New pill shows promise for stubborn back pain in arthritis patients

NCT ID NCT04846244

First seen Apr 06, 2026 · Last updated May 15, 2026 · Updated 3 times

Summary

This study looked at how well the drug upadacitinib (a daily pill) controls pain in adults with axial spondylarthritis, a type of arthritis that mainly affects the spine. About 650 participants from 19 countries took the drug as prescribed by their doctor and were followed for 12 months. The goal was to see if the drug could quickly reduce back pain and keep it under control over time.

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Locations

  • "Ambulatory for individual practice of specialized medical help for internal dis /ID# 249791

    Sofia, 1000, Bulgaria

  • 424 General MILITARY Hospital /ID# 241127

    Efkarpia (Thessalonikis), Thessaloniki, 56429, Greece

  • AIPSMPR -d-r Gerganov /ID# 249749

    Varna, 9002, Bulgaria

  • AP-HP - Hopital Bichat - Claude-Bernard /ID# 228837

    Paris, 75018, France

  • AP-HP - Hopital Saint-Antoine /ID# 228795

    Paris, 75012, France

  • ASIMP Rheumatology Centre "St. Irina" EOOD /ID# 249789

    Sofia, 1750, Bulgaria

  • AZ Damiaan /ID# 231441

    Ostend, 8400, Belgium

  • AZ Sint-Jan Brugge /ID# 238964

    Bruges, 8000, Belgium

  • AZ-Delta /ID# 238966

    Roeselare, West-Vlaanderen, 8800, Belgium

  • Adan Hospital /ID# 229679

    ADAN, Kuwait

  • AlAin Hospital /ID# 233803

    Dubai, United Arab Emirates

  • Applied Medical Informatics Research Inc. (AMIR) /ID# 246284

    Montreal, Quebec, H4A 3T2, Canada

  • Arthur Karasik Medicine Professional Corporation /ID# 241932

    Etobicoke, Ontario, M9C 5N2, Canada

  • Artus Health Center /ID# 241966

    Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 1J9, Canada

  • BJC Health /ID# 230066

    Parramatta, New South Wales, 2150, Australia

  • Barwon Rheumatology Services /ID# 230068

    Geelong, Victoria, 3220, Australia

  • Bnai Zion Medical Center /ID# 241866

    Haifa, H_efa, 3339419, Israel

  • Budgetary Institution of the Khanty-Mansiysk Autonomous Okrug-Yugra Surgut Dist /ID# 242369

    Surgut, 628400, Russia

  • Bács-Kiskun Megyei Kórház Szegedi Tudományegyetem AOK Oktató Kórháza /ID# 239938

