Anti-GM-CSF otilimab versus tofacitinib or placebo in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response to conventional or biologic DMARDs : two phase 3 randomised trials (contRAst 1 and contRAst 2)

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OBJECTIVES: To investigate the efficacy and safety of otilimab, an antigranulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor antibody, in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis.

METHODS: Two phase 3, double-blind randomised controlled trials including patients with inadequate responses to methotrexate (contRAst 1) or conventional synthetic/biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (cs/bDMARDs; contRAst 2). Patients received background csDMARDs. Through a testing hierarchy, subcutaneous otilimab (90/150 mg once weekly) was compared with placebo for week 12 endpoints (after which, patients receiving placebo switched to active interventions) or oral tofacitinib (5 mg two times per day) for week 24 endpoints.

PRIMARY ENDPOINT: proportion of patients achieving an American College of Rheumatology response ≥20% (ACR20) at week 12.

RESULTS: The intention-to-treat populations comprised 1537 (contRAst 1) and 1625 (contRAst 2) patients.

PRIMARY ENDPOINT: proportions of ACR20 responders were statistically significantly greater with otilimab 90 mg and 150 mg vs placebo in contRAst 1 (54.7% (p=0.0023) and 50.9% (p=0.0362) vs 41.7%) and contRAst 2 (54.9% (p<0.0001) and 54.5% (p<0.0001) vs 32.5%). Secondary endpoints: in both trials, compared with placebo, otilimab increased the proportion of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) low disease activity (LDA) responders (not significant for otilimab 150 mg in contRAst 1), and reduced Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) scores. Benefits with tofacitinib were consistently greater than with otilimab across multiple endpoints. Safety outcomes were similar across treatment groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Although otilimab demonstrated superiority to placebo in ACR20, CDAI LDA and HAQ-DI, improved symptoms, and had an acceptable safety profile, it was inferior to tofacitinib.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS: NCT03980483, NCT03970837.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:82

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 82(2023), 12 vom: 12. Dez., Seite 1516-1526

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Fleischmann, Roy M [VerfasserIn]
van der Heijde, Désirée [VerfasserIn]
Strand, Vibeke [VerfasserIn]
Atsumi, Tatsuya [VerfasserIn]
McInnes, Iain B [VerfasserIn]
Takeuchi, Tsutomu [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Peter C [VerfasserIn]
Bracher, Marguerite [VerfasserIn]
Brooks, David [VerfasserIn]
Davies, John [VerfasserIn]
Goode, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Gupta, Anubha [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Sumanta [VerfasserIn]
O'Shea, Ciara [VerfasserIn]
Saurigny, Didier [VerfasserIn]
Schifano, Lorrie A [VerfasserIn]
Shelton, Celia [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Julia E [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Millie [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Reena [VerfasserIn]
Watts, Sarah [VerfasserIn]
Weinblatt, Michael E [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Antirheumatic Agents
Autoimmune diseases
Biological Products
Biological therapy
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Cytokines
Inflammation
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Otilimab
Pyrroles
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Rheumatoid arthritis
Tofacitinib
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 13.11.2023

Date Revised 29.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03980483, NCT03970837

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/ard-2023-224482

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361969988