Study Evaluating Etanercept Plus Methotrexate in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis

Summary

Study to evaluate whether there is sustained remission and productivity in subjects with early rheumatoid arthritis started on etanercept plus methotrexate treatment.

Timeline

Start

2009-09

Primary completion

2012-06

Completion

2012-12

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

paper More patients in the combination-therapy group than in the methotrexate-alone group or the placebo group met the criterion for the primary end point PMID 25372086 ↗

paper P=0.009 for combination therapy vs. methotrexate alone; P<0.001 for combination therapy vs. placebo PMID 25372086 ↗

Publications

• Tanaka Y, Smolen JS, Jones H, Szumski A, Marshall L, Emery P. The effect of deep or sustained remission on maintenance of remission after dose reduction or withdrawal of etanercept in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Jul 5;21(1):164. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1937-4.
• Fleischmann RM, van der Heijde D, Gardiner PV, Szumski A, Marshall L, Bananis E. DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR cut-offs for high disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis are not interchangeable. RMD Open. 2017 Jan 30;3(1):e000382. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000382. eCollection 2017.
• Zhang W, Bansback N, Sun H, Pedersen R, Kotak S, Anis AH. Impact of etanercept tapering on work productivity in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis: results from the PRIZE study. RMD Open. 2016 Jul 7;2(2):e000222. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2015-000222. eCollection 2016.
• Wiland P, Dudler J, Veale D, Tahir H, Pedersen R, Bukowski J, Vlahos B, Williams T, Gaylord S, Kotak S. The Effect of Reduced or Withdrawn Etanercept-methotrexate Therapy on Patient-reported Outcomes in Patients with Early Rheumatoid Arthritis. J Rheumatol. 2016 Jul;43(7):1268-77. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.151179. Epub 2016 Jun 1.
• Zhang W, Bansback N, Sun H, Pedersen R, Kotak S, Anis AH. Estimating the monetary value of the annual productivity gained in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis receiving etanercept plus methotrexate: interim results from the PRIZE study. RMD Open. 2015 Apr 8;1(1):e000042. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2014-000042. eCollection 2015.
• Emery P, Hammoudeh M, FitzGerald O, Combe B, Martin-Mola E, Buch MH, Krogulec M, Williams T, Gaylord S, Pedersen R, Bukowski J, Vlahos B. Sustained remission with etanercept tapering in early rheumatoid arthritis. N Engl J Med. 2014 Nov 6;371(19):1781-92. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1316133.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Etanercept	Protein / enzyme biologic	25 mg	—
Subject	Etanercept	Protein / enzyme biologic	50 mg	—

Indications