    Kecskemét, 6000, Hungary

  • C. H. Sud Francilien /ID# 228826

    Corbeil-Essonnes, 91106, France

  • CER Instituto Medico /ID# 230782

    Quilmes, Buenos Aires, 1878, Argentina

  • CH Saint Nazaire /ID# 233186

    Saint-Nazaire, 44600, France

  • CH du Pays d'AIX /ID# 229095

    Aix-en-Provence, 13616, France

  • CHD Vendée- La Roche-sur-Yon - Les Oudairies /ID# 230947

    La Roche-sur-Yon, 85000, France

  • CHU Amiens-Picardie Site Sud /ID# 228821

    Amiens, Somme, 80054, France

  • CHU Bordeaux - Hopital Pellegrin /ID# 230548

    Bordeaux, Gironde, 33076, France

  • CHU Brugmann /ID# 238962

    Brussels, 1020, Belgium

  • CHU Clermont Ferrand - Hopital Gabriel Montpied /ID# 229092

    Clermont-Ferrand, 63000, France

  • CHU Grenoble - Hopital Michallon /ID# 228792

    La Tronche, 38700, France

  • CHU Lille - Hôpital Roger Salengro /ID# 228820

    Lille, 59037, France

  • CHU Limoges - Dupuytren 1 /ID# 229094

    Limoges, Franche-Comte, 87042, France

  • CHU Montpellier - Hôpital Saint Eloi /ID# 228829

    Montpellier, Herault, 34295, France

  • CHU Montpellier - Hôpital Saint Eloi /ID# 240980

    Montpellier, Herault, 34295, France

  • CHU Nice -Hopital Pasteur /ID# 229088

    Nice, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Region, 06002, France

  • CHU Toulouse - Hopital Purpan /ID# 228818

    Toulouse, Haute-Garonne, 31059, France

  • CHU de Besancon - Jean Minjoz /ID# 230528

    Besançon, Doubs, 25030, France

  • CHU de Besancon - Jean Minjoz /ID# 242499

    Besançon, Doubs, 25030, France

  • CHU de Liège /ID# 231440

    Liège, Liege, 4000, Belgium

  • CHU de Rennes - Hospital Sud /ID# 228842

    Rennes, 35203, France

  • CHU de SAINT ETIENNE - Hopital Nord /ID# 228836

    Saint Priest EN Jarez, Pays de la Loire Region, 42270, France

  • CIADS Research Co Ltd /ID# 247520

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3N 0K6, Canada

  • CIUSSS de l'Estrie - CHUS /ID# 247572

    Sherbrooke, Quebec, J1G 2E8, Canada

  • CIUSSS de l'est de l'Ile-de-Montreal - Hopital Maisonneuve-Rosemont /ID# 249765

