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ABSTRACT: Objectives
Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).Methods
Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab 50 mg or 100 mg q4wks from wk24 forward. Methotrexate was allowed and taken by approximately half the patients. Findings through 5 years are reported herein. Efficacy assessments included ≥20% improvement in American College of Rheumatology (ACR20) response, C-reactive-protein-based, 28-joint-count Disease Activity Score (DAS28-CRP) response, ≥75% improvement in Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI75) scores, and PsA-modified Sharp/van der Heijde scores (SHSs).Results
126/405 (31%) randomised patients discontinued treatment through wk252. Golimumab was effective in maintaining clinical improvement through year-5 (ACR20: 62.8-69.9%, DAS28-CRP: 75.2-84.9% for randomised patients; PASI75: 60.8-72.2% among randomised patients with ≥3% body surface area involvement) and inhibiting radiographic progression (mean changes in PsA-modified SHS: 0.1-0.3) among patients with radiographic data. While concomitant methotrexate did not affect ACR20/PASI75, it appeared to reduce radiographic progression. No new safety signals were identified. Antibodies-to-golimumab occurred in 1.8%/10.0% of patients with/without methotrexate).Conclusions
Long-term golimumab safety/efficacy in PsA was demonstrated through 5 years.Trial registration number
NCT00265096.
SUBMITTER: Kavanaugh A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4145441 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kavanaugh Arthur A McInnes Iain B IB Mease Philip P Krueger Gerald G GG Gladman Dafna D van der Heijde Désirée D Zhou Yiying Y Lu Jiandong J Leu Jocelyn H JH Goldstein Neil N Beutler Anna A
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 20140419 9
<h4>Objectives</h4>Assess golimumab's long-term efficacy/safety in psoriatic arthritis (PsA).<h4>Methods</h4>Adults with active PsA (≥3 swollen and tender joints, active psoriasis) were randomly assigned to subcutaneous placebo, golimumab 50 mg, or golimumab 100 mg every 4 weeks (q4wks) through wk20. All patients received golimumab 50 mg or 100 mg q4wks from wk24 forward. Methotrexate was allowed and taken by approximately half the patients. Findings through 5 years are reported herein. Efficacy ...[more]