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Comparison between adalimumab introduction and methotrexate dose escalation in patients with inadequately controlled psoriatic arthritis (CONTROL): a randomised, open-label, two-part, phase 4 study

Comparison between adalimumab introduction and methotrexate dose escalation in patients with inadequately controlled psoriatic arthritis (CONTROL): a randomised, open-label, two-part, phase 4 study

Authors :
Laura C Coates
William Tillett
Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino
Proton Rahman
Frank Behrens
Erin L McDearmon-Blondell
Xianwei Bu
Liang Chen
Mudra Kapoor
Philip G Conaghan
Philip Mease
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Elsevier, 2022.

Abstract

Background Many patients with psoriatic arthritis do not reach minimal disease activity (MDA) on methotrexate alone. This phase 4 open-label study aimed to compare attainment of MDA following introduction of adalimumab with methotrexate escalation in patients with psoriatic arthritis who do not reach MDA after an initial methotrexate course (≤15 mg every week). Methods CONTROL was a phase 4, randomised, two-part, open-label study conducted in 14 countries and 46 sites. We recruited patients with confirmed active psoriatic arthritis, naive to biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, with an inadequate response to 15 mg or less of methotrexate. In part 1, patients were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive either methotrexate 15 mg (oral or subcutaneous) every week with the addition of adalimumab 40 mg (subcutaneously) every other week (adalimumab plus methotrexate group) or methotrexate (oral or subcutaneous) escalation up to 25 mg every week (escalated methotrexate group). Randomisation was done using Interactive Response Technology and stratified by the duration of methotrexate treatment (≤3 months and >3 months). In this open-label study there was no masking; participants, people giving the interventions, those assessing outcomes, and those analysing the data were aware of group assignment. The primary endpoint was the proportion of patients who reached MDA at 16 weeks. After 16 weeks (part 2), patients who reached MDA (responders) had their current therapy maintained or modified, wheras patients who did not reach MDA (non-responders) had their therapy escalated until 32 weeks. The primary endpoint in part 2 was the proportion of patients who reached MDA at 32 weeks, analysed in all patients who received one or more doses of study drug. The study is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02814175. Findings Between Aug 5, 2016, and March 19, 2020, 245 of 287 patients initially assessed were enrolled in the study (50% men and 50% women; 92% of patients were White). 123 patients were randomly assigned to receive adalimumab plus methotrexate and 122 patients to receive escalated methotrexate. All 245 patients were included in the primary analysis, and 227 completed part 1 and entered part 2. A significantly higher proportion of patients reached MDA at 16 weeks in the adalimumab plus methotrexate group (51 [41%] patients) compared with the escalated methotrexate group (16 [13%] patients; p

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
26659913
Database :
OpenAIRE
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....b4ada55eec13d6e512d0cfd9dd060926