    Montreal, Quebec, H1T 2M4, Canada

  • Cabinet de rhumatologie /ID# 229091

    Mennecy, Essonne, 91540, France

  • Campbelltown Hospital /ID# 231462

    Campbelltown, New South Wales, 2560, Australia

  • Centre Hospitalier Régional d'Orléans - Hôpital de la Source /ID# 234258

    Orléans, 45067, France

  • Centre Hospitalier d'Arras /ID# 228833

    Arras, 62022, France

  • Centre de Soins Osteoarticulaires Ambulatoires /ID# 244737

    Paris, 75015, France

  • ChUZ Clinical Hospital RZD-Medicine /ID# 233185

    Ulan-Ude, Buryatiya, Respublika, 670002, Russia

  • Chelyabinsk Regional Clinical Hospital /ID# 244741

    Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast, 454087, Russia

  • City Clinical Hospital #52 /ID# 238477

    Moscow, 123182, Russia

  • Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi /ID# 256292

    Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

  • Clinic of Samara State Medical University /ID# 241166

    Samara, 443079, Russia

  • Clinica Regional del Sud /ID# 248866

    Río Cuarto, 5800, Argentina

  • Clinica de Investigacion en Reumatologia y Obesidad S.C. /ID# 238815

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44650, Mexico

  • Clinical Rheumatologic Hospital No 25 /ID# 231171

    Saint Petersburg, 190068, Russia

  • Clinique de la Sauvegarde /ID# 229087

    Lyon, 69009, France

  • Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago /ID# 249025

    Santiago de Compostela, A Coruna, 15076, Spain

  • Complejos Hospitalario Universitario de Badajoz /ID# 249036

    Badajoz, 06010, Spain

  • Credit Valley Rheumatology /ID# 241948

    Mississauga, Ontario, L5M 2V8, Canada

  • Debreceni Egyetem Kenezy Gyula Egyetemi Korhaz /ID# 239937

    Debrecen, 4031, Hungary

  • Debreceni Egyetem Klinikai Kozpont /ID# 239936

    Debrecen, Hajdú-Bihar, 4032, Hungary

  • Dr Naik-Medical Professional Corporation-Alliance Health /ID# 246516

    Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7H 5M7, Canada

  • Dr. Chrisostomos Kouroukis & Dr. Pauline Boulos MPC /ID# 246213

    Dundas, Ontario, L9H 1B7, Canada

  • Dr. Juris Lazovskis Inc. /ID# 246574

    Sydney, Nova Scotia, B1S 3N1, Canada

  • Dr. Sabeen Anwar Medicine Professional Corporation /ID# 241933

    Windsor, Ontario, N8X 1T3, Canada

  • Duplicate_CIMER /ID# 230780

    San Miguel de Tucumán, Tucumán Province, 4000, Argentina

  • Duplicate_General Hospital of Thessaloniki Agios Pavlos /ID# 243823

    Kalamaria, 55134, Greece

  • Euromedica Blue Cross Gen Clin /ID# 244945

    Thessaloniki, 54636, Greece

  • Euromedica General Clinic /ID# 241126

    Thessaloniki, 54645, Greece

  • Farwaniya Hospital /ID# 231445

    Kuwait City, 85000, Kuwait

  • GBUZ RM Mordovia Republican Central Clinical Hospital /ID# 244738

    Saransk, Mordoviya, Respublika, 430901, Russia

  • GH Diaconesses Croix Saint-Simon /ID# 238548

    Paris, 75020, France

  • Galilee Medical Center /ID# 241870

    Nahariya, Northern District, 2210001, Israel

  • General Hospital of Athens Ippokratio /ID# 241133

    Athens, Attica, 11527, Greece

  • General Hospital of Athens Laiko /ID# 241128

    Athens, Attica, 11527, Greece

  • General Hospital of Thessaloniki Hippokrateio /ID# 243796

    Thessaloniki, 54642, Greece

  • Genesis Research Services /ID# 231593

    Broadmeadow, New South Wales, 2292, Australia

  • Groupe de Recherche en Maladies Osseuses Inc /ID# 241111

    Sainte-Foy, Quebec, G1V 3M7, Canada

  • HCL - Hopital Lyon Sud /ID# 228819

    Pierre-Bénite, Rhone, 69495, France

  • Hevizgyogyfurdo es Szent Andras Reumakorhaz /ID# 239940

    Hévíz, 8380, Hungary

  • Hillel Yaffe Medical Center /ID# 241869

    Hadera, H_efa, 38100, Israel

  • Hopital Pitie Salpetriere /ID# 243309

    Paris, 75013, France

  • Hopitaux Universitaires Paris Centre-Hopital Cochin /ID# 244006

    Paris, Paris, 75679, France

  • Hospital Campus de la Salud /ID# 252805

    Granada, 18016, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca /ID# 249042

    El Palmar, Murcia, 30120, Spain

  • Hospital Clinico Universitario de Valladolid /ID# 252001

    Valladolid, 47003, Spain

  • Hospital Infanta Sofia /ID# 249034

    San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, 28702, Spain

  • Hospital Italiano La Plata /ID# 230779

    La Plata, Buenos Aires, 1902, Argentina

  • Hospital Juan Ramon Jimenez /ID# 249040

    Huelva, 21005, Spain

  • Hospital Río Carrión /ID# 249027

    Palencia, 34005, Spain

  • Hospital San Pedro /ID# 249028

    Logroño, La Rioja, 26006, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre /ID# 249033

    Madrid, 28041, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Canarias /ID# 249043

    San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Santa Cruz De Tenerife, 38320, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Germans Trias i Pujol /ID# 249030

    Badalona, Barcelona, 08916, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Lucus Augusti /ID# 255820

    Lugo, 27003, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Mutua Terrassa /ID# 249031

    Terrassa, Barcelona, 08221, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Nuestra Señora de Candelaria /ID# 249044

    Santa Cruz de Tenerife, 38010, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Ramon y Cajal /ID# 249035

    Madrid, 28034, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Son Llàtzer /ID# 249032

    Palma de Mallorca, Las Palmas, 07198, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Torrecardenas /ID# 252804

    Almería, 04009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen Macarena /ID# 249039

    Seville, 41009, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocio /ID# 249038

    Seville, 41013, Spain

  • Hospital Universitario de Jaen /ID# 249041

    Jaén, 23007, Spain

  • Hospital Virgen de la Concha /ID# 249026

    Zamora, 49022, Spain

  • Hospital de Mérida /ID# 249037

    Mérida, Badajoz, 06800, Spain

  • Hôpital Charles-Nicolle /ID# 229096

    Rouen, 76000, France

  • Iaso /ID# 245137

    Marousi, 15123, Greece

  • Infirmerie Protestante /ID# 228794

    Caluire-et-Cuire, Rhone, 69300, France

  • Instituto CAICI S.R.L /ID# 230781

    Rosario, Santa Fe Province, 2000, Argentina

  • Jahra Hospital /ID# 229671

    Al Jahra, 52700, Kuwait

  • Jerzy ?wierkot Indywidualna Specjalistyczna Praktyka Lekarska /ID# 244289

    Oława, 55-200, Poland

  • Joint West Rheumatology /ID# 231461

    Murdoch, Western Australia, 6150, Australia

  • KAT Atttica General Hospital /ID# 243063

    Athens, 14561, Greece

  • Kantonsspital St. Gallen /ID# 230696

    Sankt Gallen, Canton of St. Gallen, 9007, Switzerland

  • LLC MC RevmaMed /ID# 238478

    Syktyvkar, Komi, 167031, Russia

  • Lau Bacchus Professional Medicine Corp /ID# 242591

    Hamilton, Ontario, L8N 1Y2, Canada

  • Ma?opolskie Badania Kliniczne Sp. z o.o. /ID# 255509

    Cracow, 30-040, Poland

  • Magyar Honvedseg Egeszsegugyi Kozpont /ID# 239939

    Budapest, 1134, Hungary

  • Manitoba Clinic /ID# 246217

    Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3A 1M3, Canada

  • Medical center Unimed /ID# 249618

    Plovdiv, 4023, Bulgaria

  • Meir Medical Center /ID# 241868

    Kfar Saba, Central District, 4428164, Israel

  • Military Medical Academy n.a. Kirov /ID# 242363

    Saint Petersburg, 194044, Russia

  • Moscow Regional Research and Clinical Institute n.a. Vladimirskiy (MONIKI) /ID# 232510

