RA Literature Highlights – March 2023
Tofacitinib, Baricitinib, Sarilumab, bDMARDs, tsDMARDs, BSRBR-RA
Publications
View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on cytokine signalling therapies within rheumatoid arthritis. All materials produced by the CSF team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.
June 2019
Efficacy and Safety of Filgotinib for Patients With Rheumatoid Arthritis With Inadequate Response to Methotrexate: FINCH 1 Primary Outcome Results
EULAR 2019 Abstract LB0001 Presentation
Filgotinib is an orally administered, selective inhibitor of JAK1. Filgotinib has shown good efficacy and was well tolerated for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in Phase 2 studies.The objective of this Phase 3 study was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of filgotinib treatment in patients with RA who have had an inadequate response to methotrexate (MTX)....
October 2018
Comparaison de l’efficacité et de l’innocuité du Tofacitinib et du Baricitinib chez des patients atteints de polyarthrite rhumatoïde active: méta-analyse en réseau bayésiend’essais cliniques contrôlés randomisés
Z Rheumatol. 2018 Sep 6. DOI 10.1007/s00393-018-0531-5
Tofacitinib (TOF) 10mg and baricitinib (BARI) 4mg, in combination with methotrexate (MTX), were the most efficacious treatments in RA patients with an inadequate response to DMARDs or biologics. Both combination treatments presented acceptable safety profiles and were not associated with a significant risk of serious adverse events.This study employed a Bayesian approach to Meta-Analysis; combining the available evidence across a network of Randomised Controlled trials (RCTs).Twelve RCTs contai...