviewed? Patient-facing?
Other publications current concepts and new developments 01/10/2003 Yes No
Results article results 01/08/2012 Yes No