Comparison of drug retention of TNF inhibitors, other biologics and JAK inhibitors in RA patients who discontinued JAK inhibitor therapy

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OBJECTIVES: JAK Inhibitors (JAKi) are recommended DMARDs for patients with moderate-to-severe RA who failed first-line therapy with methotrexate. There is a lack of data allowing an evidence-based choice of subsequent DMARD therapy for patients who had discontinued JAKi treatment. We aimed to compare the effectiveness of TNF inhibitor (TNFi) therapy vs JAKi vs other mode of action (OMA) biologic DMARD (bDMARD) in RA patients who were previously treated with a JAKi.

METHODS: RA patients who discontinued JAKi treatment within the Swiss RA registry SCQM were included for this observational prospective cohort study. The primary outcome was drug retention for either TNFi, OMA bDMARD or JAKi. The hazard ratio for treatment discontinuation was calculated adjusting for potential confounders. A descriptive analysis of the reasons for discontinuation was performed.

RESULTS: Four hundred treatment courses of JAKi were included, with a subsequent switch to either JAKi, TNFi or OMA bDMARD. The crude overall drug retention was higher in patients switching to another JAKi as compared with TNFi and comparable to OMA. A significant difference of JAKi vs TNFi persisted after adjusting for potential confounders.

CONCLUSION: In a real-world population of RA patients who discontinued treatment with a JAKi, switching to another JAKi resulted in a higher drug retention than switching to a TNFi. A switch to a second JAKi seems an effective therapeutic option.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:62

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 62(2022), 1 vom: 23. Dez., Seite 89-97

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Amstad, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Papagiannoulis, Eleftherios [VerfasserIn]
Scherer, Almut [VerfasserIn]
Rubbert-Roth, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Finckh, Axel [VerfasserIn]
Mueller, Ruediger [VerfasserIn]
Dudler, Jean [VerfasserIn]
Möller, Burkhard [VerfasserIn]
Villiger, Peter M [VerfasserIn]
Schulz, Martin M P [VerfasserIn]
Kyburz, Diego [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antirheumatic Agents
Biological Factors
Biological Products
Efficacy
JAKi discontinuation
JAKi therapy
Janus Kinase Inhibitors
Journal Article
Observational Study
RA
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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Date Completed 27.12.2022

Date Revised 23.02.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keac285

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM341021601