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Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
OP0058 CERTOLIZUMAB-PEGOL, Abatacept, Tocilizumab or Active Conventional Therapy in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical and Radiographic 48-WEEKS Results of the Investigator-Initiated Randomized Nord-Star Trial
Milad Rizk
BackgroundThe optimal first-line treatment of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (eRA) is not established.ObjectivesTo compare clinical and radiographic outcomes of active conventional therapy (ACT) with each of three biological therapies with different modes of action.MethodsIn this investigator-initiated, randomized, open-label, blinded-assessor study (NCT01491815), patients with treatment-naïve eRA with DAS28>3.2 and RF+/ACPA+/CRP>10mg/L, were randomized 1:1:1:1 to methotrexate combined with: 1) oral prednisolone (tapered quickly; discontinued at w36); or: sulphasalazine, hydroxychloroquine and mandatory intra-articular (IA) glucocorticoid injections in swollen joints (ACT); 2) certolizumab-pegol (CZP); 3) abatacept (ABA) or 4) tocilizumab (TCZ). IA glucocorticoid was allowed in all arms except w20-24 and w44-48. Co-primary outcomes at w48 were CDAI remission (CDAI≤2.8) and change in total van der Heijde-modified Sharp Score from baseline (ΔvdHSSw0-w48). A combination...
Poster Presentations
THU0058 B Cell Synovitis and Clinical Phenotypes in Rheumatoid Arthritis at Different Disease Stages
hasan rizvi
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
OP0286 CHARACTERISTICS Associated with Severe COVID-19 Outcomes in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Sle): Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance (COVID-19 Gra)
2021 •
Suleman Bhana
Background:An increased risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes may be seen in patients with autoimmune diseases on moderate to high daily doses of glucocorticoids, as well as in those with comorbidities. However, specific information about COVID-19 outcomes in SLE is scarce.Objectives:To determine the characteristics associated with severe COVID-19 outcomes in a multi-national cross-sectional registry of COVID-19 patients with SLE.Methods:SLE adult patients from a physician-reported registry of the COVID-19 GRA were studied. Variables collected at COVID-19 diagnosis included age, sex, race/ethnicity, region, comorbidities, disease activity, time period of COVID-19 diagnosis, glucocorticoid (GC) dose, and immunomodulatory therapy. Immunomodulatory therapy was categorized as: antimalarials only, no SLE therapy, traditional immunosuppressive (IS) drug monotherapy, biologics/targeted synthetic IS drug monotherapy, and biologic and traditional IS drug combination therapy. We used an ordinal CO...
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Short-term, intermediate-term and long-term risks of acute coronary syndrome in cohorts of patients with RA starting biologic DMARDs: results from four Nordic countries
2022 •
Bjorn Gudbjornsson
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Treatment response and drug retention rates in 24 195 biologic-naïve patients with axial spondyloarthritis initiating TNFi treatment: routine care data from 12 registries in the EuroSpA collaboration
2019 •
Bjorn Gudbjornsson
ObjectiveTo study drug retention and response rates in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) initiating a first tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi).MethodsData from 12 European registries, prospectively collected in routine care, were pooled. TNFi retention rates (Kaplan-Meier statistics), Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) Inactive disease (<1.3), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) <40 mm and Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society responses (ASAS 20/40) were assessed at 6, 12 and 24 months.ResultsA first TNFi was initiated in 24 195 axSpA patients. Heterogeneity of baseline characteristics between registries was observed. Twelve-month retention was 80% (95% CI 79% to 80%), ranging from 71% to 94% across registries. At 6 months, ASDAS Inactive disease/BASDAI<40 rates were 33%/72% (LUNDEX-adjusted: 27%/59%), ASAS 20/40 response rates 64%/49% (LUNDEX-adjusted 52%/40%). In patients initiating first TNFi aft...
Osteoarthritis and Cartilage
Glucosepane: a new biomarker of the severity of osteoarthritis
2018 •
Yves Henrotin
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
POS0077 SEX DIFFERENCES IN EFFECTIVENESS OF FIRST-LINE TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITORS IN PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; RESULTS FROM THIRTEEN COUNTRIES IN THE EuroSpA RESEARCH COLLABORATION NETWORK
C. Mogosan
BackgroundEvidence demonstrates sex differences in disease presentation, physical function, treatment response and drug retention in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Data from observational cohort studies indicate female sex is associated with reduced effectiveness of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis)1,2. Although, conflicting results are also reported3,4. We sought to validate prior studies using data from a large multinational cohort based on real-life clinical practice.ObjectivesTo investigate sex differences in treatment response and drug retention rates in clinical practice among patients with PsA, treated with their first TNFi.MethodsData from biologic-naïve PsA patients initiating a TNFi in the EuroSpA registries were pooled. In the primary analysis, propensity-score weighting was applied to assess the causal effect of sex on low disease activity (LDA) according to DAS28-CRP at 6 months. A generalized linear regression model was used to estimate the causal risk...
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Effectiveness and treatment retention of TNF inhibitors when used as monotherapy versus comedication with csDMARDs in 15 332 patients with psoriatic arthritis. Data from the EuroSpA collaboration
2021 •
Manuel Pombo Suarez
BackgroundComedication with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) during treatment with tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) is extensively used in psoriatic arthritis (PsA), although the additive benefit remains unclear. We aimed to compare treatment outcomes in patients with PsA treated with TNFi and csDMARD comedication versus TNFi monotherapy.MethodsPatients with PsA from 13 European countries who initiated a first TNFi in 2006–2017 were included. Country-specific comparisons of 1 year TNFi retention were performed by csDMARD comedication status, together with HRs for TNFi discontinuation (comedication vs monotherapy), adjusted for age, sex, calendar year, disease duration and Disease Activity Score with 28 joints (DAS28). Adjusted ORs of clinical remission (based on DAS28) at 12 months were calculated. Between-country heterogeneity was assessed using random-effect meta-analyses, combined results were presented when heterogeneity was not sig...
Poster Presentations
THU0638 CONSIDERATIONS for Improving Quality of Care in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Associated Comorbidities
2019 •
Alison Kent
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
Effectiveness of TNF-inhibitors, abatacept, IL6-inhibitors and JAK-inhibitors in 31 846 patients with rheumatoid arthritis in 19 registers from the ‘JAK-pot’ collaboration
Axel Finckh
BackgroundJAK-inhibitors (JAKi), recently approved in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), have changed the landscape of treatment choices. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of four current second-line therapies of RA with different modes of action, since JAKi approval, in an international collaboration of 19 registers.MethodsIn this observational cohort study, patients initiating tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), interleukin-6 inhibitors (IL-6i), abatacept (ABA) or JAKi were included. We compared the effectiveness of these treatments in terms of drug discontinuation and Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) response rates at 1 year. Analyses were adjusted for patient, disease and treatment characteristics, including lines of therapy and accounted for competing risk.ResultsWe included 31 846 treatment courses: 17 522 TNFi, 2775 ABA, 3863 IL-6i and 7686 JAKi. Adjusted analyses of overall discontinuation were similar across all treatments. The main single reason of stopping treatme...
