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Sci Rep. 2022 Jan 07;12(1):134. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-04075-0.

Factors affecting drug retention of Janus kinase inhibitors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: the ANSWER cohort study.

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Kosuke Ebina, Toru Hirano, Yuichi Maeda, Wataru Yamamoto, Motomu Hashimoto, Koichi Murata, Akira Onishi, Sadao Jinno, Ryota Hara, Yonsu Son, Hideki Amuro, Tohru Takeuchi, Ayaka Yoshikawa, Masaki Katayama, Keiichi Yamamoto, Yasutaka Okita, Makoto Hirao, Yuki Etani, Atsushi Kumanogoh, Seiji Okada, Ken Nakata

Affiliations

  1. Department of Musculoskeletal Regenerative Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan. [email protected].
  2. Department of Rheumatology, Nishinomiya Municipal Hospital, Hyogo, Japan.
  3. Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  4. Integrated Frontier Research for Medical Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
  5. Department of Health Information Management, Kurashiki Sweet Hospital, Okayama, Japan.
  6. Department of Advanced Medicine for Rheumatic Diseases, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
  7. Department of Clinical Immunology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  8. Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, Hyogo, Japan.
  9. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Nara Medical University, Nara, Japan.
  10. First Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
  11. Department of Internal Medicine (IV), Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Osaka, Japan.
  12. Department of Rheumatology, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan.
  13. Information Technology Center, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
  14. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
  15. Department of Health and Sport Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.

PMID: 34997059 PMCID: PMC8742057 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-04075-0

Abstract

This multi-center, retrospective study aimed to clarify the factors affecting drug retention of the Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) including baricitinib (BAR) and tofacitinib (TOF) in patients with RA. Patients were as follows; females, 80.6%; age, 60.5 years; DAS28-ESR, 4.3; treated with either BAR (n = 166) or TOF (n = 185); bDMARDs- or JAKi-switched cases (76.6%). The reasons for drug discontinuation were classified into four major categories. The drug retention was evaluated at 24 months using the Kaplan-Meier method and multivariate Cox proportional hazards modelling adjusted by confounders. Discontinuation rates for the corresponding reasons were as follows; ineffectiveness (22.3%), toxic adverse events (13.3%), non-toxic reasons (7.2%) and remission (0.0%). Prior history of anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody (aIL-6R) ineffectiveness significantly increased the risk of treatment discontinuation due to ineffectiveness (p = 0.020). Aging (≥ 75 years) (p = 0.028), usage of PSL ≥ 5 mg/day (p = 0.017) and female sex (p = 0.041) significantly increased the risk of treatment discontinuation due to toxic adverse events. Factors not associated with treatment discontinuation were: number of prior bDMARDs or JAKi, concomitant MTX usage, difference of JAKi, and prior use of TNF inhibitor, CTLA4-Ig or other JAKi.

© 2022. The Author(s).

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