An Open-label, Randomized, Crossover Study to Assess the Preference for Autoinjector A Versus Autoinjector B in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Plaque Psoriasis Subjects Treated With Etanercept
An Open-label, Randomized, Crossover Study to Assess the Preference for Autoinjector A Versus Autoinjector B in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Plaque Psoriasis Subjects Treated With Etanercept
The study will estimate the preference of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and Plaque Psoriasis (PsO) patients who self inject etanercept for one of two experimental autoinjectors.
Candidates for treatment are those who in the determination of the investigator's standard of care and the caring physician's intent are to initiate treatment with etanercept. Participants must be naïve to etanercept and naïve to other autoinjector pens or prefilled syringes and be able to self-inject. The study will consist of a 30 day screening period, and 2 treatment periods of 4 weeks duration each (one treatment period using Autoinjector A and the other using Autoinjector B). At the end of the study, participants may continue treatment with commercially available etanercept at the physician's discretion.
Inclusion Criteria: Diagnosis of moderate to severe Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) or moderate to severe Plaque Psoriasis (PsO) and a candidate for treatment with etanercept in the opinion of the investigator in addition to the caring physician's intent to initiate treatment with etanercept. - Naive to etanercept. - Naive to other autoinjector pens or prefilled syringes for Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-inhibitor therapy or other subcutaneous biologics for RA. - Willing to self-inject per investigator judgement at screening and capable of self-injection using the autoinjector A or B as documented at baseline by the investigator. - Able to read and write in English. -
Exclusion Criteria: Latex allergy. - Subject has an active infection (including chronic or localized infections) for which anti-infectives were indicated within 4 weeks prior to first dose of etanercept. - Subject had prosthetic joint infection within 5 years of screening or native joint infection within 1 year of screening.