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SynthesisAnnals of the rheumatic diseases2013

Adalimumab: long-term safety in 23 458 patients from global clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease.

Gerd R Burmester, Remo Panaccione, Kenneth B Gordon, Melissa J McIlraith, Ana P M Lacerda

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04261010 (TNF and IL23 Blocking Agents Gene Expression Ratios in the Psoriatic Arthritis Synovium), which is not on this map. Cited by 222 papers, 10 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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222citing papers in PubMed, 10 pooled it
25.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04261010 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

TNF and IL23 Blocking Agents Gene Expression Ratios in the Psoriatic Arthritis Synovium

TypeinterventionalSponsorCliniques universitaires Saint-Luc- Université Catholique de LouvainRan2020 to 2023Enrolled36ConditionsPsoriatic ArthritisArmsGlobal/single cell gene expression profiles obtained from Synovial biopsies
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

222 citing papers in PubMed, 10 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 580 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Gerd R BurmesterCorrespondence to Professor G R Burmester, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. gerd.burmester@charite.de
Remo Panaccione
Kenneth B Gordon
Melissa J McIlraith
Ana P M Lacerda
Abbott (France) · FRCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DENorthwestern University · USUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAs long-term treatment with antitumour necrosis factor (TNF) drugs becomes accepted practice, the risk assessment requires an understanding of anti-TNF long-term safety. Registry safety data in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are available, but these patients may not be monitored as closely as patients in a clinical trial. Cross-indication safety reviews of available anti-TNF agents are limited.

objectiveTo analyse the long-term safety of adalimumab treatment.

methodsThis analysis included 23 458 patients exposed to adalimumab in 71 global clinical trials in RA, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriatic arthritis, psoriasis (Ps) and Crohn's disease (CD). Events per 100 patient-years were calculated using events reported after the first dose through 70 days after the last dose. Standardised incidence rates for malignancies were calculated using a National Cancer Institute database. Standardised death rates were calculated using WHO data.

resultsThe most frequently reported serious adverse events across indications were infections with greatest incidence in RA and CD trials. Overall malignancy rates for adalimumab-treated patients were as expected for the general population; the incidence of lymphoma was increased in patients with RA, but within the range expected in RA without anti-TNF therapy; non-melanoma skin cancer incidence was raised in RA, Ps and CD. In all indications, death rates were lower than, or equivalent to, those expected in the general population.

conclusionsAnalysis of adverse events of interest through nearly 12 years of adalimumab exposure in clinical trials across indications demonstrated individual differences in rates by disease populations, no new safety signals and a safety profile consistent with known information about the anti-TNF class.

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AdalimumabAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, JuvenileArthritis, PsoriaticArthritis, RheumatoidCrohn DiseaseGlobal HealthHumansPsoriasisRheumatic DiseasesSpondylitis, AnkylosingAdalimumabAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic Agents

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PMID22562972
PMCPMC3595151
OpenAlexW2133633410

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