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Observational studyRheumatology international2023

Real-world effectiveness of golimumab in adult patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and axial spondyloarthritis and an inadequate response to initial TNFi therapy in Greece: the GO-BEYOND prospective, observational study.

Panagiotis Athanassiou, Dimitrios Psaltis, Athanasios Georgiadis, Gkikas Katsifis, Athina Theodoridou, Souzana Gazi, Prodromos Sidiropoulos, Maria G Tektonidou, Andreas Bounas, Anna Kandyli and 6 more

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Observational study in Rheumatology international, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

16 authors at 11 institutions in 2 countries.

Panagiotis AthanassiouRheumatology Department, Aghios Pavlos" General Hospital of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios PsaltisPrivate Practice, Serres, Greece.
Athanasios GeorgiadisPrivate Practice, Ioannina, Greece.
Gkikas KatsifisNaval Hospital of Athens, Rheumatology Clinic, Athens, Greece.
Athina TheodoridouPrivate Practice, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Souzana GaziRheumatology Unit, "KAT" Regional General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Prodromos SidiropoulosDepartment of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
Maria G TektonidouRheumatology Unit, 1st Department of Propaedeutic Internal Medicine, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Joint Rheumatology Program, Laiko Hospital, Athens, Greece.
Andreas Bounas"OLYMPION", General Clinic of Patra, Patra, Greece.
Anna KandyliPrivate Practice, Athens, Greece.
Periklis VounotrypidisPrivate Practice, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Grigorios T SakellariouPrivate Practice, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Dimitrios Vassilopoulos2nd University Department of Internal Medicine, General Hospital of Athens "Ippokrateion", Athens, Greece.
Zhiping HuangEpidemiology, Biostatistics and Research Decision Sciences (BARDS), Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, 07033, USA.
Evangelia PetrikkouMSD Pharmaceutical, Industrial and Commercial S.A, Athens, Medical Affairs, MSD Greece, 63 Agiou Dimitriou Street, 17456, Alimos, Greece. evangelia.petrikkou1@merck.com.ORCID 0009-0002-2657-8567
Dimitrios BoumpasRheumatology and Clinical Immunology, 4th Department of Internal Medicine, "Attikon" University Hospital, Rimini 1, 124 62, Athens, Greece.
Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government · GRAgios Pavlos General Hospital · GRAthens Medical Center · GRAthens Naval & Veterans Hospital · GRDecision Sciences (United States) · USGeneral Hospital of Serres · GRIppokrateio General Hospital of Thessaloniki · GRKAT General Hospital of Attica · GRNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens · GRUniversity General Hospital Attikon · GRUniversity of Crete · GR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The impact of golimumab (GLM) on remission or low disease activity (LDA) was evaluated in patients with moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), progressive psoriatic arthritis (PsA), or severe axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), who failed previous treatment for their rheumatic disease with one initial tumor necrosis factor α inhibitor (TNFi). This is a multicenter, prospective, real-world observational 18-month study, conducted in Greece. The primary endpoint, assessed at 6 months, included the proportion of patients attaining LDA and/or remission (Disease Activity Score for 28 joints based on C-reactive protein [DAS28-CRP] ≤ 3.2), minimal disease activity (MDA; MDA criteria), and moderate disease activity (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index [BASDAI] score 4-7), respectively. Other endpoints evaluated the persistence to GLM treatment and its impact on patients' work productivity (Work Productivity and Activity Impairment [WPAI] instrument) and quality of life (QoL; EuroQoL5 dimensions 3 levels [EQ-5D-3L] questionnaire). Descriptive statistics, the Wilcoxon signed-rank test, and Kaplan-Meier method were used for analyses. At 6 months, LDA was achieved by 46.4% of patients with RA, MDA by 57.1% of patients with PsA, and BASDAI 4-7 by 24.1% of patients with axSpA. For all study patients, persistence rates on GLM were high (85.1-93.7%) over 18 months; all WPAI domain scores and the EQ-5D-3L index score improved significantly (p < 0.001) from baseline to 18 months. GLM treatment was effective in patients with RA, PsA, or axSpA who had failed previous treatment with one TNFi and led to significant WPAI and QoL improvements. Persistence rates were high. Trial registration number and date of registration: As per the local regulations the study has been registered at the national registry for non-interventional studies https://www.dilon.sfee.gr/studiesp_d.php?meleti_id=MK8259-6995 .

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Antirheumatic AgentsArthritis, PsoriaticArthritis, RheumatoidAxial SpondyloarthritisAdultAntibodies, MonoclonalGreeceHumansImmunologic FactorsProspective StudiesQuality of LifeTreatment OutcomeAntibodies, MonoclonalAntirheumatic AgentsgolimumabImmunologic FactorsAxial spondyloarthritisDisease activityGolimumabPsoriatic arthritisQuality of lifeRheumatoid arthritis

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PMID37402886
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