Does Allopurinol Prolong a Treated, Acute Gout Flare?

Completed · Phase 4 · Has a placebo group

Conditions studied: Gout

In brief

This is a double blind placebo controlled study to determine whether starting allopurinol during a treated acute gout attack will have any effect on the duration of the attack.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01988402

Run by

59th Medical Wing

People needed

35

Starts

2007-12-01

Expected to finish

2013-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-02-14

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• Inability to return for examinations
• Glomerular filtration rate (calculated) less than 50 milliliters per minute
• Allopurinol use in past 6 months
• Ongoing cancer therapy
• Concomitant azathioprine or cyclophosphamide
• Any one of the following liver enzymes greater than 1.25 times the upper limit of normal:
• AST [Aspartate aminotransferase]
• ALT [Alanine aminotransferase]
• alkaline phosphatase
• Pre-gout pain in involved joint of more than 3 on a scale of 1-10
• Neurologic deficit around the involved joint

Where it is running

• Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center — Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, United States

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