Certolizumab pegol in combination with dose-optimised methotrexate in DMARD-naïve patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis with poor prognostic factors: 1-year results from C-EARLY, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study

P Emery; C O Bingham; G R Burmester; V P Bykerk; D E Furst; X Mariette; D van der Heijde; R van Vollenhoven; C Arendt; I Mountian; O Purcaru; D Tatla; B VanLunen; M E Weinblatt

doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-209057

Certolizumab pegol in combination with dose-optimised methotrexate in DMARD-naïve patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis with poor prognostic factors: 1-year results from C-EARLY, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study

P Emery, C O Bingham, G R Burmester, V P Bykerk, D E Furst, X Mariette, D van der Heijde, R van Vollenhoven, C Arendt, I Mountian, O Purcaru, D Tatla, B VanLunen, M E Weinblatt

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OBJECTIVES: To assess the efficacy and safety of certolizumab pegol (CZP)+dose-optimised methotrexate (MTX) versus placebo (PBO)+dose-optimised MTX in inducing and sustaining clinical remission in DMARD-naïve patients with moderate-to-severe, active, progressive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with poor prognostic factors over 52 weeks.

METHODS: DMARD-naïve patients with ≤1 year of active RA were randomised (3:1) in a double-blind manner to CZP (400 mg Weeks 0, 2, 4, then 200 mg Q2W to Week 52)+MTX or PBO+MTX (the mean optimised-MTX dose=21 and 22 mg/week, respectively). Sustained remission (sREM) and sustained low disease activity (sLDA; DAS28(ESR)<2.6 and DAS28(ESR)≤3.2, respectively, at both Weeks 40 and 52) were the primary and secondary endpoints.

RESULTS: Patients were randomised to CZP+MTX (n=660) and PBO+MTX (n=219). At Week 52, significantly more patients assigned to CZP+MTX compared with PBO+MTX achieved sREM (28.9% vs 15.0%, p<0.001) and sLDA (43.8% vs 28.6%, p<0.001). Inhibition of radiographic progression and improvements in physical functioning were significantly greater for CZP+MTX versus PBO+MTX (van der Heijde modified total Sharp score (mTSS) mean absolute change from baseline (CFB): 0.2 vs 1.8, p<0.001, rate of mTSS non-progressors: 70.3% vs 49.7%, p<0.001; least squares (LS) mean CFB in Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI): -1.00 vs -0.82, p<0.001). Incidence of adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs was similar between treatment groups. Infection was the most frequent AE, with higher incidence for CZP+MTX (71.8/100 patient-years (PY)) versus PBO+MTX (52.7/100 PY); the rate of serious infection was similar between CZP+MTX (3.3/100 PY) and PBO+MTX (3.7/100 PY).

CONCLUSIONS: CZP+dose-optimised MTX treatment of DMARD-naïve early RA resulted in significantly more patients achieving sREM and sLDA, improved physical function and inhibited structural damage compared with PBO+dose-optimised MTX.

TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01519791.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	96-104
Number of pages	9
Journal	Annals of the rheumatic diseases
Volume	76
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-209057
Publication status	Published - Jan 2017

Keywords

Adult
Antirheumatic Agents
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
Certolizumab Pegol
Clinical Trial, Phase III
Double-Blind Method
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Humans
Infection
Journal Article
Male
Methotrexate
Middle Aged
Multicenter Study
Prognosis
Radiography
Randomized Controlled Trial
Remission Induction

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Emery, P., Bingham, C. O., Burmester, G. R., Bykerk, V. P., Furst, D. E., Mariette, X., van der Heijde, D., van Vollenhoven, R., Arendt, C., Mountian, I., Purcaru, O., Tatla, D., VanLunen, B., & Weinblatt, M. E. (2017). Certolizumab pegol in combination with dose-optimised methotrexate in DMARD-naïve patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis with poor prognostic factors: 1-year results from C-EARLY, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study. Annals of the rheumatic diseases, 76(1), 96-104. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-209057

Emery, P ; Bingham, C O ; Burmester, G R et al. / Certolizumab pegol in combination with dose-optimised methotrexate in DMARD-naïve patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis with poor prognostic factors : 1-year results from C-EARLY, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study. In: Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 2017 ; Vol. 76, No. 1. pp. 96-104.

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Emery P, Bingham CO, Burmester GR, Bykerk VP, Furst DE, Mariette X et al. Certolizumab pegol in combination with dose-optimised methotrexate in DMARD-naïve patients with early, active rheumatoid arthritis with poor prognostic factors: 1-year results from C-EARLY, a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase III study. Annals of the rheumatic diseases. 2017 Jan;76(1):96-104. doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-209057