Results of a phase-I/II randomized, masked, placebo-controlled trial of recombinant human interleukin-11 (rhIL-11) in the treatment of subjects with active rheumatoid arthritis

Larry W. Moreland1, Ron Gugliotti2, Kevin G. King3, Walter F. Chase4, Michael H. Weisman5, Thomas Greco6, Rose S. Fife7, Joseph H. Korn8, Robert W. Simms8, John Tesser9, Jan Hillson10, Jacques R. Caldwell11, Thomas J. Schnitzer12, David O. Lyons3, Ullrich Schwertschlag3
1Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, USA
2ClinTrials Research Inc., Cary, USA
3Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, USA
4Austin, USA
5University of California San Diego, La Jolla, USA
6Waterbury, USA
7Office of the Dean, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, USA
8Arthritis Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, USA
9Phoenix Center for Clinical Research, Arizona Rheumatology Center, Phoenix, USA
10Virginia Mason Research Center, Seattle, USA
11Florida Arthritis & Allergy Institute PA, Daytona Beach, USA
12Northwestern University, Office of Clinical Research, Chicago, USA

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