Second-line biologic therapy optimization in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis

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OBJECTIVE: The Italian board for the TAilored BIOlogic therapy (ITABIO) reviewed the most consistent literature to indicate the best strategy for the second-line biologic choice in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), spondyloarthritis (SpA), and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).

METHODS: Systematic review of the literature to identify English-language articles on efficacy of second-line biologic choice in RA, PsA, and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Data were extracted from available randomized, controlled trials, national biologic registries, national healthcare databases, post-marketing surveys, and open-label observational studies.

RESULTS: Some previously stated variables, including the patients׳ preference, the indication for anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) monotherapy in potential childbearing women, and the intravenous route with dose titration in obese subjects resulted valid for all the three rheumatic conditions. In RA, golimumab as second-line biologic has the highest level of evidence in anti-TNF failure. The switching strategy is preferable for responder patients who experience an adverse event, whereas serious or class-specific side effects should be managed by the choice of a differently targeted drug. Secondary inadequate response to etanercept (ETN) should be treated with a biologic agent other than anti-TNF. After two or more anti-TNF failures, the swapping to a different mode of action is recommended. Among non-anti-TNF targeted biologics, to date rituximab (RTX) and tocilizumab (TCZ) have the strongest evidence of efficacy in the treatment of anti-TNF failures. In PsA and AS patients failing the first anti-TNF, the switch strategy to a second is advisable, taking in account the evidence of adalimumab efficacy in patients with uveitis. The severity of psoriasis, of articular involvement, and the predominance of enthesitis and/or dactylitis may drive the choice toward ustekinumab or secukinumab in PsA, and the latter in AS.

CONCLUSION: Taking in account the paucity of controlled trials, second-line biologic therapy may be reasonably optimized in patients with RA, SpA, and PsA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:47

Enthalten in:

Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism - 47(2017), 2 vom: 30. Okt., Seite 183-192

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cantini, Fabrizio [VerfasserIn]
Niccoli, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Nannini, Carlotta [VerfasserIn]
Cassarà, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
Kaloudi, Olga [VerfasserIn]
Giulio Favalli, Ennio [VerfasserIn]
Becciolini, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Benucci, Maurizio [VerfasserIn]
Gobbi, Francesca Li [VerfasserIn]
Guiducci, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Foti, Rosario [VerfasserIn]
Mosca, Marta [VerfasserIn]
Goletti, Delia [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

91X1KLU43E
Adalimumab
Anti-TNF
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Antirheumatic Agents
Biological Products
Etanercept
FYS6T7F842
Golimumab
Journal Article
OP401G7OJC
Psoriatic arthritis
Review
Rheumatoid arthritis
Second-line biologics
Spondyloarthritis
Switching
Systematic Review

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Date Completed 01.06.2018

Date Revised 30.03.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.03.008

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NLM271002557