Publications

Pharmacological Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis: A Systematic Literature Research for the 2019 Update of the EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 2020;79:778-786

Kerschbaumer A,

Smolen JS,

Dougados M,

De Wit M,

Primdahl J,

McInnes I,

Van Der Heijde D,

Baraliakos X,

Falzon L,

Gossec L

This SLR reviewed data on pharmacological treatment of PsA. Findings informed the 2019 EULAR taskforce when updating recommendations for PsA management. Overall, no new safety signals were reported. Encouragingly, LTEs of JAKi did not report any venous thromboembolic events or PEs. Efficacy was demonstrated for a range of bDMARD and tsDMARD therapies in various disease domains. Efficacy varied between PsA manifestations and between therapies. Observational data demonstrated efficacy when switchi...

Keywords:

• EULAR

Tofacitinib in Combination with Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Patient-reported Outcomes from the 24-month Phase 3 ORAL Scan study

Clin Exp Rheumatol . Sep-Oct 2020;38(5):848-857. Epub 2019 Dec 19.

Strand V,

van der Heijde D,

Tanaka Y,

Keystone E,

Kremer J,

Zerbini C A F,

Cardiel M H,

Cohen S,

Nash P,

Song Y-W,

Tegzová D,

Gruben D,

Wallenstein G,

Connell C A,

Fleischmann R

In the ORAL SCAN study, patients receiving TOF 5 mg or 10 mg BID reported significant improvements in patient-reported outcomes at month 3 compared with placebo, which were maintained through 24 months of treatment.RA causes a significant health and socioeconomic burden and affects all aspects of health related quality of life. ORAL Scan included patients with active RA and inadequate response to MTX who were randomised to receive TOF 5 mg or 10 mg BID plus MTX or PBO. This study evaluated the i...

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Tofacitinib,
• Phase 3,
• PRO / QoL

Highlights of 2019

Please click the links below to go to the CSF review of each paper

McInnes. I

2019 was another remarkable year in cytokine signalling. We can be optimistic that clinical practice for inflammatory arthritis will continue to improve, with promising long-term safety data supporting the use of established JAK inhibitors; tofacitinib and baricitinib, in addition to exciting phase III clinical data for filgotinib and newly approved upadacitinib. You can find the most notable papers, as selected by CSF Steering Committee Chair Professor Iain McInnes, with links to their respecti...

Keywords:

• Review

Efficacy and Safety of Peficitinib (ASP015K) in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate: Results of a Phase III Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial (RAJ4) in Japan

Ann Rheum Dis 2019 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215164

Takeuchi T,

Tanaka Y,

Tanaka S,

Kawakami A,

Iwasaki M,

Katayama K,

Rokuda M,

Izutsu H,

Ushijima S,

Kaneko Y,

Shiomi T,

Yamada E,

van der Heijde D

Peficitinib (PEF) 100 and 150 mg demonstrated robust clinical and structural efficacy in patients with RA who have an inadequate response to MTX. In Japan, two JAK inhibitors, TOF and BARI are currently available for RA patients with an inadequate response to conventional therapies. This randomized phase 3 study (RAJ4), assessed the efficacy and safety of two PEF doses in combination with MTX compared to PBO, in Japanese MTX-IR. Patients were randomized 1:1:1 to PBO, PEF 100 mg and 150 mg with M...

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Peficitinib,
• Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis Naïve to Methotrexate Therapy: FINCH 3 Primary Outcome Results

EULAR 2019 Abstract LB0003 Presentation

Westhovens R,

Rigby WFC,

van der Heijde D,

Ching DWT,

Bartok B,

Matzkies F,

Yin Z,

Guo Y,

Tasset C,

Sundy JS,

Mozaffarian N,

Messina OD,

Landewé RBM,

Atsumi T,

Burmester GR

Filgotinib is an orally administered, selective inhibitor of JAK1. Filgotinib has shown good efficacy and was well tolerated for the treatment of RA in Phase 2 and 3 studies evaluating MTX-IR or bDMARD-IR patients. The objective of this study was to compare the efficacy and safety of filgotinib with and without MTX in patients with RA who were naïve to MTX therapy....

