Efficacy and Safety of Adalimumab in Patients With Active Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated Concomitantly With Methotrexate.

Summary

The purpose of the study was to assess the safety, immunogenicity, and clinical efficacy of adalimumab compared with placebo (during double-blind phase) and to to evaluate the long-term safety and maintenance of efficacy following repeated administration of adalimumab (during open-label extension phase) in patients with persistently active rheumatoid arthritis who were receiving concurrent methotrexate therapy.

Timeline

Start

2000-02

Primary completion

2002-09

Completion

2010-08

Publications

• Smolen J, Fleischmann R, Aletaha D, Li Y, Zhou Y, Sainsbury I, Galindo IL. Disease activity improvements with optimal discriminatory ability between treatment arms: applicability in early and established rheumatoid arthritis clinical trials. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Nov 10;21(1):231. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-2005-9.
• Keystone EC, Breedveld FC, van der Heijde D, van Vollenhoven RF, Emery P, Smolen JS, Sainsbury I, Florentinus S, Kupper H, Chen K, Kavanaugh A. Achieving comprehensive disease control in patients with early and established rheumatoid arthritis treated with adalimumab plus methotrexate versus methotrexate alone. RMD Open. 2017 Sep 26;3(2):e000445. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2017-000445. eCollection 2017.
• Burmester GR, Landewe R, Genovese MC, Friedman AW, Pfeifer ND, Varothai NA, Lacerda AP. Adalimumab long-term safety: infections, vaccination response and pregnancy outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Feb;76(2):414-417. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209322. Epub 2016 Jun 23.
• Emery P, Kavanaugh A, Bao Y, Ganguli A, Mulani P. Comprehensive disease control (CDC): what does achieving CDC mean for patients with rheumatoid arthritis? Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Dec;74(12):2165-74. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205302. Epub 2014 Aug 19.
• Landewe R, Ostergaard M, Keystone EC, Florentinus S, Liu S, van der Heijde D. Analysis of integrated radiographic data from two long-term, open-label extension studies of adalimumab for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2015 Feb;67(2):180-6. doi: 10.1002/acr.22426.
• Keystone EC, van der Heijde D, Kavanaugh A, Kupper H, Liu S, Guerette B, Mozaffarian N. Clinical, functional, and radiographic benefits of longterm adalimumab plus methotrexate: final 10-year data in longstanding rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2013 Sep;40(9):1487-97. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120964. Epub 2013 Jul 1.
• Keystone EC, Kavanaugh A, Weinblatt ME, Patra K, Pangan AL. Clinical consequences of delayed addition of adalimumab to methotrexate therapy over 5 years in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2011 May;38(5):855-62. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.100752. Epub 2011 Feb 1.

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