Comparison of the effect of treatment with NSAIDs added to anti-TNF therapy versus anti-TNF therapy alone on the progression of structural damage in the spine over 2 years in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis from the randomised-controlled CONSUL trial

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OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to evaluate the effect of adding a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), celecoxib (CEL), to a tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi), golimumab (GOL), compared with TNFi monotherapy on radiographic spinal progression in patients with radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (r-axSpA) over 2 years.

METHODS: R-axSpA patients, having risk factors for radiographic progression (high disease activity plus C reactive protein >5 mg/L and/or ≥1 syndesmophyte(s)), underwent a 12-week run-in phase with GOL 50 mg every 4 weeks. In the core phase (96 weeks), only patients with a good clinical response at week 12 were randomised (1:1) to GOL+CEL 200 mg two times per day (combination therapy) or GOL monotherapy. The primary endpoint was radiographic progression assessed by modified Stoke Ankylosing Spondylitis Spinal Score (mSASSS) change at week 108 in the intent-to-treat population.

RESULTS: A total of 128 patients were enrolled in the run-in phase; and 109 patients were randomised at week 12 to monotherapy (n=55) or combination therapy (n=54). At week 108, 97 (52 vs 45) patients completed the study. The change in mSASSS at week 108 was 1.7 (95% CI 0.8 to 2.6) in the monotherapy vs 1.1 (95% CI 0.4 to 1.8) in the combination therapy groups (p=0.79). New syndesmophytes occurred in 25% of patients in the monotherapy vs 11% of patients in the combination therapy groups (p=0.12). During the study, no significant differences in adverse events and serious adverse events were observed between the groups.

CONCLUSIONS: Combination therapy with GOL+CEL did not demonstrate statistically significant superiority over GOL monotherapy in retarding radiographic spinal progression over 2 years in r-axSpA.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:83

Enthalten in:

Annals of the rheumatic diseases - 83(2024), 5 vom: 11. Apr., Seite 599-607

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Proft, Fabian [VerfasserIn]
Torgutalp, Murat [VerfasserIn]
Muche, Burkhard [VerfasserIn]
Rios Rodriguez, Valeria [VerfasserIn]
Listing, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Protopopov, Mikhail [VerfasserIn]
Rademacher, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Haibel, Hildrun [VerfasserIn]
Spiller, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Weber, Anne-Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Verba, Maryna [VerfasserIn]
Brandt-Juergens, Jan [VerfasserIn]
Kiltz, Uta [VerfasserIn]
Sieburg, Maren [VerfasserIn]
Jacki, Swen [VerfasserIn]
Sieper, Joachim [VerfasserIn]
Poddubnyy, Denis [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal
Biological Therapy
Celecoxib
JCX84Q7J1L
Journal Article
Randomized Controlled Trial
Spondylitis, Ankylosing
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 15.04.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/ard-2023-224699

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36718916X