Sarilumab monotherapy or in combination with non-methotrexate disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in active rheumatoid arthritis : A Japan phase 3 trial (HARUKA)

Objectives: To determine long-term safety and efficacy of sarilumab as monotherapy or with non-methotrexate (MTX) conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) in Japanese patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods: In this double-blind, randomized study (NCT02373202), patients received subcutaneous sarilumab 150 mg q2w (S150) or 200 mg q2w (S200) as monotherapy or with non-MTX csDMARDs for 52 weeks. The primary endpoint was safety.Results: Sixty-one patients received monotherapy (S150, n = 30; S200, n = 31) and 30 received combination therapy (S150 + csDMARDs, n = 15; S200 + csDMARDs, n = 15). Rates of treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) were 83.3%/90.3%/93.3%/86.7% for S150/S200/S150 + csDMARDs/S200 + csDMARDs, respectively. Nasopharyngitis and neutropenia were the most frequently reported TEAEs. One serious infection was reported in each monotherapy group and in the S200 + csDMARDs group. There were no cases of grade 4 neutropenia; no patients with grade 3 neutropenia experienced associated serious infection. Improvements in ACR20/50/70 response rates were generally similar between the two monotherapy groups and between the two combination groups; improvements in physical function (Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index, HAQ-DI) and DAS28-CRP were observed at weeks 24 and 52 (all groups).Conclusion: The safety profile of sarilumab was consistent with known class effects of interleukin-6 signaling blockade therapeutics. Sarilumab as mono- or combination therapy improved clinical signs/symptoms and physical function in Japanese RA patients.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Modern rheumatology - 30(2020), 2 vom: 01. März, Seite 239-248

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kameda, Hideto [VerfasserIn]
Wada, Kazuteru [VerfasserIn]
Takahashi, Yoshinori [VerfasserIn]
Hagino, Owen [VerfasserIn]
van Hoogstraten, Hubert [VerfasserIn]
Graham, Neil [VerfasserIn]
Tanaka, Yoshiya [VerfasserIn]

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Anti-IL-6 receptor
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antirheumatic Agents
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Drug Combinations
Japan
Journal Article
NU90V55F8I
Phase III
Randomized Controlled Trial
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarilumab

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Date Completed 10.08.2020

Date Revised 10.08.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14397595.2019.1639939

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM298820072