Rotation or Change of Biotherapy After First Anti-TNF Treatment Failure for Rheumatoid Arthritis

Summary

Approximately 30% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis have an inadequate response to anti-TNF (primarily or loss of response), leaving two alternatives: rotation to a second anti-TNF or change of biologic, with a different mechanism of action, such as abatacept, rituximab and tocilizumab. No controlled trial compared these two strategies face to face. The present objective is to investigate the issue whether one of these strategies could have a better efficacy in a pragmatic trial in the setting of current practice.

Timeline

Start

2009-12-23

Primary completion

2013-08-12

Completion

2013-08-12

Publications

• Results Gottenberg JE, Brocq O, Perdriger A, Lassoued S, Berthelot JM, Wendling D, Euller-Ziegler L, Soubrier M, Richez C, Fautrel B, Constantin AL, Mariette X, Morel J, Gilson M, Cormier G, Salmon JH, Rist S, Liote F, Marotte H, Bonnet C, Marcelli C, Sellam J, Meyer O, Solau-Gervais E, Guis S, Ziza JM, Zarnitsky C, Chary-Valckenaere I, Vittecoq O, Saraux A, Pers YM, Gayraud M, Bolla G, Claudepierre P, Ardizzone M, Dernis E, Breban MA, Fain O, Balblanc JC, Aberkane O, Vazel M, Back C, Candon S, Chatenoud L, Perrodeau E, Sibilia J, Ravaud P. Non-TNF-Targeted Biologic vs a Second Anti-TNF Drug to Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis in Patients With Insufficient Response to a First Anti-TNF Drug: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2016 Sep 20;316(11):1172-1180. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.13512.
• Nguyen MVC, Courtier A, Adrait A, Defendi F, Coute Y, Baillet A, Guigue L, Gottenberg JE, Dumestre-Perard C, Brun V, Gaudin P. Fetuin-A and thyroxin binding globulin predict rituximab response in rheumatoid arthritis patients with insufficient response to anti-TNFalpha. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Sep;39(9):2553-2562. doi: 10.1007/s10067-020-05030-6. Epub 2020 Mar 24.
• Virone A, Bastard JP, Fellahi S, Capeau J, Rouanet S, Sibilia J, Ravaud P, Berenbaum F, Gottenberg JE, Sellam J. Comparative effect of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors versus other biological agents on cardiovascular risk-associated biomarkers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. RMD Open. 2019 Jul 21;5(2):e000897. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-000897. eCollection 2019.
• Riviere E, Sellam J, Pascaud J, Ravaud P, Gottenberg JE, Mariette X. Serum IL-33 level is associated with auto-antibodies but not with clinical response to biologic agents in rheumatoid arthritis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2018 Jun 8;20(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1628-6.

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