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Trial reportArthritis research & therapy2017

Use of a baseline risk score to identify the risk of serious infectious events in patients with rheumatoid arthritis during certolizumab pegol treatment.

Jeffrey R Curtis, Kevin Winthrop, Cathy O'Brien, Matladi N Ndlovu, Marc de Longueville, Boulos Haraoui

4 registry-linked trialsAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Arthritis research & therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 4 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 9 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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.

NCT00152386 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase III Multicentre, Double Blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group 52-week Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of 2 Dose Regimens of Lyophilised CDP870 as Additional Medication to Methotrexate in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms and Preventing Structural Damage in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Incomplete Response to Methotrexate

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB PharmaRan2005 to 2006Enrolled950ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsCertolizumab pegol (CDP870)
NCT00160602 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase III Multi-center, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Parallel Group 24-Week Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Two Dose Regimens of Liquid Certolizumab Pegol as Additional Medication to Methotrexate in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis and in Prevention of Joint Damage in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Incomplete Response to Methotrexate.

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB PharmaRan2005 to 2006Enrolled590ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsCertolizumab Pegol
NCT00160641 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase III Multi-center, Open-label, Follow-up Study, to Assess the Safety and Efficacy of Liquid Certolizumab Pegol as Additional Medication to Methotrexate, in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms and in the Prevention of Joint Damage in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Participated in Study CDP870-050

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB PharmaRan2005 to 2012Enrolled567ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsCertolizumab Pegol
NCT00175877 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase III Multi-centre, Open-label, follow-on Study to CDP870-027, to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Lyophilized CDP870 an Engineered Human Anti-TNF PEG Conjugate, as Additional Medication to Methotrexate, in the Treatment of Signs and Symptoms and Preventing Structural Damage in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorUCB PharmaRan2005 to 2012Enrolled857ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsCertolizumab Pegol
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Jeffrey R CurtisUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA. jrcurtis@uabmc.edu.
Kevin WinthropOregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.
Cathy O'BrienUCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium.
Matladi N NdlovuUCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium.
Marc de LonguevilleUCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium.
Boulos HaraouiDepartment of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Funding

UCB Not applicable
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe risk of serious infectious events (SIEs) is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The aim of this study was to develop an age-adjusted comorbidity index (AACI) to predict, using baseline characteristics, the SIE risk in patients with RA treated with certolizumab pegol (CZP).

methodsData of CZP-treated patients with RA were pooled from the RAPID1/RAPID2 randomized controlled trials (RCT CZP) and their open-label extensions (All CZP). Predictors of the first SIE were examined using multivariate Cox models. The AACI was developed by assigning specific weights to patient age and comorbidities on the basis of relative SIE risk. SIE rates were predicted using AACI score and baseline glucocorticoid use, and they were compared with observed rates. The percentage of patients in each SIE risk group achieving low disease activity (LDA)/remission was examined at 1 year of treatment.

resultsAmong 1224 RCT CZP patients, 40 reported ≥ 1 SIE (incidence rate [IR] 5.09/100 patient-years [PY]), and 201 of 1506 All CZP patients reported ≥ 1 SIE (IR 3.66/100 PY). Age ≥ 70 years, diabetes mellitus, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease/asthma made the greatest contributions to AACI score. SIE rates predicted using AACI and glucocorticoid use at baseline showed good agreement with observed SIE rates across low-risk and high-risk groups. At 1 year, more high-risk All CZP patients than low-risk All CZP patients reported SIEs (IR 8.4/100 PY vs. IR 3.4/100 PY). Rates of LDA/remission were similar between groups.

conclusionsAACI and glucocorticoid use were strong baseline predictors of SIE risk in CZP-treated patients with RA. Predicted SIE risk was not associated with patients' likelihood of clinical response. This SIE risk score may provide a valuable tool for clinicians when considering the risk of infection in individual patients with RA.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00152386 (registered 7 September 2005); NCT00160602 (registered 8 September 2005); NCT00175877 (registered 9 September 2005); and NCT00160641 (registered 8 September 2005).

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AdultAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidCertolizumab PegolComorbidityFemaleHumansIncidenceInfectionsMaleMiddle AgedProportional Hazards ModelsRisk FactorsAntirheumatic AgentsCertolizumab PegolCertolizumab pegolComorbidityGlobal risk scoreSafetySerious infection

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PMID29246162
PMCPMC5732488

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