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- 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.
- Authors
Eri Sugano; Eiichi Tanaka; Eisuke Inoue; Ryoko Sakai; Mai Abe; Kumiko Saka; Naohiro Sugitani; Moeko Ochiai; Rei Yamaguchi; Yoko Higuchi; Naoki Sugimoto; Katsunori Ikari; Ayako Nakajima; Hisashi Yamanaka; Masayoshi Harigai
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ANTIRHEUMATIC agents; RANDOMIZED controlled trials
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2022, Vol 32, Issue 4, p675
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/mr/roab067