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.

December 2024

Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis refractory to biologic therapy: 2-year clinical and radiographic results from the open-label extension of the SELECT-AXIS 2 study

Arthritis Res Ther. 2024 12;26:197 doi 10.1186/s13075-024-03412-8

Bu X,

Wung P,

Kato K,

Shmagel A,

Deodhar A

Baraliakos et al. assessed the long-term efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis who were refractory to biologic therapy. At week 104, the treatment sustained improvements in disease activity and functional outcomes with low rates of radiographic progression and no new safety signals.

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September 2024

Enhanced type 1 interferon signature in axial spondyloarthritis patients unresponsive to secukinumab treatment

Arthritis Rheumatol 2024 Epub ahead of print doi: 10.1002/art.42974

Tang M,

Lim M,

Yau E,

Pacheco et al. demonstrated that, compared with axSpA patients who respond to secukinumab, patients who do not respond show increased IL-17A-producing cells and have a more pronounced type 1 IFN signature, indicating a larger inflammatory burden.

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July 2022

Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib for Active Ankylosing Spondylitis Refractory to Biological Therapy: A Double-blind, Randomised, Placebo-controlled Phase 3 Trial

Ann Rheum Dis 2022 doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2022-222608

Zend X,

Si Y,

Bu X,

Pangan AL,

Wung P,

Song I

Van der Heijde et al., carried out a study to show whether upadacitinib offers an effective treatment option for bDMARD-naïve and bDMARD-IR patients with active AS. Their results indicated that upadacitinib 15 mg significantly improved the signs and symptoms of active AS. The treatment was well tolerated for 14 weeks in bDMARD-IR patients, consistent with results observed in the upadacitinib AS bDMARD-naïve study.