N/A
Completed N=705
Safety and Effectiveness of Adalimumab in Patients Diagnosed With Rheumatoid Arthritis
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT01078571 ↗Enrolled (actual)
705
Serious AEs
4.2%
Results posted
Oct 2011
Primary outcomePrimary: Safety and Tolerability of Adalimumab Treatment. Adverse Events: Medical Occurrence in a Patient or Clinical Investigation Subject Administered a Pharmaceutical Product and Which Does Not Necessarily Have a Causal Relationship With the Treatment — 28; 184; 36; 53 Participants
Summary
Adalimumab is one of the pharmacological treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) of more recent marketing authorization, and as a result of this, there are only efficacy and safety data from clinical trials with controlled conditions.The study will evaluate the safety and effectiveness of adalimumab in the common clinical practice of RA treatment in Spain, with several types of patients showing concomitant treatments or diseases and compliance. Among the tumor necrosis factor antagonists safety studies, adalimumab safety has been the less investigated in the common clinical practice because of, as a result of its recent marketing, it was not included in the BIOBADASER (Data Base for Biological Products in Spain, Rheumatology Spanish Society), Biologic Products Database of the Spanish Society of Rheumatology ) in which was determined an association between infliximab therapy and the risk of developing active tuberculosis. To ensure the maintaining of the strict common physician practice (no prescription induction), and following the recommendations of the SER (Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Spanish Society of Rheumatology) consensus documents, it will be selected only those patients that were already in treatment with adalimumab (HUMIRA),(except patients involved in clinical studies with Adalimumab), and had shown good response, or those that fulfilled treatment indication in accordance with the SER recommendations and following the Summary of Products Characteristics of adalimumab (HUMIRA).
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Safety and Tolerability of Adalimumab Treatment. Adverse Events: Medical Occurrence in a Patient or Clinical Investigation Subject Administered a Pharmaceutical Product and Which Does Not Necessarily Have a Causal Relationship With the Treatment |
28; 184; 36; 53; 49; 50 | — |
| SECONDARY Disease Activity Score (DAS 28) Index Mean Change From Baseline. The Disease Activity Score (DAS) is a Combined Index That Has Been Developed to Measure the Disease Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). |
1.62; 0.21 | — |
| SECONDARY Disease Activity Score (DAS 28) Index Percentage Change From Baseline. The Disease Activity Score (DAS) is a Combined Index That Has Been Developed to Measure the Disease Activity in Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). |
0.28; 0.01 | — |
| SECONDARY Clinical Evaluation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). Clinical Evaluation in the Inclusion Visit and in Each One of the Study Visits. |
7.93; 2.22; 4.11; 1.67; 2.99; 1.76 | — |
| SECONDARY Life Quality Assessment Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ Questionnaire) Mean Change From Baseline. |
0.44; 0.05 | — |
| SECONDARY Life Quality Assessment Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ Questionnaire) Percentage Change From Baseline. |
0.25; -0.09 | — |
| SECONDARY Radiological Evaluation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA). |
310; 281; 153; 156; 75; 57 | — |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Patients older than 18 years
- Patients who underwent adalimumab treatment at least for the previous 4 months before baseline visit, who have a good therapeutic response to treatment and have not been involved in previous clinical studies with Adalimumab or
- Patients who previously to the baseline visit, have been prescribe adalimumab complying treatment indication according to SER (Sociedad Española de Reumatología, Spanish Society of Rheumatology) recommendations:
- Patients who had provided informed consent.
- Patients who have been prescribed adalimumab according to the Summary of Product Characteristics
Exclusion Criteria
- Patients in whom a continued 12- months follow up is not anticipated.
- The contraindications specified in the Summary of Products Characteristics
- Hypersensibility to some of the components of the medication to administer.
- Any pathology shown by the patient that, according to medical criterion, contraindicates the treatment indicated in the protocol according to the Summary of Products Characteristics of adalimumab (HUMIRA®).
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01078571). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.