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High 3-year golimumab survival in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: real world data from 328 patients
K. Thomas1, I. Flouri2, A. Repa3, K. Fragiadaki4, P.P. Sfikakis5, C. Koutsianas6, E. Kaltsonoudis7, P.V. Voulgari8, A.A. Drosos9, E. Petrikkou10, P. Sidiropoulos11, D. Vassilopoulos12
- Joint Rheumatology Program, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
- Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
- Joint Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- Joint Rheumatology Program, First Department of Propaedeutic and Internal Medicine, Laikon Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- Joint Rheumatology Program, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece.
- Rheumatology Clinic, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
- Rheumatology Clinic, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
- Rheumatology Clinic, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.
- Department of Medical Affairs, MSD, Greece.
- Department of Rheumatology, Clinical Immunology and Allergy, Medical School, University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece.
- Joint Rheumatology Program, Clinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, School of Medicine, Athens, Greece. dvassilop@med.uoa.gr
CER10497
2018 Vol.36, N°2
PI 0254, PF 0262
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PMID: 29148406 [PubMed]
Received: 10/04/2017
Accepted : 24/07/2017
In Press: 09/11/2017
Published: 18/04/2018
Abstract
OBJECTIVES:
Our primary objective was to study the long-term survival on drug (SOD) of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated with golimumab (GLM) in real life settings.
METHODS:
This was a retrospective, observational study of all patients treated with GLM in 4 Academic Centres in Greece during a 4-year period (09/2010-06/2014). SOD was analysed using Kaplan-Meier survival analysis, while Cox regression analysis estimating hazard ratios (HRs) for different baseline variables associated with drug discontinuation was performed for each disease.
RESULTS:
328 patients (RA: 166, PsA: 82, AS: 80) were included. The estimated SOD at 2 and 3 years was 68% and 62% overall and was better for AS (79% and 76%) compared to RA (69% and 60%, p=0.067) and PsA (58% and 53%, p=0.001) patients; no difference was noted between RA and PsA patients (p=0.204). There was no difference in SOD between biologic-naïve and experienced nor between non-biologic co-treated or GLM monotherapy treated patients. Seropositivity (rheumatoid factor and/or anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies) was associated with a lower risk for GLM discontinuation by multivariate analysis (HR=0.5, 95% CI=0.0.25–1.1, p=0.05) in RA patients. During 606 patient-years of follow-up, 11 (3.3%) patients discontinued GLM due to adverse events (AE), accounting for 11% of treatment discontinuations. The rates of serious AEs and serious infections were 2.3 and 1.0/100-patient-years, respectively.
CONCLUSIONS:
In this real-life study, GLM showed a high 3-year SOD in patients with inflammatory arthritides with a low rate of discontinuation due to AEs.
