Tofacitinib Efficacy in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and Probable Depression/Anxiety : Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 3 and 3b/4 Randomized Controlled Trials

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INTRODUCTION: The aim of our work is to assess the prevalence of probable major depressive disorder and/or probable generalized anxiety disorder (pMDD/pGAD) in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and to evaluate the efficacy of tofacitinib on RA symptoms stratified by baseline pMDD/pGAD status.

METHODS: Data were pooled from five phase 3 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and one phase 3b/4 RCT, assessing tofacitinib 5 or 10 mg twice daily (BID), adalimumab (two RCTs), or placebo. pMDD/pGAD was defined as Short Form-36 Health Survey (SF-36) Mental Component Summary (MCS) score ≤ 38. Efficacy outcomes over 12 months included least squares mean change from baseline in SF-36 MCS score and Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index, proportions of patients with pMDD/pGAD in those with baseline pMDD/pGAD, and American College of Rheumatology 20/50/70 response, and Disease Activity Score in 28 joints, erythrocyte sedimentation rate remission (< 2.6) rates.

RESULTS: A total of 4404 patients with non-missing baseline values were included. Baseline pMDD/pGAD was reported by 44.5%, 39.8%, 45.4%, and 39.1% of patients receiving tofacitinib 5 mg BID, tofacitinib 10 mg BID, adalimumab, and placebo, respectively. SF-36 MCS improvements were greater for tofacitinib versus adalimumab/placebo through month 6, with numerical improvements for tofacitinib versus adalimumab sustained through month 12, when the proportions of patients with baseline pMDD/pGAD who continued to have pMDD/pGAD were reduced. RA efficacy outcomes were generally similar in patients with/without baseline pMDD/pGAD.

CONCLUSIONS: The percentage of patients with pMDD/pGAD reduced from baseline over 1 year of treatment with tofacitinib or adalimumab. Effective treatment of underlying RA may lead to improvements in depression and anxiety, based on the SF-36 MCS. Specially designed studies using gold-standard diagnostic tools would be warranted to investigate this further. Video Abstract available for this article.

TRIAL REGISTRATION: NCT00960440, NCT00847613, NCT00814307, NCT00856544, NCT00853385, NCT02187055. Video Abstract (MP4 204475 KB).

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology and therapy - 11(2024), 1 vom: 19. Jan., Seite 35-50

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Citera, Gustavo [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Rakesh [VerfasserIn]
Irazoque, Fedra [VerfasserIn]
Madariaga, Hugo [VerfasserIn]
Gruben, David [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lisy [VerfasserIn]
Stockert, Lori [VerfasserIn]
Santana, Karina [VerfasserIn]
Ebrahim, Abbas [VerfasserIn]
Ponce de Leon, Dario [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anxiety
JAK inhibitor
Journal Article
Rheumatoid arthritis
Tofacitinib

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Date Revised 21.01.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00960440, NCT00847613, NCT00814307, NCT00856544, NCT00853385, NCT02187055

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s40744-023-00612-7

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM364175095