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ArticleDrug safety2020

An Integrated Analysis of the Safety of Tofacitinib in Psoriatic Arthritis across Phase III and Long-Term Extension Studies with Comparison to Real-World Observational Data.

Gerd R Burmester, Jeffrey R Curtis, Huifeng Yun, Oliver FitzGerald, Kevin L Winthrop, Valderilio F Azevedo, William F C Rigby, Keith S Kanik, Cunshan Wang, Pinaki Biswas and 5 more

3 registry-linked trialsOpen access · hybridAbstract read
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Article in Drug safety, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 3 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
22citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.8field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

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.

NCT01877668 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of 2 Doses Of Tofacitinib (CP-690,550) Or Adalimumab In Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2014 to 2015Enrolled422ConditionsPsoriatic ArthritisArmsTofacitinib 5 mg BID, Tofacitinib 10 mg BID, Adalimumab, Placebo
NCT01882439 phase3completednot on this map

A Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Of The Efficacy And Safety Of 2 Doses Of Tofacitinib (Cp-690,550) In Subjects With Active Psoriatic Arthritis And An Inadequate Response To At Least One Tnf Inhibitor

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2013 to 2016Enrolled395ConditionsPsoriatic ArthritisArmsTofacitinib, Placebo
NCT01976364 phase3completednot on this map

A long-term, open-label extension study of tofacitinib (cp-690,550) for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2014 to 2019Enrolled686ConditionsArthritis, PsoriaticArmsTofacitinib, Methotrexate, Placebo Methotrexate
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. Infections in psoriatic arthritis: association with treatment.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2024
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  16. Psoriasis Therapy and Skin Cancer: A Review.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021
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  20. The role of interferon-γ in cardiovascular disease: an update.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 7 institutions in 4 countries.

Gerd R BurmesterCharité - University Medicine Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 11017, Berlin, Germany.
Jeffrey R CurtisUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Huifeng YunUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, 35294, USA.
Oliver FitzGeraldDepartment of Rheumatology, St Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4, Ireland.
Kevin L WinthropOregon Health and Science University, 3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Road L457, Portland, OR, 97239-3098, USA.
Valderilio F AzevedoUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Rua XV de Novembro, Rua Alvaro Alvin 224 casa 18, Curitiba, Paraná, 80440080, Brazil.
William F C RigbyGeisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, One Medical Center Drive, Lebanon, NH, 03756, USA.
Keith S KanikPfizer Inc, 445 Eastern Point Rd (MS 8260-2578), Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Cunshan WangPfizer Inc, 445 Eastern Point Rd (MS 8260-2578), Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Pinaki BiswasPfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA.
Thomas JonesPfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Niki PalmettoPfizer Inc, New York, NY, USA.
Thijs HendrikxPfizer Inc, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Sujatha MenonPfizer Inc, 445 Eastern Point Rd (MS 8260-2578), Groton, CT, 06340, USA.
Ricardo RojoPfizer Inc, 445 Eastern Point Rd (MS 8260-2578), Groton, CT, 06340, USA. ricardo.rojo@pfizer.com.
Pfizer (United States) · USUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · USCharité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin · DEDartmouth College · USOregon Health & Science University · USSt. Vincent's University Hospital · IEUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

objectiveOur objective was to compare the incidence rates (IRs) of adverse events in tofacitinib clinical trials and real-world observational data for alternative treatments.

methodsThe tofacitinib "dose-comparison cohort" included months 0-12 of two phase III studies (tofacitinib 5 [n = 238] and 10 [n = 236] mg twice daily [BID]); the "all-tofacitinib comparison cohort" (n = 783) included two phase III and one ongoing long-term extension study (data cutoff May 2016). An "observational comparison cohort" (n = 5799) comprised patients initiating a conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD), biologic DMARD, or apremilast in the US Truven MarketScan database from 2010 to 2015. IRs for serious infections (SIEs; requiring hospitalization), herpes zoster (HZ), malignancies (excluding non-melanoma skin cancer [NMSC]), NMSC, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) across cohorts were qualitatively compared.

resultsIRs (patients with events/100 patient-years) for SIEs were similar between the tofacitinib dose-comparison cohort (5 mg BID: 1.3; 10 mg BID: 2.0) and the observational comparison cohort (1.1-7.9; treatment dependent). The tofacitinib dose-comparison cohort had a higher rate of HZ (5 mg BID: 2.0; 10 mg BID: 2.7) than did the observational comparison cohort (0.8-2.0). IRs for NMSC were generally lower in the all-tofacitinib comparison cohort (0.5) than in the observational comparison cohort (0.4-6.0). IRs for MACE, malignancies excluding NMSC, and NMSC were similar between cohorts.

conclusionIn patients with PsA, tofacitinib had a safety profile similar to that of other systemic therapies in real-world settings, except for the risk of HZ, a known risk of tofacitinib.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01877668; NCT01882439; NCT01976364.

Indexed as

Arthritis, PsoriaticClinical Trials, Phase III as TopicDose-Response Relationship, DrugDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsFemaleHumansIncidenceJanus Kinase 3MaleMiddle AgedObservational Studies as TopicPiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrimidinesJanus Kinase 3PiperidinesProtein Kinase InhibitorsPyrimidinestofacitinib

Identifiers

PMID32006348
PMCPMC7105422
OpenAlexW3003460520

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Registered trials

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