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ArticleRheumatology and therapy2022

Efficacy of Abatacept Versus Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors in Anti-citrullinated Protein Antibody-Positive Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Results from a Korean Nationwide Biologics Registry.

Min Jung Kim, Sun-Kyung Lee, Sohee Oh, Hyoun-Ah Kim, Yong-Beom Park, Shin-Seok Lee, Kichul Shin

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Article in Rheumatology and therapy, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Min Jung Kim *Division of Rheumatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Hospital Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro-5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, South Korea.
Sun-Kyung Lee *Division of Rheumatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Hospital Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro-5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, South Korea.
Sohee OhDepartment of Biostatistics, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Hospital Boramae Medical Center, Seoul, South Korea.
Hyoun-Ah KimDivision of Rheumatology, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, South Korea.
Yong-Beom ParkDivision of Rheumatology, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
Shin-Seok LeeDivision of Rheumatology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Jeonju, South Korea.
Kichul ShinDivision of Rheumatology, Seoul Metropolitan Government-Seoul National University Hospital Boramae Medical Center, 20 Boramae-ro-5-gil, Dongjak-gu, Seoul, 07061, South Korea. kideb1@snu.ac.kr.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6749-7598
Seoul Metropolitan Government · KRAjou University · KRYonsei University · KR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionTo compare the efficacy of abatacept and tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) in patients with anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA)-positive rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and identify those who benefit most from abatacept over TNFi.

methodsThis observational study identified RA patients who were ACPA-positive and initiated abatacept or TNFi from the Korean College of Rheumatology Biologics and Targeted therapy registry. Propensity score (PS) matching was performed to balance baseline confounding in abatacept- or TNFi-treated patients. The major endpoints were changes in Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) and achievement of CDAI remission/low disease activity after 1 year of treatment. Subgroup analysis was mainly performed stratified by prior biologics use.

resultsA total of 291 PS-matched, ACPA-positive RA patients who initiated abatacept (n = 97) and TNFi (n = 194) were included. From baseline CDAI scores of 26.52 in the abatacept group and 26.38 in the TNFi group, the mean changes after 1 year were - 16.78 and - 13.61, respectively (difference - 3.17, p = 0.020). The proportion of patients achieving CDAI remission/low disease activity was 68.0% with abatacept and 52.6% with TNFi (p = 0.013). In the subgroup analysis, patients that were biologics-naïve had better improvement in CDAI after treatment with abatacept than TNFi (difference - 3.35, p = 0.021).

conclusionsThis real-world study suggests that abatacept may have better clinical response compared to TNFi in patients with established ACPA-positive RA, especially in those that were biologics-naïve.

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AbataceptAnti-citrullinated protein antibodiesRheumatoid arthritisTreatment outcomeTumor necrosis factor inhibitors

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PMCPMC9314478
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