Open-Label Extension Study Of Tofacitinib In Psoriatic Arthritis

Summary

This is a Phase 3, long-term open-label extension study to evaluate the safety, tolerability and efficacy of tofacitinib in subjects with active PsA who have previously participated in randomized studies of tofacitinib for this indication. This study will include a sub-study to evaluate the efficacy, safety and tolerability of tofacitinib 5 mg BID administered as monotherapy after methotrexate withdrawal compared to tofacitinib 5 mg BID continued in combination with methotrexate. The sub-study will be available to subjects who have completed at least 24 months of participation in the open-label extension study and meet eligibility criteria for the sub-study.

Timeline

Start

2014-02-17

Primary completion

2019-05-20

Completion

2019-05-20

Publications

• Gossec L, Sellas A, Gruben DC, Valderrama M, Gomez S, Kinch C, Citera G. Response to Tofacitinib in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis and Probable Anxiety/Depressive Disorder: A Post Hoc Analysis of Phase 3 Trials. Rheumatol Ther. 2025 Dec;12(6):1175-1186. doi: 10.1007/s40744-025-00800-7. Epub 2025 Oct 28.
• Gladman DD, Dougados M, Marzo-Ortega H, Cadatal MJ, Agarwal E, Kinch CD, Nash P. Long-term tofacitinib efficacy and safety in psoriatic arthritis with or without prior biologic DMARD exposure: a post hoc analysis. Rheumatol Adv Pract. 2025 Jan 21;9(2):rkaf008. doi: 10.1093/rap/rkaf008. eCollection 2025.
• Gladman DD, Nash P, Mease PJ, FitzGerald O, Duench S, Cadatal MJ, Masri KR. Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in an open-label, long-term extension study in patients with psoriatic arthritis who received adalimumab or tofacitinib in a Phase 3 randomized controlled study: a post hoc analysis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2024 Dec 19;26(1):218. doi: 10.1186/s13075-024-03442-2.
• Nash P, Coates LC, Fleishaker D, Kivitz AJ, Mease PJ, Gladman DD, FitzGerald O, Wang C, Wu J, Hsu MA, Menon S, Fallon L, Kanik KS. Safety and efficacy of tofacitinib up to 48 months in patients with active psoriatic arthritis: final analysis of the OPAL Balance long-term extension study. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Apr;3(4):e270-e283. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00010-2. Epub 2021 Mar 24.
• Nash P, Mease PJ, Fleishaker D, Wu J, Coates LC, Behrens F, Gladman DD, Kivitz AJ, Wei JC, Shirinsky I, Menon S, Romero AB, Fallon L, Hsu MA, Wang C, Kanik KS. Tofacitinib as monotherapy following methotrexate withdrawal in patients with psoriatic arthritis previously treated with open-label tofacitinib plus methotrexate: a randomised, placebo-controlled substudy of OPAL Balance. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Jan;3(1):e28-e39. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30339-8. Epub 2020 Nov 16.
• Eder L, Gladman DD, Mease P, Pollock RA, Luna R, Aydin SZ, Ogdie A, Polachek A, Gruben D, Cadatal MJ, Kinch C, Strand V. Sex differences in the efficacy, safety and persistence of patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with tofacitinib: a post-hoc analysis of phase 3 trials and long-term extension. RMD Open. 2023 Mar;9(1):e002718. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002718.
• Kristensen LE, Danese S, Yndestad A, Wang C, Nagy E, Modesto I, Rivas J, Benda B. Identification of two tofacitinib subpopulations with different relative risk versus TNF inhibitors: an analysis of the open label, randomised controlled study ORAL Surveillance. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Jul;82(7):901-910. doi: 10.1136/ard-2022-223715. Epub 2023 Mar 17.
• Winthrop KL, Yndestad A, Henrohn D, Danese S, Marsal S, Galindo M, Woolcott JC, Jo H, Kwok K, Shapiro AB, Jones TV, Diehl A, Su C, Panes J, Cohen SB. Influenza Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, or Psoriatic Arthritis in the Tofacitinib Clinical Development Programs. Rheumatol Ther. 2023 Apr;10(2):357-373. doi: 10.1007/s40744-022-00507-z. Epub 2022 Dec 17.
• Winthrop KL, Curtis JR, Yamaoka K, Lee EB, Hirose T, Rivas JL, Kwok K, Burmester GR. Clinical Management of Herpes Zoster in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis or Psoriatic Arthritis Receiving Tofacitinib Treatment. Rheumatol Ther. 2022 Feb;9(1):243-263. doi: 10.1007/s40744-021-00390-0. Epub 2021 Dec 6.
• Panaccione R, Isaacs JD, Chen LA, Wang W, Marren A, Kwok K, Wang L, Chan G, Su C. Characterization of Creatine Kinase Levels in Tofacitinib-Treated Patients with Ulcerative Colitis: Results from Clinical Trials. Dig Dis Sci. 2021 Aug;66(8):2732-2743. doi: 10.1007/s10620-020-06560-4. Epub 2020 Aug 20.
• Nash P, Coates LC, Kivitz AJ, Mease PJ, Gladman DD, Covarrubias-Cobos JA, FitzGerald O, Fleishaker D, Wang C, Wu J, Hsu MA, Menon S, Fallon L, Romero AB, Kanik KS. Safety and Efficacy of Tofacitinib in Patients with Active Psoriatic Arthritis: Interim Analysis of OPAL Balance, an Open-Label, Long-Term Extension Study. Rheumatol Ther. 2020 Sep;7(3):553-580. doi: 10.1007/s40744-020-00209-4. Epub 2020 Jun 6.
• Burmester GR, Curtis JR, Yun H, FitzGerald O, Winthrop KL, Azevedo VF, Rigby WFC, Kanik KS, Wang C, Biswas P, Jones T, Palmetto N, Hendrikx T, Menon S, Rojo R. An Integrated Analysis of the Safety of Tofacitinib in Psoriatic Arthritis across Phase III and Long-Term Extension Studies with Comparison to Real-World Observational Data. Drug Saf. 2020 Apr;43(4):379-392. doi: 10.1007/s40264-020-00904-9.
• Gladman DD, Charles-Schoeman C, McInnes IB, Veale DJ, Thiers B, Nurmohamed M, Graham D, Wang C, Jones T, Wolk R, DeMasi R. Changes in Lipid Levels and Incidence of Cardiovascular Events Following Tofacitinib Treatment in Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis: A Pooled Analysis Across Phase III and Long-Term Extension Studies. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2019 Oct;71(10):1387-1395. doi: 10.1002/acr.23930.

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