Evaluating the real-world effectiveness of belimumab in patients with SLE using SLE-related laboratory values and rheumatoid arthritis-derived disease activity measures : RAPID3, swollen joint count and tender joint count

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the real-world impact of intravenous belimumab treatment among patients with SLE using rheumatoid arthritis-derived disease activity measures and SLE-related laboratory values.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study used US electronic medical record data from the United Rheumatology Normalised Integrated Community Evidence (UR-NICE) database. Adult patients with SLE who initiated intravenous belimumab between 1 January 2012 and 3 December 2019 (index), had 12 months of pre-index and 24 months of post-index clinical activity, and had ≥6 infusions of belimumab during the 24 months post-index were included. The primary outcome measure was time to first improvement of minimally important difference (MID) for Routine Assessment of Patient Index Data 3 (RAPID3), Patient Pain Index (PPI), swollen joint count, tender joint count (TJC), complement C3 and C4 and anti-double-stranded DNA antibodies during the on-treatment follow-up period of up to 24 months. The secondary outcome measure evaluated the trajectories of these outcome measures for up to 24 months of belimumab treatment.

RESULTS: Of 495 patients included, between 21.0% and 52.1% had ≥1 record for each of the disease activity measures or laboratory values in the pre-index and post-index periods and were included in analyses for that measure. The proportion of patients achieving MID for each measure increased rapidly within 3 months, with continued gradual improvement throughout the remaining on-treatment period, up to 24 months. After 6 months, 52.3% and 55.3% of patients had achieved MID in RAPID3 and PPI, respectively. Outcome measure trajectories indicated improved disease activity with belimumab treatment, particularly in RAPID3, TJC and laboratory values.

CONCLUSIONS: In this real-world effectiveness study, belimumab therapy for SLE resulted in clinically meaningful improvements in rheumatoid arthritis-derived disease activity measures within 3 months of treatment, with patients who remained on belimumab therapy experiencing improvement even up to 24 months of observation.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

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Lupus science & medicine - 11(2024), 1 vom: 03. Apr.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Germain, Guillaume [VerfasserIn]
Worley, Karen [VerfasserIn]
MacKnight, Sean D [VerfasserIn]
Rubin, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Bell, Christopher F [VerfasserIn]
Laliberté, François [VerfasserIn]
Urosevic, Ana [VerfasserIn]
Sheng Duh, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Concoff, Andrew [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

73B0K5S26A
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Autoimmune diseases
Belimumab
Biological products
Journal Article
Lupus erythematosus, systemic
Outcome assessment, health care

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Date Completed 08.04.2024

Date Revised 11.04.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/lupus-2023-001111

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM37064591X