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Trial reportRheumatology (Oxford, England)2015

Maintenance of improvement in spinal mobility, physical function and quality of life in patients with ankylosing spondylitis after 5 years in a clinical trial of adalimumab.

Désirée van der Heijde, Maxime Breban, Dale Halter, Gino DiVittorio, Johan Bratt, Fabrizio Cantini, Sonja Kary, Aileen L Pangan, Hartmut Kupper, Suchitrita S Rathmann and 2 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · bronzeAbstract readClinical Trial, Phase IIIMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Rheumatology (Oxford, England), 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00085644 (A Phase 3 Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Human Anti-TNF Monoclonal Antibody Adalimumab in Subjects With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 24 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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NCT00085644 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3 Multicenter Study of the Safety and Efficacy of the Human Anti-TNF Monoclonal Antibody Adalimumab in Subjects With Active Ankylosing Spondylitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorAbbottRan2004 to 2009Enrolled315ConditionsAnkylosing SpondylitisArmsadalimumab (D2E7), placebo
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Désirée van der HeijdeDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA mail@dvanderheijde.nl.
Maxime BrebanDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Dale HalterDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Gino DiVittorioDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Johan BrattDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Fabrizio CantiniDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Sonja KaryDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Aileen L PanganDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Hartmut KupperDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Suchitrita S RathmannDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Joachim SieperDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Phillip J MeaseDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Rheumatology Division, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, AP-HP, University of Versailles-Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Boulogne-Billancourt Cedex, France, Houston Institute for Clinical Research, Houston, TX, Coastal Clinical Research, Inc., Mobile, AL, USA, Department of Rheumatology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden, Department of Rheumatology, Nuovo Ospedale S. Stefano, Prato, Italy, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany, Pharmaceutical Development, AbbVie, Data and Statistical Sciences, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA, Department of Gastroenterology, Infectiology and Rheumatology, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany and Rheumatology and Internal Medicine, Seattle Rheumatology Associates, Swedish Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA, USA.
Assistance Publique – Hôpitaux de Paris · FRSwedish Medical Center · USAbbVie (United States) · USKarolinska University Hospital · SELeiden University Medical Center · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveChronic pain and progressive loss of physical function with AS may adversely affect health-related quality of life (HRQoL). The objective of this study was to assess the 5-year data regarding spinal mobility, physical function and HRQoL in patients with AS who participated in the Adalimumab Trial Evaluating Long-term Efficacy and Safety for AS (ATLAS) study.

methodsPatients received blinded adalimumab 40 mg or placebo every other week for 24 weeks, then open-label adalimumab for up to 5 years. Spinal mobility was evaluated using linear BASMI (BASMIlin). BASDAI, total back pain, CRP, BASFI, Short Form-36 and AS quality of life (ASQoL) were also assessed. Correlations between BASMIlin and clinical, functional and ASQoL outcomes after 12 weeks and after 5years of adalimumab exposure were evaluated using Spearman's rank correlation. Associations were further analysed using multivariate regression.

resultsThree hundred and eleven patients received ≥1 dose of adalimumab; 125 of the 208 patients originally randomized to adalimumab received treatment for 5 years. Improvements in BASMIlin were sustained through 5 years, with a mean change of -0.6 from baseline in the population who completed 5 years of treatment with adalimumab. Improvements in disease activity, physical function and ASQoL were also sustained through 5 years. BASMIlin was significantly correlated with all evaluated clinical outcomes (P < 0.001). The highest correlation was with BASFI at 12 weeks (r = 0.52) and at 5 years (r = 0.65). Multivariate regression analysis confirmed this association (P < 0.001).

conclusionTreatment with adalimumab for up to 5 years demonstrated sustained benefits in spinal mobility, disease activity, physical function and HRQoL in patients with active AS. Spinal mobility was significantly associated with short- and long-term physical function in these patients.

trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov; https://clinicaltrials.gov/NCT00085644.

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AdalimumabAdultAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic AgentsDose-Response Relationship, DrugFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMotor ActivityOutcome Assessment, Health CareQuality of LifeRange of Motion, ArticularSeverity of Illness IndexAdalimumabAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic AgentsTumor Necrosis Factor-alphaankylosing spondylitisanti-TNF drugshealth-related quality of lifephysical functionspinal mobility

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