What Is A Clinical Trial?
A clinical trial is a research study performed by physicians and other health professionals to help determine if a medication is safe and effective. A clinical trial may be funded by an investigator (physician) or drug company. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that clinical trials be done before a particular drug is approved for use by the general public.

ITN034AI A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled, Phase II Multicenter Trial of CTLA4Ig (Abatacept) Plus Cyclophosphamide vs Cyclophosphamide Alone in the Treatment of Lupus Nephritis. (NIH)

MDX1342 A Phase 1,Single-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Single dose, Dose escalation Safety& Tolerability Study of MDX-1342 (CD19) in Combination with Methotrexate in Patients with Active Rheumatoid Arthritis. (Medarex)

TRU-015 A Randomized, Parallel, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, Dose Regimen Finding Study to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of TRU-015 (a single chain polypeptide that mimics CD20) in Subjects With Active Seropositive Rheumatoid Arthritis on a Background of Methotrexate (Wyeth)

If interested in participating please contact
Anne C Knieriem, RN, CRC
Office:  PH-8 East, Suite 101-F
Email:   ak430@columbia.edu
Tel:      212 342-2216