Sustained Pericarditis Recurrence Risk Reduction With Long-Term Rilonacept

BACKGROUND: Rilonacept, a once-weekly interleukin-1 alpha and beta cytokine trap, reduced pericarditis recurrence in the phase 3 study, RHAPSODY (Rilonacept Inhibition of Interleukin-1 Alpha and Beta for Recurrent Pericarditis: A Pivotal Symptomatology and Outcomes Study). The RHAPSODY long-term extension further explored recurrent pericarditis natural history and treatment duration decision-making during 24 additional months of open-label rilonacept treatment.

METHODS AND RESULTS: Seventy-four patients commenced the long-term extension, with a median (maximum) total rilonacept duration of 22 (35) months. Individually, 18 months after the most proximal pericarditis recurrence, investigators decided to continue rilonacept on study, suspend rilonacept for off-treatment observation (rescue allowed), or discontinue the study. The annualized incidence of pericarditis recurrence on rilonacept up to the 18-month decision milestone was 0.04 events/patient-year versus 4.4 events/patient-year prestudy while on oral therapies. At the 18-month decision milestone, 64% (33/52) continued rilonacept, 15% (8/52) suspended rilonacept for observation, and 21% (11/52) discontinued the study. Among the 33 patients (1/33; 3.0%) continuing rilonacept (median time to recurrence could not be estimated due to too few events), a single recurrence occurred 4 weeks after a treatment interruption. Among patients suspending rilonacept, 75% (6/8) experienced recurrence (median time to recurrence, 11.8 weeks [95% CI, 3.7 weeks to not estimable]). There was a 98% reduction in risk of pericarditis recurrence among patients continuing rilonacept treatment after the 18-month decision milestone versus those suspending treatment for observation (hazard ratio, 0.02; P<0.0001).

CONCLUSIONS: In the RHAPSODY long-term extension, continued rilonacept treatment resulted in continued response; treatment suspension at the 18-month decision milestone was associated with pericarditis recurrence.

REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT03737110.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

Enthalten in:

Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 6 vom: 19. März, Seite e032516

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Imazio, Massimo [VerfasserIn]
Klein, Allan L [VerfasserIn]
Brucato, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Abbate, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Arad, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Cremer, Paul C [VerfasserIn]
Insalaco, Antonella [VerfasserIn]
LeWinter, Martin M [VerfasserIn]
Lewis, Basil S [VerfasserIn]
Lin, David [VerfasserIn]
Luis, Sushil A [VerfasserIn]
Nicholls, Stephen J [VerfasserIn]
Sutej, Paul [VerfasserIn]
Wasserstrum, Yishay [VerfasserIn]
Clair, JoAnn [VerfasserIn]
Agarwal, Indra [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Sheldon [VerfasserIn]
Paolini, John F [VerfasserIn]
RHAPSODY Investigators [VerfasserIn]

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8K80YB5GMG
Autoinflammatory disease
Clinical Trial
Interleukin‐1
Interleukin-1alpha
Journal Article
Recombinant Fusion Proteins
Recurrent pericarditis
Rilonacept

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 20.03.2024

Date Revised 25.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT03737110

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.032516

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369615387