Oral glucocorticoid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating TNF-inhibitors, tocilizumab or abatacept: Results from the international TOCERRA and PANABA observational collaborative studies
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Oral glucocorticoid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating TNF-inhibitors, tocilizumab or abatacept : Results from the international TOCERRA and PANABA observational collaborative studies. / Lauper, Kim; Mongin, Denis; Bergstra, Sytske Anne; Choquette, Denis; Codreanu, Catalin; Gottenberg, Jacques Eric; Kubo, Satoshi; Hetland, Merete Lund; Iannone, Florenzo; Kristianslund, Eirik K.; Kvien, Tore K.; Lukina, Galina; Mariette, Xavier; Nordström, Dan C.; Pavelka, Karel; Pombo-Suarez, Manuel; Rotar, Ziga; Santos, Maria J.; Tanaka, Yoshiya; Turesson, Carl; Courvoisier, Delphine S.; Finckh, Axel; Gabay, Cem.
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T1 - Oral glucocorticoid use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis initiating TNF-inhibitors, tocilizumab or abatacept
T2 - Results from the international TOCERRA and PANABA observational collaborative studies
AU - Lauper, Kim
AU - Mongin, Denis
AU - Bergstra, Sytske Anne
AU - Choquette, Denis
AU - Codreanu, Catalin
AU - Gottenberg, Jacques Eric
AU - Kubo, Satoshi
AU - Hetland, Merete Lund
AU - Iannone, Florenzo
AU - Kristianslund, Eirik K.
AU - Kvien, Tore K.
AU - Lukina, Galina
AU - Mariette, Xavier
AU - Nordström, Dan C.
AU - Pavelka, Karel
AU - Pombo-Suarez, Manuel
AU - Rotar, Ziga
AU - Santos, Maria J.
AU - Tanaka, Yoshiya
AU - Turesson, Carl
AU - Courvoisier, Delphine S.
AU - Finckh, Axel
AU - Gabay, Cem
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s)
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Objective: To evaluate and compare the use of oral glucocorticoids with three classes of bDMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: We included patients from 13 observational registries treated with a TNF-inhibitor, abatacept or tocilizumab and with available information on the use of oral glucocorticoids. The main outcome was oral glucocorticoid withdrawal. A McNemar test was used to analyse the change in the use of glucocorticoids after 1 year. Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox regressions, adjusted for patient, treatment, and disease characteristics, were used to evaluate glucocorticoid discontinuation in patients with glucocorticoids at baseline. Because of heterogeneity, analyses were done by registers and pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Results: A total of 12,334 participants treated with TNF-inhibitors, 2100 with tocilizumab and 3229 with abatacept were included. At one-year, oral glucocorticoid use decreased in all treatment groups (odds ratio for stopping vs. starting of 2.19 [95% CI 1.58; 3.04] for TNF-inhibitors, 2.46 [1.39; 4.35] for tocilizumab; 1.73 [1.25; 2.21] for abatacept). Median time to glucocorticoid withdrawal was ≈2 years or more in most countries, with a gradual decrease over time. Compared to TNF-inhibitors, crude hazard ratios of glucocorticoid discontinuation were 0.65[0.48–0.87] for abatacept, and 1.04 [0.76–1.43] for tocilizumab, and adjusted hazard ratios were 1.1 [0.83–1.47] for abatacept, and 1.30 [0.96–1.78] for tocilizumab. Conclusion: After initiation of a bDMARD, glucocorticoid use decreased similarly in all treatment groups. However, glucocorticoid withdrawal was much slower than advocated by current international guidelines. More effort should be devoted to glucocorticoid tapering when low disease activity is achieved.
AB - Objective: To evaluate and compare the use of oral glucocorticoids with three classes of bDMARDs in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: We included patients from 13 observational registries treated with a TNF-inhibitor, abatacept or tocilizumab and with available information on the use of oral glucocorticoids. The main outcome was oral glucocorticoid withdrawal. A McNemar test was used to analyse the change in the use of glucocorticoids after 1 year. Kaplan-Meier estimates and Cox regressions, adjusted for patient, treatment, and disease characteristics, were used to evaluate glucocorticoid discontinuation in patients with glucocorticoids at baseline. Because of heterogeneity, analyses were done by registers and pooled using random-effects meta-analysis. Results: A total of 12,334 participants treated with TNF-inhibitors, 2100 with tocilizumab and 3229 with abatacept were included. At one-year, oral glucocorticoid use decreased in all treatment groups (odds ratio for stopping vs. starting of 2.19 [95% CI 1.58; 3.04] for TNF-inhibitors, 2.46 [1.39; 4.35] for tocilizumab; 1.73 [1.25; 2.21] for abatacept). Median time to glucocorticoid withdrawal was ≈2 years or more in most countries, with a gradual decrease over time. Compared to TNF-inhibitors, crude hazard ratios of glucocorticoid discontinuation were 0.65[0.48–0.87] for abatacept, and 1.04 [0.76–1.43] for tocilizumab, and adjusted hazard ratios were 1.1 [0.83–1.47] for abatacept, and 1.30 [0.96–1.78] for tocilizumab. Conclusion: After initiation of a bDMARD, glucocorticoid use decreased similarly in all treatment groups. However, glucocorticoid withdrawal was much slower than advocated by current international guidelines. More effort should be devoted to glucocorticoid tapering when low disease activity is achieved.
KW - Biologic
KW - Corticosteroid
KW - Epidemiology
KW - IL-6 inhibitor
KW - Observational
KW - Registry
U2 - 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105671
DO - 10.1016/j.jbspin.2023.105671
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38042363
AN - SCOPUS:85181255234
VL - 91
JO - Joint Bone Spine
JF - Joint Bone Spine
SN - 1297-319X
IS - 2
M1 - 105671
ER -
ID: 379713070