Pilot Study Evaluating The Efficacy Of Etanercept In Acute Gout

Key Inclusion Criteria:

1. Male or female patients age ≥18 to ≤85 year
2. History of established gout
3. Onset of current acute gout attack within 4 days prior to randomization with: presenceof any warm joint, swollen joint, pain score at rest ≥5 on the 0-10 pain scale,patient self-report of acute gout attack
4. Baseline pain intensity ≥5 on a 0-10 pain scale;
5. Tender (≥1 on a 0-4-point Likert scale) and swollen (≥1 on a 0-4-point Likert scale)index joint;
6. If on urate-lowering therapy, a stable dose and regimen for at least 2 weeks prior torandomization, and expectance to remain on a stable dose and regimen for the durationof the double-blind treatment period, and;
7. Body mass index (BMI) ≤45 kg/m2.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Use of intra-articular or IM corticosteroids within 14 days prior to screening;
2. Use of an IL-1 inhibitor, TNF inhibitor or other biologic or investigational drugwithin 30 days prior to screening;
3. History of a drug allergy to either study drug;
4. Diagnosis or history of:
5. rheumatoid arthritis (RA);
6. infectious/septic or other inflammatory arthritis;
7. alcoholic hepatitis or nonalcoholic steatohepatitis;
8. immunodeficiency syndromes, including Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)infection;
9. Stage IIIb, IV, or V chronic kidney disease;
10. idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura;
11. active, severe chronic pulmonary disease (eg, requiring oxygen therapy);
12. uncontrolled hypertension (≥ 200/105 mmHg);
13. symptomatic (New York Heart Association Class II, III, or IV) congestive heartfailure;
14. uncontrolled diabetes Type I or II (recent blood glucose > 300 mg/dL);
15. myocardial infarction, unstable cardiac arrhythmias or unstable symptomaticcoronary ischemia, within the past 12 months before randomization;
16. history of malignancy of any organ system within the past 5 years;
17. multiple sclerosis or any other demyelinating disease, or;
18. major chronic inflammatory disease or connective tissue disease other than RA orpsoriatic arthritis (PsA), including but not limited to fibromyalgia or systemiclupus erythematosus (with the exception of secondary Sjögrens syndrome, etc.);
19. Contraindication to IM injection;
20. Donation or loss of ≥400 milliliters (mL) of blood in the 8 weeks before dosing;
21. Any live vaccination in the 3 months before the start of the study;
22. Active infection (including chronic or localized infections) for which antiinfectiveswere indicated within 4 weeks before screening;
23. Any serious infection, defined as requiring hospitalization or intravenousanti-infectives, within 8 weeks before first dose of investigational product;
24. Prosthetic joint infection within 5 years of screening, or native joint infectionwithin 1 year of screening;
25. Known alcohol addiction or dependency, daily alcohol use, or current substance use orabuse;
26. Positive medical history for hepatitis B or C (subjects with a history of hepatitis Bvaccination without history of hepatitis B infection are allowed to enroll);
27. History of active tuberculosis;
28. Positive test for tuberculosis during screening, defined as positive Purified ProteinDerivative (PPD) skin test (≥5 mm induration at 48-72 hours after test is placed), orpositive Quantiferon test;
29. Pregnant or nursing (lactating) women
30. Female patients who are physiologically capable of becoming pregnant must use anacceptable method of contraception