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N/A N=209

An Observational Study in Clinical Practice Management of Patients With Biological Drugs in Monotherapy

Rheumatoid Arthritis

Enrolled (actual)
209
Serious AEs
3.4%
Results posted
Apr 2016
Primary outcome: Primary: Number of Participants With Level of Education Completed — 01; 15; 86; 59 Participants

Study Design & Population

Study type
Observational
Phase
N/A
Interventions
Age
Adult, Older Adult · 18+ yrs
Sex
All
Sponsor
Hoffmann-La Roche
Primary completion
Jun 2013

Outcome Measures

OutcomeResultp-value
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Level of Education Completed
01; 15; 86; 59; 17; 28
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Smoking Habits
170; 15; 23; 01
PRIMARY
Smoking-habit for Smokers or Ex-smokers (Packs in Years)
120.20; 122.26
PRIMARY
Smoking-habit or Smokers or Ex-smokers (Smoking/Quit Smoking )
18.73; 9.35
PRIMARY
Mean Time of Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis
13.45
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Family History of Rheumatoid Arthritis
15; 160; 34
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Co-morbidities
109; 100
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Extra-articular Manifestations at Visit 1
59; 148; 02
PRIMARY
Mean Number of Painful and Swollen Joints at Visit 1
1.92; 0.84
PRIMARY
Physician's Global Assessment of Disease Activity at Visit 1
2.49
PRIMARY
Patient's Global Assessment of Disease Activity at Visit 1
3.11
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Hematology Parameters Values Falling Within Reference Values at Visit 1
159; 165; 145; 173; 157; 140
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Biochemistry Parameters Values Falling Within Reference Values at Visit 1
172; 162; 130; 104; 82; 76
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Presence/Absence Rheumatoid Factor and Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Protein Antibodies
125; 42; 42; 80; 35; 94
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With C-reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate Falling Within Reference Values at Visit 1
180; 162
PRIMARY
Patient Pain Visual Analog Scale Score at Visit 1
3.09
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Joint Damage at Visit 1
154; 55
PRIMARY
Mean Score on Disease Activity Score Based on 28-Joints Count at Visit 1
2.70
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Disease Activity Score by Categorization at Visit 1
104; 43; 59; 03
PRIMARY
Mean Score on Clinical Disease Activity Index at Visit 1
8.36
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Clinical Disease Activity by Categorization at Visit 1
33; 118; 52; 06
PRIMARY
Mean Score on Simple Disease Activity Index at Visit 1
8.76
PRIMARY
Number of Participants With Simple Disease Activity Index Score by Categorization at Visit 1
42; 110; 53; 04
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Prescribed First Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug Therapy Before the Study
209; 27
SECONDARY
Mean Time Between Diagnosis and Prescription of First Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug or First Biologic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drug
19.53; 89.81
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Received Each sDMARD Before The Study
10; 5; 47; 48; 48; 27
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Received Last sDMARD Prescribed Before the Study
1; 1; 13; 10; 1; 62
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Prescribed First bDMARD Before the Study
126
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Received Each bDMARD Before the Study
58; 48; 2; 61; 10; 4
SECONDARY
Mean Time Between the Last sDMARD and bDMARD Received at Visit 1
9.39; 1.78; 36.69
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Changing the Previous sDMARD/ bDMARD
343; 135; 25; 7; 40; 155
SECONDARY
Number of sDMARD and bDMARDs Received Before the Study Treatment (bDMARD Monotherapy)
2.63; 1.67
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Received sDMARD, sDMARD+ bDMARD or bDMARD Immediately Before the Study Treatment
64; 95; 50
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Discontinued the Previous Treatment and Started the Study Treatment
128; 21; 16; 22; 22
SECONDARY
Median Time Taking the Biologic Agent in Monotherapy Before the Study Treatment
29.4; 31.9; 59.5; 16; 18.6; 10.1
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Treated With Concomitant Medications Before the Study
140; 128; 19
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Received Current bDMARD Treatment at the Time of the Study
39; 3; 26; 8; 122; 8
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Received Other Concomitant Treatments With the Current bDMARD Monotherapy
39; 48; 42
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Reasons for Starting Current Biologic Monotherapy
128; 21; 22; 22; 16
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Who Received Tocilizumab, Anti-Tumour Necrosis Factor and Other as a Monotherapy at the Time of the Study
122; 71; 16
SECONDARY
Mean Time of bDMARD Monotherapy Started at the Time of the Study Since Onset of RA
11.34; 10.23
SECONDARY
Number of sDMARD and bDMARDs Received Before the Study Treatment (Tocilizumab or Other Biologic Agent)
2.59; 2.69; 1.34; 0.53
SECONDARY
Mean Score on Disease Activity Score Based on 28-Joints Count, Clinical Disease Activity Index and Simple Disease Activity Index by Biologic Agent in Monotherapy at the Time of the Study
2.52; 2.97; 8.66; 7.94; 8.94; 8.52
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Categorization of Disease Activity Based on Disease Activity Score, Clinical Disease Activity Index Score and Simple Disease Activity Index Score
90; 57; 32; 30; 84; 67
SECONDARY
Mean Number of Joint Count for Painful Joints and Swollen Joints by Biologic Agent in Monotherapy at the Time of the Study
2.16; 1.57; 0.96; 0.68
SECONDARY
Number of Participants Falling Within Reference Values For C-reactive Protein and Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate by Biologic Agent in Monotherapy at the Time of the Study
110; 70; 108; 54
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Adverse Events Leading to a Change of Treatment
96
SECONDARY
Number of Participants With Any Adverse Events and Any Serious Adverse Events
27; 07

Summary

This observational multicenter study will evaluate the management of disease and safety in clinical practice in patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis receiving any biological therapies in monotherapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • Adult patients, >/=18 years of age
  • Patients with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis who have had an inadequate response or intolerance to disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or other biological drugs
  • Patients treated with biologic DMARDs alone for at least 6 months

Exclusion Criteria

  • Patients not willing or unable to give written informed consent for participation in this study
  • Patients who are participating in any clinical trial at the time of this study
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01664117). 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.

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