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Trial reportMedicine2018

Maintenance of low disease activity and remission with etanercept-disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) combination therapy compared with treatment with DMARDs alone in Latin American patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: Subset analysis of a randomized trial.

Cristiano A F Zerbini, Carlos Abud-Mendoza, Paul Mendez-Patarroyo, Mauricio De Angelo Andrade, Ron Pedersen, Bonnie Vlahos, Cecilia Elena Borlenghi

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Trial report in Medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01578850 (A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study Of The Maintenance Of Efficacy Of Etanercept Plus Dmard), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT01578850 phase4completednot on this map

A Randomized, Double-blind Placebo-controlled Study Of The Maintenance Of Efficacy Of Etanercept Plus Dmard(s) Compared With Dmard(s) Alone In Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis After Achieving An Adequate Response With Etanercept Plus Dmard(s)

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2012 to 2015Enrolled491ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsEtanercept, placebo
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7 authors.

Cristiano A F ZerbiniCentro Paulista de Investigação Clínica, São Paulo, Brazil Hospital Central and Faculty of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, San Luis, Mexico Universidad de los Andes and Hospital Universitario Fundación Santafe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia Pfizer, São Paulo, Brazil Pfizer, Collegeville, Pennsylvania, USA Pfizer, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Carlos Abud-Mendoza
Paul Mendez-Patarroyo
Mauricio De Angelo Andrade
Ron Pedersen
Bonnie Vlahos
Cecilia Elena Borlenghi

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundCurrent guidelines on the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) recommend early therapy targeting the achievement of low disease activity (LDA) or clinical remission. Little published information is available on the success of this treatment strategy in Latin America. In a subset analysis of patients from Latin America, we compared efficacy maintenance with etanercept 50 mg once weekly (ETN50) versus placebo (PBO), on a background of methotrexate (MTX) ± other non-biologic, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, in patients with moderate-to-severe RA who had achieved LDA with ETN50.

methodsIn the Treat-to-Target trial, adult patients with active RA nonresponsive to MTX were treated with ETN50 for 24 weeks (Period 1). Patients achieving LDA were randomized to receive ETN50 or PBO for 28 additional weeks (Period 2). The proportion of patients maintaining LDA at week 52 and other efficacy and quality-of-life measures were assessed. Descriptive statistics are presented using last observation carried forward imputation of data.

resultsOf the 64 patients from Latin America treated in Period 1, 61 (95.3%) achieved LDA. Among patients receiving ETN50, 13/34 remained in LDA and 6/14 maintained remission at week 52 versus 6/27 and 4/10 patients receiving PBO. The median time to flare was 113 days and 33 days for the ETN50 and PBO groups, respectively. In the overall population, adverse events were reported in 37% and 43%, serious adverse events in 1% and 4%, and serious infections in 0% and 2% of patients in the ETN50 and PBO groups, respectively.

conclusionsIn patients with RA from Latin America, continuing treatment with ETN50 after achieving LDA appears to result in a higher proportion of patients maintaining LDA and remission compared with switching to PBO. CLINICALTRIALS. GOV REGISTRATION: NCT01578850.

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AdultAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidDrug Therapy, CombinationEtanerceptFemaleHumansLatin AmericaMaleMethotrexateMiddle AgedQuality of LifeRemission InductionSingle-Blind MethodTreatment OutcomeAntirheumatic AgentsEtanerceptMethotrexate

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PMID30200078
PMCPMC6133462

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