Overview

Welcome to the STAR-JIA website

Steroid TreAtment tRial in JIA: A randomised trial to compare effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of intravenous versus oral corticosteroid induction regimens for children and young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Randomised patients

Target patients

130

Open sites

17

Target Sites

14

 
 

Study Information

STAR-JIA is a multi-site, randomised controlled study. The overall aim of this study is to compare the effectiveness, safety and cost-effectiveness of intravenous versus oral corticosteroid treatment for children and young people with new onset polyarticular JIA.

The trial is funded by the National Institute for Health Research's Health Technology Assessment Programme (NIHR HTA) and is sponsored by Alder Hey Hospital. The day-to-day running of the trial, monitoring and analysis is being coordinated by a team at the Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre (LCTC).

Jasmine Davey

Patient Co-Applicant Testimony

Jasmine Davey Patient Co-Applicant

"Having the opportunity to be involved with STAR-JIA is brilliant. I'm able to use my experience as a patient to help guide and input into the trial, circumstances which affected me as a child and turn this into a positive for the future".

"Steroids were something I never used to look forward to having growing up with JIA. This trial will help to better the experience for other patients by allowing us to find out which treatment works with the most efficacy".

"Knowing which means of administration will work best for steroid treatment would have been so beneficial when I was younger - it would have allowed myself and my family to plan our work and school lives better and remove the unknown as to what treatment I would receive during a flare up so I could prepare myself better during what can be a really scary situation".

"I'm really proud to be a co-applicant on this study - I really feel I can use my own experiences to input into what I feel could be done better and use this to better the lives of other young people with JIA. It really feels like I am able to put a positive spin on my illness to help drive the future treatment pathways of rheumatology".

Parent Co-Applicant Testimony

Key Contacts and Links

For further information about STAR-JIA, please contact:

Telephone


0151 794 0619

Address

Liverpool Clinical Trials Centre
Block C, Waterhouse Building
Brownlow Street
Liverpool
L69 3GL