The Norwegian Antirheumatic Drug Register

Study Purpose

NOR-DMARD is a register-based longitudinal observational study of which the main objectives are to study the effectiveness of treatment of inflammatory joint diseases with biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in clinical practice, by measuring disease activity, health related quality of life, function and joint damage, and to study the long-term safety of such treatment. Other objectives include the assessment of cost-effectiveness of treatment, to identify and and validate clinical, genetic and immunological predictors of efficacy and adverse events, to assess the impact of treatment with biological DMARDs on work participation and work productivity, to investigate different strategies for use of biological DMARDs, to assess the performance of different outcome measures, and to ensure a systematic and timely follow-up of patients treated with biological DMARDs.

Recruitment Criteria

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Healthy volunteers are participants who do not have a disease or condition, or related conditions or symptoms

No
Study Type

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Observational
Eligible Ages 18 Years and Over
Gender All
More Inclusion & Exclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • - Age >18 years.
  • - Diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, spondyloarthritis, adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis, undifferentiated arthritis, or any other inflammatory arthritis.
  • - Clinical indication to start a new treatment with a biological disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug or a kinase inhibitor.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • - Unwillingness or unability to give written informed consent.
  • - Psychiatric or mental disorders, alcohol abuse or other abuse of substances, language barriers or other factors which makes adherence to the study protocol impossible.
- Participation in blinded RCTs or other studies incompatible with the NOR-DMARD study protocol

Trial Details

Trial ID:

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NCT01581294
Phase

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Lead Sponsor

The sponsor is the organization or person who oversees the clinical study and is responsible for analyzing the study data.

Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Principal Investigator

The person who is responsible for the scientific and technical direction of the entire clinical study.

Tore K Kvien, MD, PhD
Principal Investigator Affiliation Diakonhjemmet Hospital
Agency Class

Category of organization(s) involved as sponsor (and collaborator) supporting the trial.

Other
Overall Status Recruiting
Countries Norway
Conditions

The disease, disorder, syndrome, illness, or injury that is being studied.

Inflammatory Joint Diseases
Additional Details

This study is a modification, and an extension, of the NOR-DMARD study that was conducted in 5 Norwegian rheumatology departments in the period 2000-2012. The study includes a structured follow-up with study visits at baseline (start of biological drug) and after 3, 6, 12 months and every 12 months thereafter. Each study visit includes clinical assessment, patient-reported outcomes and measurement of acute-phase reactants. The data collection also includes blood samples for biobank at baseline and 3 months. Serious adverse events data will be systematically recorded, but other adverse events can also be retrieved by linkage to other registers.

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International Sites

Vestre Viken HF Drammen Hospital, Drammen, Buskerud, Norway

Status

Completed

Address

Vestre Viken HF Drammen Hospital

Drammen, Buskerud, 3004

Lillehammer, Oppland, Norway

Status

Recruiting

Address

Lillehammer Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases

Lillehammer, Oppland, 2609

Site Contact

Yi Hu, MD PhD

Yi.Hu@revmatismesykehuset.no

Førde Hospital, Førde, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway

Status

Recruiting

Address

Førde Hospital

Førde, Sogn Og Fjordane, 6807

Site Contact

Pawel F Mielnik, MD, PhD

pawel.franciszek.mielnik@helse-forde.no

+4757839000

St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, Norway

Status

Completed

Address

St. Olavs Hospital

Trondheim, Sør-Trøndelag, 7006

University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Troms, Norway

Status

Recruiting

Address

University Hospital of Northern Norway

Tromsø, Troms, 9038

Site Contact

Synøve Kalstad, MD

Synove.Kalstad@unn.no

+4791507766

Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Status

Recruiting

Address

Diakonhjemmet Hospital

Oslo, , 0319

Site Contact

Eirik K Kristianslund, MD, PhD

eirik.kristianslund@gmail.com

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