The goal of this clinical trial is to compare efficacy of tofacitinib with cyclophosphamide in skin thickening in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis .
compare tofacitinib 5mg twice daily with cyclophosphamide 500mg/m2/month in early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
44
tofacitinib efficacy
Nabil Amin Khan
Dhaka, Shahbag, Bangladesh
RECRUITINGskin thickness
skin thickness measured by modified rodnan skin score
Time frame: 24 weeks after initiation of treatment
joint pain
measured by clinical disease activity index
Time frame: 24 weeks after initiation of treatment
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