Canakinumab 100mg [clinicaltrials_resource:NCT00819585/group/E3]

Canakinumab 100 mg s.c. once at Day 1, placebo s.c. at Days 29, 57, and 85 plus daily placebo capsules for 16 weeks. Allopurinol treatment was initiated at the latest at baseline (Visit 2) according to the patient's renal function / estimated creatinine clearance at screening (Visit 1). Allopurinol was administered orally to all randomized patients once daily (100 mg- 300 mg) for 24 weeks.

Canakinumab 100mg [clinicaltrials_resource:NCT00819585/group/E3]

Canakinumab 100 mg s.c. once at Day 1, placebo s.c. at Days 29, 57, and 85 plus daily placebo capsules for 16 weeks. Allopurinol treatment was initiated at the latest at baseline (Visit 2) according to the patient's renal function / estimated creatinine clearance at screening (Visit 1). Allopurinol was administered orally to all randomized patients once daily (100 mg- 300 mg) for 24 weeks.