Ikari Katsunori
   Department   School of Medicine(Tokyo Women's Medical University Hospital), School of Medicine
   Position   Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Differences in patients' population and efficacy/effectiveness of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs between randomized controlled trials and real-world settings in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - using the IORRA cohort.
Journal Formal name:Modern rheumatology
Abbreviation:Mod Rheumatol
ISSN code:14397609/14397595
Volume, Issue, Page 32(4),pp.675-685
Author and coauthor Sugano Eri, Tanaka Eiichi, Inoue Eisuke, Sakai Ryoko, Abe Mai, Saka Kumiko, Sugitani Naohiro, Ochiai Moeko, Yamaguchi Rei, Higuchi Yoko, Sugimoto Naoki, Ikari Katsunori, Nakajima Ayako, Yamanaka Hisashi, Harigai Masayoshi
Publication date 2022/07/01
Summary OBJECTIVES:To evaluate the differences in patients' population and efficacy/effectiveness of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) between randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and clinical practice in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.METHODS:We reviewed inclusion criteria in Phase II or III RCTs of bDMARDs conducted in Japan. The Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis study participants during the period when each RCT was conducted (Cohort A) and new bDMARD users at our institute in 2016 (Cohort B) were assessed for the fulfilment of the inclusion criteria. The effectiveness of bDMARDs in our cohort and their efficacy in RCTs were compared using the inverse-variance method.RESULTS:Nineteen RCTs were selected. The mean proportions of patients fulfilling all inclusion criteria of each RCT in Cohorts A and B were 2.3% and 7.6%, respectively. The pooled proportion ratios (95% confidence interval) for achieving the American College of Rheumatology 20 (ACR20), ACR50, ACR70, and disease activity score 28 remission in non-eligible cases for eight RCTs versus all corresponding RCTs were 0.38 (0.30-0.51), 0.41 (0.30-0.57), 0.54 (0.35-0.82), and 1.28 (1.10-1.56), respectively.CONCLUSIONS:Few rheumatoid arthritis patients fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the RCTs in clinical settings. There was a difference in the efficacy/effectiveness of bDMARDs between RCTs and clinical practice.
DOI 10.1093/mr/roab067
PMID 34918127