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SUBMITTER: Stohl W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3396459 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stohl William W Gomez-Reino Juan J Olech Ewa E Dudler Jean J Fleischmann Roy M RM Zerbini Cristiano A F CA Ashrafzadeh Ali A Grzeschik Susanna S Bieraugel Rebecca R Green Jennifer J Francom Steven S Dummer Wolfgang W
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 20120202 8
<h4>Objective</h4>To determine the efficacy and safety of ocrelizumab (OCR) with methotrexate (MTX) in MTX-naive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.<h4>Methods</h4>In a randomised, double-blind, controlled trial, patients received placebo+MTX (MTX; n=210), OCR 200 mg×2+MTX (OCR 200; n=200) or OCR 500 mg×2+MTX (OCR 500; n=203). OCR/placebo (two intravenous infusions) was given on days 1 and 15, with fixed re-treatment scheduled at weeks 24/26, 52/54 and 76/78. Due to early termination of OCR dosi ...[more]