Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND

Objective To evaluate the long-term sustainability of response to the Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response or intolerance to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD-IR) in the SELECT-BEYOND phase 3 trial.Methods Pati...

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Main Authors: Ronald F van Vollenhoven, Roy Fleischmann, Stephen Hall, Yanna Song, Sebastian Meerwein, Alvin F Wells, Oishi Tanjinatus
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Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-09-01
Series:RMD Open
Online Access:https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/3/e004037.full
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author Ronald F van Vollenhoven
Roy Fleischmann
Stephen Hall
Yanna Song
Sebastian Meerwein
Alvin F Wells
Oishi Tanjinatus
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Roy Fleischmann
Stephen Hall
Yanna Song
Sebastian Meerwein
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Oishi Tanjinatus
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description Objective To evaluate the long-term sustainability of response to the Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response or intolerance to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD-IR) in the SELECT-BEYOND phase 3 trial.Methods Patients on background conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) were treated once daily with upadacitinib 15 mg or placebo. Patients who completed the week 24 visit could enter a long-term extension of up to 5 years. The sustainability of response was assessed based on achievement of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI), Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and Disease Activity Score 28-joint count using C-reactive protein (DAS28 (CRP)) targets and evaluated up to week 260 in all patients receiving the approved upadacitinib 15 mg dose, including those randomised to upadacitinib 15 mg and those who switched from placebo to upadacitinib 15 mg at week 12.Results In this bDMARD-IR population, 45% (n=104/229) and 79% (n=172/219) of patients treated with upadacitinib 15 mg plus background csDMARD(s) achieved CDAI remission or CDAI low disease activity (LDA) at any point during the 5-year study, respectively. Of those who achieved CDAI remission/LDA, 25%/43% maintained their initial response through 240 weeks of follow-up after first achieving response. Most patients who lost remission or LDA were able to recapture that response by the cut-off date. Similar overall results were observed for SDAI and DAS28 (CRP). No strong predictors of response were identified.Conclusions Over three-quarters of bDMARD-IR patients achieved CDAI LDA with upadacitinib, and almost half of those maintained LDA through 240 weeks of follow-up. Remission was achieved by nearly half of all patients and maintained in approximately a quarter of those achieving remission.Trial registration number NCT02706847.
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spelling doaj-art-586ca3e848a64b7e8e3e8f420081088c2025-08-20T01:51:10ZengBMJ Publishing GroupRMD Open2056-59332024-09-0110310.1136/rmdopen-2023-004037Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYONDRonald F van Vollenhoven0Roy Fleischmann1Stephen Hall2Yanna Song3Sebastian Meerwein4Alvin F Wells5Oishi Tanjinatus615 Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsUniversity of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, Texas, USARheumatology, Emeritus Research and Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, USAAbbVie Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, GermanyAurora Rheumatology and Immunotherapy Center, Franklin, Wisconsin, USAAbbVie, North Chicago, Illinois, USAObjective To evaluate the long-term sustainability of response to the Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and an inadequate response or intolerance to biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD-IR) in the SELECT-BEYOND phase 3 trial.Methods Patients on background conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) were treated once daily with upadacitinib 15 mg or placebo. Patients who completed the week 24 visit could enter a long-term extension of up to 5 years. The sustainability of response was assessed based on achievement of Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI), Simplified Disease Activity Index (SDAI) and Disease Activity Score 28-joint count using C-reactive protein (DAS28 (CRP)) targets and evaluated up to week 260 in all patients receiving the approved upadacitinib 15 mg dose, including those randomised to upadacitinib 15 mg and those who switched from placebo to upadacitinib 15 mg at week 12.Results In this bDMARD-IR population, 45% (n=104/229) and 79% (n=172/219) of patients treated with upadacitinib 15 mg plus background csDMARD(s) achieved CDAI remission or CDAI low disease activity (LDA) at any point during the 5-year study, respectively. Of those who achieved CDAI remission/LDA, 25%/43% maintained their initial response through 240 weeks of follow-up after first achieving response. Most patients who lost remission or LDA were able to recapture that response by the cut-off date. Similar overall results were observed for SDAI and DAS28 (CRP). No strong predictors of response were identified.Conclusions Over three-quarters of bDMARD-IR patients achieved CDAI LDA with upadacitinib, and almost half of those maintained LDA through 240 weeks of follow-up. Remission was achieved by nearly half of all patients and maintained in approximately a quarter of those achieving remission.Trial registration number NCT02706847.https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/3/e004037.full
spellingShingle Ronald F van Vollenhoven
Roy Fleischmann
Stephen Hall
Yanna Song
Sebastian Meerwein
Alvin F Wells
Oishi Tanjinatus
Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
RMD Open
title Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
title_full Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
title_fullStr Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
title_full_unstemmed Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
title_short Long-term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments: results up to 5 years from SELECT-BEYOND
title_sort long term sustainability of response to upadacitinib among patients with active rheumatoid arthritis refractory to biological treatments results up to 5 years from select beyond
url https://rmdopen.bmj.com/content/10/3/e004037.full
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