New injection aims to tame dangerous blood vessel inflammation

NCT ID NCT05380453

Summary

This study tested if adding a medication called secukinumab to a standard steroid taper helps people with newly diagnosed giant cell arteritis stay in remission longer. It involved 151 adults whose disease symptoms were under control. The goal was to see if the drug could delay or prevent painful and dangerous flare-ups, allowing patients to safely reduce their steroid dose.

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Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, 79106, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Würzburg, Bavaria, 97080, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Göttingen, Lower Saxony, 37075, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, 40225, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Dresden, Saxony, 01307, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Jena, Thuringia, 07740, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Bad Abbach, 93077, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Bad Nauheim, 61231, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Berlin, 12161, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Berlin, 12435, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Berlin, 13125, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Berlin, 13353, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Cologne, 51149, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Dresden, 01067, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Erlangen, 91054, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Gommern, 39245, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Hanover, 30625, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Herne, 44649, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Ludwigshafen, 67063, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Mainz, 55131, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Minden, 32429, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    München, 81667, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Rendsburg, 24768, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Sendenhorst, 48324, Germany

  • Novartis Investigative Site

    Trier, 54292, Germany

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