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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00731965
Date of registration: 06/08/2008
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: N.M. Wulffraat
Public title: Safety and Efficacy of Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccination in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis VAART
Scientific title: Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Safety and Efficacy of Vaccination With Live Attenuated Measles, Mumps, Rubella Vaccine
Date of first enrolment: May 2008
Target sample size: 140
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00731965
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label  
Phase:  Phase 4
Countries of recruitment
Netherlands
Contacts
Name:     Nico M. Wulffraat, MD;PhD
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Affiliation:  UMC Utrecht
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- all subtypes of JIA according to ILAR criteria

- ages 4 to 9 (before the scheduled booster, normally administered at age 9 in the
Netherlands)

- 5 healthy adults (aged 18 to 65y)

Exclusion Criteria:

- use of Infliximab (Remicade, anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) alpha therapy).

- primary immunodeficiency

- fever less than 48 hour prior to vaccination (vaccination will be postponed for 1
month)

- evidence of viral or bacterial infection less than 48hours prior to vaccination
(vaccination will be postponed for 1 month)

- methylprednisolone pulse therapy less than 1 month prior to vaccination (vaccination
will be postponed for 1 month)

- transfusion of blood or blood products (e.g. intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG)) in
the 3 months prior to vaccination (vaccination will be postponed for 3 months)



Age minimum: 4 Years
Age maximum: 9 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Arthritis, Juvenile Rheumatoid
Intervention(s)
Biological: Measles, Mumps, Rubella vaccination
Primary Outcome(s)
JIA disease activity, defined by the core set criteria for JIA and number of flares [Time Frame: baseline and after 3, 6,9,12 months]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Immunological reaction to MMR vaccination and regulatory mechanisms induced by MMR, measured by number and function of MMR-specific T cells and cytokine profiles [Time Frame: baseline, 3 and 12 months]
Secondary ID(s)
ISRCTN12271664
VAART
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Erasmus Medical Center
Maastricht University Medical Center
University Medical Centre Groningen
VU University Medical Center
Ethics review
Results
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