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Trial reportAdvances in rheumatology (London, England)2021

Predictors of response to etanercept-methotrexate treatment: a post hoc logistic regression analysis of a randomized, open-label study in Latin American patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Maria de la Vega, Generoso Guerra Bautista, Ricardo Machado Xavier, César Pacheco-Tena, Gastón Solano, Ronald D Pedersen, Annette Eva Szumski, Cecilia Borlenghi, Karina Santana, Bonnie Vlahos

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Trial report in Advances in rheumatology (London, England), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00848354 (A Randomized, Open-label Study In The Latin America Region Comparing The Safety And Efficacy Of Etanercept With Conventional Dmard Therapy In Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis.), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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NCT00848354 phase4completednot on this map

A Randomized, Open-label Study In The Latin America Region Comparing The Safety And Efficacy Of Etanercept With Conventional Dmard Therapy In Subjects With Rheumatoid Arthritis.

TypeinterventionalSponsorPfizerRan2009 to 2013Enrolled429ConditionsRheumatoid ArthritisArmsPhase 1: Etanercept, Phase 1: Methotrexate, Phase 2: Optional ETN, SSZ, HCQ, MTX, Phase 1: Conventiaonal DMARD
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Maria de la VegaCEIM Investigaciones Médicas, Laprida 1307, Ciudad De Buenos Aires, 1425, Buenos Aires, Argentina. mainadelavega.mdlv@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1171-3519
Generoso Guerra BautistaCentro de Investigación Marbella, Paitilla Panamá, Panamá.
Ricardo Machado XavierHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
César Pacheco-TenaUniversidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico.
Gastón SolanoPfizer, San José, Costa Rica.
Ronald D PedersenPfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Annette Eva SzumskiSyneos Health, Princeton, NJ, USA.
Cecilia BorlenghiPfizer, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Karina SantanaPfizer, Ciudad de México, Mexico.
Bonnie VlahosPfizer, Collegeville, PA, USA.
Pfizer (United States) · USAutonomous University of Chihuahua · MXHospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre · BRSyneos Health (United States) · USUniversidad Argentina de la Empresa · AR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDetermining potential predictors of clinical response would allow a more personalized rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment approach in heterogeneous populations such as Latin American (LA) patients.

methodsPost hoc analysis to identify baseline characteristics predictive of clinical remission in response to treatment with etanercept (ETN) plus methotrexate (MTX) in LA patients with moderate to severe MTX-resistant RA. We report data from the group of patients who received ETN 50 mg/week plus MTX (ETN + MTX, n = 281) in a clinical trial consisting of an initial 24-week open-label phase, followed by a 104-week extension. Remission was defined as 28-joint Disease Activity Score with erythrocyte sedimentation rate (DAS28-ESR) score < 2.6. Cutoff values to dichotomize baseline variables maximizing the detection of remission were obtained from Receiver Operator Curve analyses. Baseline dichotomized and categorical variables were analyzed altogether in a stepwise logistic regression model. Odds of attaining response at Weeks 24 and 128 were estimated for each significant predictor.

resultsAt Week 24 and Week 128, 27% (66/241) and 42% (91/219) of patients in the ETN + MTX group achieved remission. On average, patients achieving remission were younger and had lower baseline ESR, lower Physician Global Assessment (PGA) scores, lower total Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) scores, and lower visual analog scale (VAS) Pain scores compared with patients who did not achieve remission. The best subset of baseline variables predicting Week 24 remission in the stepwise regression model were age ≤ 49 years (odds ratio [OR] 2.93), body mass index (BMI) > 28.5 kg/m

conclusionsIn LA patients with RA, younger age, higher BMI, longer disease duration, higher SF-36 Mental Health Scale score, higher swollen joint count, and overall lower disease activity predicted clinical response to ETN + MTX therapy.

trial registrationClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00848354.

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Antirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidEtanerceptMethotrexateAdultDrug Therapy, CombinationHumansLatin AmericaLogistic ModelsMiddle AgedTreatment OutcomeAntirheumatic AgentsEtanerceptMethotrexate

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