POS1053 COMPARISON OF BASELINE CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN PATIENTS CONTINUING OR DISCONTINUING APREMILAST AT TWELVE MONTHS IN THE REWARD STUDY (THE NETHERLANDS)

Background: Previous analysis of the REWARD study reported that patients with limited joint involvement have a considerable burden of disease 1 . Recent data suggest that patients with moderately active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and a limited joint involvement have a high likelihood of achieving treatment goals when treated with apremilast 2 . According to EULAR recommendations a PDE4 inhibitor may be considered in patients with mild disease and an inadequate response to at least one csDMARD, in whom neither a bDMARD nor a JAK inhibitor is appropriate and the value of apremilast may be found i... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Bos, R.
Jansen, T.
De Jong, S.
Castiglia, A.
Vis, M.
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
Reihe/Periodikum: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ; volume 80, issue Suppl 1, page 805.1-805 ; ISSN 0003-4967 1468-2060
Verlag/Hrsg.: BMJ
Schlagwörter: General Biochemistry / Genetics and Molecular Biology / Immunology / Immunology and Allergy / Rheumatology
Sprache: Englisch
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Link(s) : http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2021-eular.2081

Background: Previous analysis of the REWARD study reported that patients with limited joint involvement have a considerable burden of disease 1 . Recent data suggest that patients with moderately active psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and a limited joint involvement have a high likelihood of achieving treatment goals when treated with apremilast 2 . According to EULAR recommendations a PDE4 inhibitor may be considered in patients with mild disease and an inadequate response to at least one csDMARD, in whom neither a bDMARD nor a JAK inhibitor is appropriate and the value of apremilast may be found in treating patients with relatively mild disease (oligoarticular) 3 . Objectives: The objective of this prospective, multicentre, non-interventional study is to describe patient reported outcomes, effectiveness and real-life use of apremilast in patients with PsA. Patients will be followed up for a maximum of 12 months. This interim analysis compared the baseline characteristics and experience on apremilast for two subgroups of patients, those remaining on apremilast versus the ones that discontinued. Methods: In this interim analysis we included patients with data available at cut-off date of 03 November 2020. Patient enrollment and follow up of current subjects is ongoing. Descriptive statistics (n’s and percents for categorical data, means for continuous data) were used to summarize the baseline data by subgroup. Kaplan Meier plots are presented to show patients’ experience on apremilast by subgroup. Results: 85 patients were included in the analysis. 30 patients have completed the study, 39 patients have discontinued and 16 are ongoing. At baseline 22 (26%) patients were biologic experienced and 62 (74%) were biologic naïve. Both groups had a comparable disease activity measured with clinical disease activity in psoriatic arthritis (cDAPSA) scores. Biologic experienced patients had a longer disease duration compared to biologic naïve patients (mean 9.7 vs 6.2 years). Inefficacy of previous medication was the main reason ...