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Filgotinib,
• Phase 3

Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With Inadequate Response to Methotrexate: FINCH 1 Primary Outcome Results

EULAR 2019 Abstract LB0001 Presentation

Combe BG,

Kivitiz AJ,

Tanaka Y,

van der Heijde D,

Matzkies F,

Bartok B,

Ye L,

Guo Y,

Tasset C,

Sundy JS,

Mozaffarian N,

Landewé RBM,

Bae SC,

Keystone EC,

Nash P

Filgotinib is an orally administered, selective inhibitor of JAK1. Filgotinib has shown good efficacy and was well tolerated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Phase 2 studies.The objective of this Phase 3 study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of filgotinib treatment in patients with RA who have had an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX)....

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Filgotinib,
• Phase 3

Tofacitinib in Combination with Methotrexate in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Clinical Efficacy, Radiographic and Safety Outcomes from the 24-Month Phase 3 ORAL Scan Study

Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jun;71(6):878-891

van der Heijde D,

Strand V,

Tanaka Y,

Keystone E,

Kremer J,

Zerbini CAF,

Cardiel MH,

Stanley Cohen S,

Nash P,

Song YW,

Tegzová D,

Gruben D,

Wallenstein G,

Connell CA,

Fleischmann R; ORAL Scan investigators

RA patients receiving TOF 5 or 10 mg BID plus MTX showed sustained clinical and radiographic treatment effects through months 12-24. The safety profile was consistent with previous TOF studies. The 12-month data from the ORAL Scan study have been previously reported. This report assesses durability of responses, including structural damage progression, and safety with TOF through 24 months. Patients were randomized 4:4:1:1 to receive TOF 5 or 10 mg BID, or PBO advanced to TOF with stable, backgr...

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Tofacitinib,
• Phase 3,
• Radiographic

Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib, a Selective Janus Kinase 1 Inhibitor, in Patients with Active Ankylosing Spondylitis (TORTUGA): Results from a Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Phase 2 Trial

Lancet 2018 Dec 1;392(10162):2378-2387. DOI 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)32463-2

Van der Heijde D,

Baraliakos X,

Gensler LS,

Maksymowych WP,

Tseluyko V,

Nadashkevich O,

Abi-Saab W,

Tasset C,

Meuleners L,

Besuyen R,

Hendrikx T,

Mozafarian N,

Liu K,

Greer JM,

Deodhar A,

Landewé R

In this first clinical trial of filgotinib in patients with active AS, filgotinib significantly reduced disease activity, and the signs and symptoms of AS compared with placebo. The TORTUGA trial was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, Phase 2 trial, that enrolled 263 adult patients from 30 sites in seven countries. Patients with active AS and an inadequate response or intolerance to two or more NSAIDs were assigned 1:1 to receive filgotinib 200 mg or placebo once daily for 12 weeks....

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Filgotinib,
• Phase 2

Structural Damage Progression in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Methotrexate, Baricitinib, or Baricitinib plus Methotrexate Based on Clinical Response in the Phase 3 RA-BEGIN Study

Clinical Rheumatology 2018;37:2381–90 DOI 10.1007/s10067-018-4221-0

van der Heijde D,

Durez P,

Schett G,

Naredo E,

Østergaard M,

Meszros G,

De Leonardis F,

De La Torre I,

López-Romero P,

Schlichting D,

Nantz E,

Fleichmann R

Patients with active RA and little or no prior DMARD treatment, who achieved sustained clinical responses, were less likely to show structural damage progression, irrespective of treatment.RA-BEGIN was a 52-week double-blind, multicentre Phase 3 trial, which assessed the safety and efficacy of BARI as monotherapy or in combination with MTX versus MTX monotherapy, in RA patients with no or limited prior DMARDs use.1-4 This post-hoc analysis evaluated the structural damage progression in patients ...

Keywords:

• JAK,
• Baricitinib,
• Phase 3,
• Radiographic

Two Years of Sarilumab in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to MTX: Safety, Efficacy and Radiographic Outcomes

Rheumatology 2018;57:1423–1431 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/key121

Genovese MC,

van Adelsberg J,

Fan C,

Graham NMH,

van Hoogstraten H,

Parrino J,

Mangan EK,

Spindler A,

Huizinga TWJ,

van der Heijde D,

for the EXTEND study investigators

Two-year treatment of active, moderate-to-severe RA with sarilumab, along with dose reduction in the event of laboratory abnormalities, resulted in durable efficacy outcomes and a safety profile consistent with previous reports involving IL-6R inhibition. Durable long-term safety and efficacy, reduced joint damage progression, and conserving health-related quality of life and work productivity are important goals of therapy in RA.1 Sarilumab significantly reduced disease activity, improved physi...

Keywords:

• IL-6,
• Sarilumab,
• Phase 3,
• Safety,
• Radiographic