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ArticleACR open rheumatology2021

Associations Between Safety of Certolizumab Pegol, Disease Activity, and Patient Characteristics, Including Corticosteroid Use and Body Mass Index.

Vivian P Bykerk, Andrew Blauvelt, Jeffrey R Curtis, Cécile Gaujoux-Viala, Tore K Kvien, Kevin Winthrop, Nicola Tilt, Christina Popova, Xavier Mariette, Boulos Haraoui

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Article in ACR open rheumatology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 8 institutions in 5 countries.

Vivian P BykerkHospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York.
Andrew BlauveltOregon Medical Research Center, Portland, Oregon.
Jeffrey R CurtisUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham.
Cécile Gaujoux-VialaNîmes University Hospital, Nîmes, France, and Institut Desbrest d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique, IDESP UMR UA11 INSERM, University Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
Tore K KvienDiakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway.
Kevin WinthropOregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon.
Nicola TiltUCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium.
Christina PopovaUCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium.
Xavier MarietteUniversité Paris-Saclay, AP-HP, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France.
Boulos HaraouiDepartment of Medicine, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Quebéc, Canada.
Oregon Health & Science University · USUCB Pharma (Belgium) · BECentre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal · CADiakonhjemmet Hospital · NOHospital for Special Surgery · USInserm · FRUniversité Paris-Saclay · FRUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham · US

Funding

UCB Pharma
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo investigate the impact of baseline and time-varying factors on the risk of serious adverse events (SAEs) in patients during long-term certolizumab pegol (CZP) treatment.

methodsSafety data were pooled across 34 CZP clinical trials in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and plaque psoriasis (PSO). Cox proportional hazards modeling was used to investigate the association of baseline patient characteristics with risk of serious infectious events (SIEs), malignancies, and major adverse cardiac events (MACEs). Cox modeling for recurrent events assessed the impact of time-varying body mass index (BMI), systemic corticosteroid (CS) use, and disease activity on SIE risk in RA and SAE risk in PSO.

resultsData were pooled from 8747 CZP-treated patients across indications. Cox models reported a 44% increase in SIE risk associated with a baseline BMI of 35 kg/m

conclusionAge, BMI, systemic CS use, and disease activity were identified as SIE risk factors in CZP-treated patients. Risk of malignancies was greater in older patients, whereas obesity and male sex were MACE risk factors.

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PMID34196507
PMCPMC8363853
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