A Study Investigating the Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib (ABT-494) Given With Methotrexate (MTX) in Adults With Rheumatoid Arthritis Who Have Had an Inadequate Response to MTX Alone

Summary

The primary objective of the study was to compare the safety and efficacy of multiple doses of upadacitinib versus placebo in adults with moderately to severely active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) on stable background methotrexate therapy who had not shown an adequate response to methotrexate alone.

Timeline

Start

2014-03-26

Primary completion

2015-07-02

Completion

2015-07-02

Outcome

Met primary endpoint

registry analysis (superiority test); Placebo vs Upadacitinib 6 mg BID; p = 0.018; Chi-squared; note: Statistical tests were 1-sided at a significance level of 0.05. NCT02066389 ↗

release “BALANCE-I and BALANCE-II achieved ACR20 at week 12 across all dose levels, except the lowest dose in BALANCE-II.” abbvie.com ↗

Publications

• Background Genovese MC, Smolen JS, Weinblatt ME, Burmester GR, Meerwein S, Camp HS, Wang L, Othman AA, Khan N, Pangan AL, Jungerwirth S. Efficacy and Safety of ABT-494, a Selective JAK-1 Inhibitor, in a Phase IIb Study in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis and an Inadequate Response to Methotrexate. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2016 Dec;68(12):2857-2866. doi: 10.1002/art.39808.
• Yamaoka K, Tanaka Y, Kameda H, Khan N, Sasaki N, Harigai M, Song Y, Zhang Y, Takeuchi T. The Safety Profile of Upadacitinib in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Japan. Drug Saf. 2021 Jun;44(6):711-722. doi: 10.1007/s40264-021-01067-x. Epub 2021 May 27.
• Nader A, Mohamed MF, Winzenborg I, Doelger E, Noertersheuser P, Pangan AL, Othman AA. Exposure-Response Analyses of Upadacitinib Efficacy and Safety in Phase II and III Studies to Support Benefit-Risk Assessment in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2020 Apr;107(4):994-1003. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1671. Epub 2019 Nov 30.
• Mohamed MF, Klunder B, Camp HS, Othman AA. Exposure-Response Analyses of Upadacitinib Efficacy in Phase II Trials in Rheumatoid Arthritis and Basis for Phase III Dose Selection. Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Dec;106(6):1319-1327. doi: 10.1002/cpt.1543. Epub 2019 Aug 23.
• Klunder B, Mohamed MF, Othman AA. Population Pharmacokinetics of Upadacitinib in Healthy Subjects and Subjects with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Analyses of Phase I and II Clinical Trials. Clin Pharmacokinet. 2018 Aug;57(8):977-988. doi: 10.1007/s40262-017-0605-6.

Drugs

Evaluation	Drug	Modality	Dose	Route
Subject	Upadacitinib	Small molecule	3 mg	Oral
Subject	Upadacitinib	Small molecule	6 mg	Oral
Subject	Upadacitinib	Small molecule	12 mg	Oral
Subject	Upadacitinib	Small molecule	18 mg	Oral
Subject	Upadacitinib	Small molecule	24 mg	Oral

Indications