    Moscow, Moscow Oblast, 129110, Russia

  • Mubarak Hospital /ID# 250478

    Hawalli, 46300, Kuwait

  • Mubarak Hospital /ID# 251777

    Hawalli, 46300, Kuwait

  • Narodowy Instytut Geriatrii, Reumatologii i Rehabilitacji /ID# 243232

    Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, 02-637, Poland

  • Naval Hospital of Athens /ID# 241129

    Athens, 11521, Greece

  • Nebbiolo Clinical Research Center /ID# 231167

    Tomsk, 634009, Russia

  • Nort-Western State Medical University n.a. Mechnikov /ID# 231172

    Saint Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, 193015, Russia

  • Olympion General Clinic SA /ID# 251794

    Pátrai, 26443, Greece

  • Onze Lieve Vrouw Hospital /ID# 238963

    Aalst, 9300, Belgium

  • Orenburg State Medical University /ID# 233183

    Orenburg, 460000, Russia

  • Ortopedyczno-Rehabilitacyjny Szpital Kliniczny im. Wiktora Degi /ID# 243225

    Poznan, Greater Poland Voivodeship, 61-545, Poland

  • Paratus Clinical Research Woden /ID# 231460

    Phillip, Australian Capital Territory, 2606, Australia

  • Peninsula Rheumatology /ID# 240172

    Langwarrin, Victoria, 3910, Australia

  • Polyclinique Courlancy /ID# 229093

    Reims, Marne, 51100, France

  • Private Office Dr. Orozco /ID# 255210

    Guadalajara, Jalisco, 44650, Mexico

  • Prof. Anastas Batalov AIPSMP-VBR EOOD /ID# 249788

    Plovdiv, 4000, Bulgaria

  • Regional Clinical Hospital of Kaliningrad region /ID# 238475

    Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad Oblast, 236016, Russia

  • Republican hospital named after V.A. Baranov /ID# 231173

    Petrozavodsk, 185019, Russia

  • Research Institute of Rheumatology named after V.A. Nasonova /ID# 238479

    Moscow, Moscow, 115522, Russia

  • ReumaClinic /ID# 231438

    Genk, 3600, Belgium

  • Reumacentrum /ID# 231437

    Genk, 3600, Belgium

  • Rheumatologisches Versorgungszentrum Weinfelden /ID# 239435

    Weinfelden, Thurgau, 8570, Switzerland

  • Rhumaconsult SPRL /ID# 231439

    Charleroi, Hainaut, 6000, Belgium

  • Royal Prince Alfred Hospital /ID# 232417

    Camperdown, New South Wales, 2050, Australia

  • Samara Regional Clinical Hospital n.a. V. D. Seredavin /ID# 231169

    Samara, Samara Oblast, 443095, Russia

  • Studio Zanisi /ID# 255681

    Locarno, Canton Ticino, 6600, Switzerland

  • Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center /ID# 241864

    Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, 6423906, Israel

  • The Baruch Padeh Medical Center Poriya /ID# 249797

    Tiberias, Northern District, 15208, Israel

  • The Chaim Sheba Medical Center /ID# 241305

    Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, 5265601, Israel

  • The Lady Davis Carmel Medical Center /ID# 241867

    Haifa, H_efa, 34362, Israel

  • The Waterside Clinic /ID# 248678

    Orillia, Ontario, L3V 1T5, Canada

  • Ulyanovsk Regional Clinical Hospital /ID# 238334

    Ulyanovsk, 432017, Russia

  • University General Hospital of Heraklion PA.G.N.I /ID# 241124

    Heraklion, Crete, 71500, Greece

  • University General Hospital of Patras /ID# 243795

    RION Patras Achaia, 26504, Greece

  • Université Libre de Bruxelles - Hôpital Erasme /ID# 238961

    Anderlecht, Brussels Capital, 1070, Belgium

  • Vougiouklakeio S.A. /ID# 246476

    Aigáleo, 12242, Greece

  • Yaroslavl State Medicat University /ID# 231168

    Yaroslavl, 150000, Russia

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