Clinical Trials

The purpose of this study is to determine the proportion of patients achieving both complete remission and seronegativity for Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody (ANCA) at 6 months. 

The study is a double-blind, randomized, active controlled phase 2 study.  It will take place at multiple sites and enroll 30 patients who have clinical diagnosis of either granulomatosis with polyangiitis or microscopic polyangiitis (PR3-AAV).  It will look at the study drug, Obinutuzumab, for the treatment of these diagnosis and evaulate the safety of the drug.  Subjects will be followed for 18 months after first treatment.  The study will complete when all enrolled subjects are have been ...

The purpose of this clinical trial is to determine if low dose naltrexone is effective in improving health-related quality of life (HRQoL) among patients with vasculitis. Although it is a pilot study, a placebo-controlled component is used because of the prominent placebo group effect seen in studies with self-reported subjective outcomes.

Naltrexone is an FDA approved drug (for alcoholism) that has found widespread use "off-label" to treat pain and improve quality of life at much lower doses than are used for the approved indication. There are a few scientific studies in three conditions (fibromyalgia, Crohn's disease, and multiple sclerosis) ...