The effect of antimalarials on the safety and persistence of treatment with biologic agents or Janus kinase inhibitors in rheumatoid arthritis

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OBJECTIVES: To test the association of use of antimalarials with the overall safety of treatment in RA patients receiving one or multiple courses of biologic (b)DMARDs or a Janus kinase inhibitor (JAKi).

METHODS: BiobadaBrasil is a multicentric registry-based cohort study of Brazilian patients with rheumatic diseases starting their first bDMARD or JAKi. The present analysis includes RA patients recruited from January 2009 to October 2019, followed up over one or multiple (up to six) courses of treatment (latest date, 19 November 2019). The primary outcome was the incidence of serious adverse events (SAEs). Total and system-specific adverse events (AEs) and treatment interruption served as secondary outcomes. Negative binomial regression with generalized estimating equations (to estimate multivariate incidence rate ratios, mIRR) and frailty Cox proportional hazards models were used for statistical analyses.

RESULTS: The number of patients enrolled was 1316 (2335 treatment courses, 6711 patient-years [PY]; 1254.5 PY on antimalarials). The overall incidence of SAEs was 9.2/100 PY. Antimalarials were associated with reduced risk of SAEs (mIRR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.36, 0.68; P < 0.001), total AEs (0.68; 95% CI: 0.56, 0.81; P < 0.001), serious infections (0.53; 95% CI: 0.34, 0.84; P = 0.007) and total hepatic AEs (0.21; 95% CI: 0.05, 0.85; P = 0.028). Antimalarials were also related to better survival of treatment course (P = 0.003). There was no significant increase in the risk of cardiovascular AEs.

CONCLUSION: Among RA patients on treatment with bDMARDs or JAKi, concomitant use of antimalarials was associated with reduced the incidence of serious and total AEs and with longer treatment course survival.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 63(2024), 2 vom: 01. Feb., Seite 456-465

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Bredemeier, Markus [VerfasserIn]
Duarte, Ângela L [VerfasserIn]
Pinheiro, Marcelo M [VerfasserIn]
Kahlow, Bárbara S [VerfasserIn]
Macieira, José C [VerfasserIn]
Ranza, Roberto [VerfasserIn]
Miranda, José R [VerfasserIn]
Valim, Valéria [VerfasserIn]
de Castro, Gláucio R [VerfasserIn]
Bértolo, Manoel B [VerfasserIn]
Sauma, Maria F [VerfasserIn]
Fernandes, Vander [VerfasserIn]
Ribeiro, Ana C [VerfasserIn]
Teodoro, Reginaldo B [VerfasserIn]
Brenol, Claiton V [VerfasserIn]
Carvalho, Hellen M [VerfasserIn]
Studart, Sâmia A [VerfasserIn]
Pinheiro, Geraldo R [VerfasserIn]
da Rocha, Laurindo F [VerfasserIn]
de Lima, Hugo D [VerfasserIn]
Pereira, Ivânio A [VerfasserIn]
Gazzeta, Morgana O [VerfasserIn]
Kakehasi, Adriana M [VerfasserIn]
Louzada, Paulo [VerfasserIn]
Hayata, André L [VerfasserIn]
Lupo, Cristiano M [VerfasserIn]
da Silveira, Inês G [VerfasserIn]
Kowalski, Sergio C [VerfasserIn]
Titton, David C [VerfasserIn]
Chakr, Rafael M [VerfasserIn]
Ranzolin, Aline [VerfasserIn]
Xavier, Ricardo M [VerfasserIn]
Laurindo, Ieda M [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adverse events
Antimalarials
Antirheumatic Agents
Biological Products
Biologics
Hydroxychloroquine
JAK inhibitors
Janus Kinase Inhibitors
Journal Article
RA
Safety

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 05.02.2024

Date Revised 05.02.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/kead232

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357193792