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ABSTRACT: Objectives
To investigate the efficacy and safety of switching from infliximab reference product (RP) to its biosimilar or maintaining biosimilar treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).Methods
This open-label extension study recruited patients with AS who completed a 54-week, randomised controlled study comparing CT-P13 with RP (PLANETAS). CT-P13 (5 mg/kg) was administered intravenously every 8 weeks from week 62 to week 102. Efficacy end points included the proportion of patients achieving Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS)20. Antidrug antibodies (ADAs) were measured using an electrochemiluminescent method. Data were analysed for patients treated with CT-P13 in the main PLANETAS study and the extension (maintenance group) and those who were switched to CT-P13 during the extension study (switch group).Results
Overall, 174 (82.9%) of 210 patients who completed the first 54 weeks of PLANETAS and agreed to participate in the extension were enrolled. Among these, 88 were maintained on CT-P13 and 86 were switched to CT-P13 from RP. In these maintenance and switch groups, respectively, ASAS20 response rates at week 102 were 80.7% and 76.9%. ASAS40 and ASAS partial remission were also similar between groups. ADA positivity rates were comparable (week 102: 23.3% vs 27.4%). Adverse events led to treatment discontinuation during the extension study in 3 (3.3%) and 4 (4.8%) patients, respectively.Conclusions
This is the first study to show that switching from RP to its biosimilar CT-P13 is possible without negative effects on safety or efficacy in patients with AS. In the maintenance group, CT-P13 was effective and well tolerated over 2 years of treatment.Trial registration number
NCT01571206; Results.
SUBMITTER: Park W
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5284340 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Park Won W Yoo Dae Hyun DH Miranda Pedro P Brzosko Marek M Wiland Piotr P Gutierrez-Ureña Sergio S Mikazane Helena H Lee Yeon-Ah YA Smiyan Svitlana S Lim Mie-Jin MJ Kadinov Vladimir V Abud-Mendoza Carlos C Kim HoUng H Lee Sang Joon SJ Bae YunJu Y Kim SuYeon S Braun Jürgen J
Annals of the rheumatic diseases 20160426 2
<h4>Objectives</h4>To investigate the efficacy and safety of switching from infliximab reference product (RP) to its biosimilar or maintaining biosimilar treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS).<h4>Methods</h4>This open-label extension study recruited patients with AS who completed a 54-week, randomised controlled study comparing CT-P13 with RP (PLANETAS). CT-P13 (5 mg/kg) was administered intravenously every 8 weeks from week 62 to week 102. Efficacy end points included the propo ...[more]