Publications

View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology. All materials produced by the team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.

October 2022

Risque d'événements cardiovasculaires majeurs avec le tofacitinib par rapport aux inhibiteurs du facteur de nécrose tumorale chez les patients atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde avec ou sans antécédents de maladie cardiovasculaire athérosclérotique : une analyse post hoc de la surveillance ORAL

Ann Rheum Dis. 2022. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-222259

Buch MH,

Koch GG,

Wu J,

Wang C,

Kwok K,

Menon S,

Post hoc analysis from ORAL Surveillance observes higher major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) risk with tofacitinib vs TNFi in patients with RA and history of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD).

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June 2022

Effet du Tofacitinib sur la douleur, la fatigue, la qualité de vie liée à la santé et la productivité au travail chez les patients atteints de spondylarthrite ankylosante active : Résultats d'un essai de phase III, randomisé, en double aveugle, contrôlé par placebo

RMD Open 2022 doi:10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002253

Wang L,

Wang C,

Wu J,

Dina O,

Fallon L,

Strand V

Navarro-Compán et al, determined the effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis in a Phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial.

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February 2022

Cardiovascular and Cancer Risk With Tofacitinib in Rheumatoid Arthritis

N Engl J Med 2022;386:316–26. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2202778

Koch GG,

Menon S,

Sun Y,

Wang C,

Shapiro AB,

Kanik KS,

Connell CA

In this paper, Ytterberg et al. compare incidence of MACE and cancers (excluding NMSC) with tofacitinib 5 mg BID, tofacitinib 10 mg BID and TNFi. They found that risk of MACE and cancer were higher with tofacitinib versus TNFi, and did not meet noninferiority criteria.This prospective head-to-head safety trial compared tofacitinib to TNFi, and was required by the FDA after increases in lipid levels and cancers were observed during tofacitinib drug development. ...