Discontinuation of etanercept after achievement of sustained remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who initially had moderate disease activity-results from the ENCOURAGE study, a prospective, international, multicenter randomized study
- Title
- Discontinuation of etanercept after achievement of sustained remission in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who initially had moderate disease activity-results from the ENCOURAGE study, a prospective, international, multicenter randomized study
- Author
- 배상철
- Keywords
- Clinical trial; Discontinuation; Etanercept; Remission; Rheumatoid arthritis
- Issue Date
- 2016-09
- Publisher
- SPRINGER
- Citation
- MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY, v. 26, NO. 5, Page. 651-661
- Abstract
- Objectives: To investigate the efficacy and safety of etanercept (ETN) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with moderate disease activity and the possibility to discontinue ETN after achieving remission.
Methods: Multicenter, randomized, and open-label study was conducted in Japan and Korea. RA patients (disease duration ˂5 years) with moderate disease activity despite methotrexate (MTX) treatment were allocated to either MTX or ETN + MTX (Period 1) for 12 months. Patients who achieved sustained remission defined as DAS28 ˂2.6 at both 6 and 12 months in the ETN + MTX group, were randomized to either continue or discontinue ETN for 12 months (Period 2).
Results: A total of 222 patients were enrolled in Period 1 and clinical remission was achieved in 106/ 157 (67.5%) and 5/ 28 (17.9%) patients in the ETN + MTX and MTX groups, respectively. In Period 2, sixty-seven patients were randomized and finally 28/ 32 (87.5%) and 15/ 28 (53.6%) patients who continued or discontinued ETN maintained clinical remission. Baseline disease activity and the presence of comorbid diseases influenced the maintenance of remission after ETN discontinuation.
Conclusions: ETN + MTX was efficient for RA patients with moderate disease activity into remission. After achieving sustained remission, a half of the patients who discontinued ETN could maintain remission for 1 year.
- URI
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/14397595.2015.1123349https://repository.hanyang.ac.kr/handle/20.500.11754/80489
- ISSN
- 1439-7595; 1439-7609
- DOI
- 10.3109/14397595.2015.1123349
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