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.

November 2020

Essai de l'Upadacitinib ou de l'Abatacept dans la Polyarthrite Rhumatoïde

N Engl J Med 2020;383:1511–21 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa2008250

Khan N,

Zhang Y,

Martin N,

Xavier RM

In patients with refractory RA to bDMARDs, upadacitinib was found to be superior to abatacept in DAS28-CRP change from baseline and the achievement of remission at week 12.612 bDMARD-IR patients were randomised 1:1 to UPA 15 mg QD or ABA, each in combination with stable synthetic DMARDs. At Week 12, patients with <20% decrease in TJC and Swollen joint count (SJC) had background medication adjusted or added. All patients completing Week 24 were eligible to remain in an open-label, long-term exten...

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August 2020

Efficacité et Innocuité de l’Upadacitinib en Monothérapie Chez les Patients Méthotrexate-Naïfs Avec une Polyarthrite Rhumatoïde Modérément À Sévèrement Active (Select-early) : Un Essai Randomisé, en Double Aveugle, À Comparateur Actif, Multicentrique et Multinational

Arthritis Rheumatol 2020

Chen S,

Upadacitinib monotherapy demonstrated superior clinical, radiographic, and patient-reported outcomes versus methotrexate in methotrexate-naïve RA patients.This 48-week double-blind active comparator study investigated upadacitinib monotherapy in patients with early RA, who were either methotrexate-naïve, or who had very limited exposure. 947 patients were randomised to once-daily upadacitinib 15 or 30 mg, or weekly methotrexate. Unusually, there were two separate primary endpoints, selected for ...