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Impact of filgotinib on pain control in the phase 3 FINCH studies.
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A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib Administered for 24 Weeks in Combination With Conventional Synthetic Disease-modifying Anti-rheumatic Drug(s) (csDMARDs) to Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Inadequate Response to Biologic DMARD(s) Treatment
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo- and Active-controlled, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib Administered for 52 Weeks Alone and in Combination With Methotrexate (MTX) to Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Are Naïve to MTX Therapy
A Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo- and Active-controlled, Multicenter, Phase 3 Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib Administered for 52 Weeks in Combination With Methotrexate to Subjects With Moderately to Severely Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate
Who cites it
11 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of upadacitinib or adalimumab on pain in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis: results from randomised phase 3 studies.RMD open · 2026Trial
- Efficacy and safety of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: week 156 interim results from a long-term extension study.RMD open · 2024Trial
- Filgotinib in Moderate to Severe Rheumatoid Arthritis in a Real-World Setting: Up to 6-Month Effectiveness, Patient-Reported Outcomes, and Persistence, and up to 24-Month Safety from More than 1400 Patients in the FILOSOPHY and PARROTFISH Studies.Rheumatology and therapy · 2026Article
- Effect of JAK Inhibitors on Pain Management in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Literature Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Real-world efficacy and safety profile of four JAK inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis: a French single-center observational study.Clinical rheumatology · 2026Observational
- Efficacy/Effectiveness, Safety and Treatment Persistence of Filgotinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Narrative Review of Clinical Trials and Real-World Evidence.Rheumatology and therapy · 2026Review
- Rheumatoid Arthritis Preceded by Interstitial Lung Disease Controlled by Long-Term Treatment With the Janus Kinase 1-Selective Inhibitor, Filgotinib: A Case Report.Respirology case reports · 2026Article
- Glucocorticoid sparing effect of Janus kinase inhibitors compared to biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis, a single-centre retrospective analysis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- The Uncoupling of Disease Activity from Joint Structural Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Filgotinib.Rheumatology and therapy · 2025Article
- Real-Life Use of Filgotinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- An interdisciplinary perspective on peripheral drivers of pain in rheumatoid arthritis.Nature reviews. Rheumatology · 2024Review
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13 authors at 12 institutions in 8 countries.
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Abstract
objectiveThis post hoc analysis of the FINCH 1-3 (NCT02889796, NCT02873936 and NCT02886728) studies assessed specific effects of filgotinib on pain control and their relationship with other aspects of efficacy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
methodsAssessments included: residual pain responses of ≤10 and ≤20 mm on a 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS); the proportion of patients who achieved VAS pain responses in addition to remission or low disease activity by Disease Activity Score-28 with C-reactive protein (DAS28-CRP) or Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) criteria.
resultsAcross studies, filgotinib reduced pain from week 2, with responses sustained throughout the studies. In FINCH 1, at week 24, 35.8%, 25.0%, 24.6% and 11.6% of patients in the filgotinib 200 mg, filgotinib 100 mg, adalimumab and placebo arms (each plus methotrexate) achieved VAS pain ≤20 mm in addition to DAS28-CRP remission; 26.3%, 17.9%, 17.2% and 7.6% achieved VAS pain ≤10 mm in addition to DAS28-CRP remission. A similar pattern was seen for CDAI remission. Time during which VAS pain was ≤10 or ≤20 mm was longest with filgotinib 200 mg and comparable between adalimumab and filgotinib 100 mg. Similar findings were reported for filgotinib in FINCH 2 and 3.
conclusionIn all RA populations studied, pain improvements occurred from week 2 and were sustained over time. In FINCH 1, filgotinib 100 mg provided similar pain amelioration to adalimumab, whereas filgotinib 200 mg resulted in greater pain improvement and higher proportion of patients with residual pain ≤10 or ≤20 mm and meeting DAS28-CRP remission criteria.
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