Tofacitinib for the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis : a phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

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OBJECTIVE: To assess the efficacy/safety of tofacitinib in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS).

METHODS: This phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled patients aged ≥18 years diagnosed with active AS, meeting the modified New York criteria, with centrally read radiographs, and an inadequate response or intolerance to ≥2 non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Patients were randomised 1:1 to receive tofacitinib 5 mg two times per day or placebo for 16 weeks. After week 16, all patients received open-label tofacitinib until week 48. The primary and key secondary endpoints were Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society ≥20% improvement (ASAS20) and ≥40% improvement (ASAS40) responses, respectively, at week 16. Safety was assessed throughout.

RESULTS: 269 patients were randomised and treated: tofacitinib, n=133; placebo, n=136. At week 16, the ASAS20 response rate was significantly (p<0.0001) greater with tofacitinib (56.4%, 75 of 133) versus placebo (29.4%, 40 of 136), and the ASAS40 response rate was significantly (p<0.0001) greater with tofacitinib (40.6%, 54 of 133) versus placebo (12.5%, 17 of 136). Up to week 16, with tofacitinib and placebo, respectively, 73 of 133 (54.9%) and 70 of 136 (51.5%) patients had adverse events; 2 of 133 (1.5%) and 1 of 136 (0.7%) had serious adverse events. Up to week 48, with tofacitinib, 3 of 133 (2.3%) patients had adjudicated hepatic events, 3 of 133 (2.3%) had non-serious herpes zoster, and 1 of 133 (0.8%) had a serious infection; with placebo→tofacitinib, 2 (1.5%) patients had non-serious herpes zoster. There were no deaths, malignancies, major adverse cardiovascular events, thromboembolic events or opportunistic infections.

CONCLUSIONS: In adults with active AS, tofacitinib demonstrated significantly greater efficacy versus placebo. No new potential safety risks were identified.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT03502616.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:80

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 80(2021), 8 vom: 26. Aug., Seite 1004-1013

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deodhar, Atul [VerfasserIn]
Sliwinska-Stanczyk, Paula [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Huji [VerfasserIn]
Baraliakos, Xenofon [VerfasserIn]
Gensler, Lianne S [VerfasserIn]
Fleishaker, Dona [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lisy [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Joseph [VerfasserIn]
Menon, Sujatha [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Cunshan [VerfasserIn]
Dina, Oluwaseyi [VerfasserIn]
Fallon, Lara [VerfasserIn]
Kanik, Keith S [VerfasserIn]
van der Heijde, Désirée [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

87LA6FU830
Ankylosing
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Antirheumatic Agents
Antirheumatic agents
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Journal Article
Piperidines
Pyrimidines
Randomized Controlled Trial
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Spondylitis
Therapeutics
Tofacitinib

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.06.2022

Date Revised 05.07.2022

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03502616

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-219601

funding:

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324602626