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ArticleArthritis research & therapy2021

Structural changes in the sacroiliac joint on MRI and relationship to ASDAS inactive disease in axial spondyloarthritis: a 2-year study comparing treatment with etanercept in EMBARK to a contemporary control cohort in DESIR.

Walter P Maksymowych, Pascal Claudepierre, Manouk de Hooge, Robert G Lambert, Robert Landewé, Anna Molto, Désirée van der Heijde, Jack F Bukowski, Heather Jones, Ron Pedersen and 3 more

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Article in Arthritis research & therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 10 papers.

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3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 8% 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.

NCT01258738 phase3completednot on this map

A Multicentre, 12 Week Double Blind Placebo Controlled Randomized Study Of Etanercept On A Background Nsaid In The Treatment Of Adult Subjects With Non Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis With A 92 Week Open Label Extension

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2011 to 2014Enrolled225ConditionsSpondylitis, AnkylosingArmsetanercept, Background NSAID, PLACEBO
NCT01648907 completednot on this map

French Cohort on Outcome of Recent Undifferentiated Spondyloarthritis

TypeobservationalSponsorAssistance Publique - Hôpitaux de ParisRan2007 to 2022Enrolled708ConditionsEARLY UNDIFFERENTIATED SPONDYLARTHROPATHIESArmsImaging exams
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. New Bone Formation in Axial Spondyloarthritis: A Review.RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin · 2024
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  5. Osteoimmunology of Spondyloarthritis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 7 institutions in 5 countries.

Walter P MaksymowychDepartment of Medicine, University of Alberta, 568 Heritage Medical Research Building, Edmonton, AB, T6G 2S2, Canada. walter.maksymowych@ualberta.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-1291-1755
Pascal ClaudepierreUniversite Paris Est Creteil, EA 7379 - EpidermE, AP-HP, Service de Rhumatologie, Hopital Henri Mondor, Creteil, France.
Manouk de HoogeVIB Center of Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium.
Robert G LambertDepartment of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.
Robert LandewéAmsterdam University Medical Center, loc. Meibergdreef 9 Amsterdam & Zuyderland MC, Heerlen, the Netherlands.
Anna MoltoRené Descartes University, Université de Paris, Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France.
Désirée van der HeijdeLeiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jack F BukowskiGlobal Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Heather JonesGlobal Medical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Ron PedersenDepartment of Biostatistics, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Annette SzumskiSyneos Health, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Bonnie VlahosGlobal Clinical Affairs, Pfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Maxime DougadosRené Descartes University, Université de Paris, Department of Rheumatology - Hôpital Cochin, Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris, INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France.
Pfizer (United States) · USDélégation Paris 5 · FRLeiden University Medical Center · NLUniversity of Alberta · CASyneos Health (United States) · USUniversité Paris-Est Créteil · FRZuyderland Medisch Centrum · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLimited information is available on the impact of treatment with a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) on structural lesions in patients with recent-onset axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). We compared 2-year structural lesion changes on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) of patients with recent-onset axSpA receiving etanercept in a clinical trial (EMBARK) to similar patients not receiving biologics in a cohort study (DESIR). We also evaluated the relationship between the Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) and change in MRI structural parameters.

methodsThe difference between etanercept (EMBARK) and control (DESIR) in the net percentage of patients with structural lesion change was determined using the SpondyloArthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ Structural Score, with and without adjustment for baseline covariates. The relationship between sustained ASDAS inactive disease, defined as the presence of ASDAS < 1.3 for at least 2 consecutive time points 6 months apart, and structural lesion change was evaluated.

resultsThis study included 163 patients from the EMBARK trial and 76 from DESIR. The net percentage of patients with erosion decrease was significantly greater for etanercept vs control: unadjusted: 23.9% vs 5.3%; P = 0.01, adjusted: 23.1% vs 2.9%; P = 0.01. For the patients attaining sustained ASDAS inactive disease on etanercept, erosion decrease was evident in significantly more than erosion increase: 34/104 (32.7%) vs 5/104 (4.8%); P < 0.001. A higher proportion had erosion decrease and backfill increase than patients in other ASDAS status categories. However, the trend across ASDAS categories was not significant and decrease in erosion was observed even in patients without a sustained ASDAS response.

conclusionsThese data show that a greater proportion of patients achieved regression of erosion with versus without etanercept. However, the link between achieving sustained ASDAS inactive disease and structural lesion change on MRI could not be clearly established.

trial registrationEMBARK: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01258738 , Registered 13 December 2010; DESIR: ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01648907 , Registered 24 July 2012.

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SpondylarthritisSpondylitis, AnkylosingCanadaCohort StudiesEtanerceptHumansMagnetic Resonance ImagingSacroiliac JointSeverity of Illness IndexEtanerceptAnti-TNFASDASAxial spondyloarthritisEtanerceptMRISacroiliac joint

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PMID33514428
PMCPMC7844996
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